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Pay Gap Between Bosses and Ordinary Workers Widens in Switzerland
Date: August 26, 2024
ZURICH (Reuters) -The gap between the highest- and lowest-paid workers in Switzerland widened in 2023, with top managers earning on average 143 times more than their lowest-paid employees, according to a study published by trade union Unia on Monday. The pay gap was up from 139 times in 2022, the study said, with the country’s...
Poland’s Top Lender Pko Bp Q2 Profit Quadruples on Core Business, Low Provisions
Date: August 22, 2024
GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s biggest bank PKO BP said on Thursday second-quarter net profit quadrupled year-on-year, beating market expectations, mainly fuelled by a strong uptick in core business performance, as well as a drop in legal provisions for Swiss franc mortgage loans. Profit for the period climbed to 2.35 billion zlotys ($611.61 million) while...
Mindstone and Templar Partner to Upskill Financial Sector
Date: August 6, 2024
Mindstone, an AI training platform, and Templar Advisors, a communications coaching firm specializing in financial services, have announced a collaboration to address the AI skills gap in the financial sector. The partnership will provide Templar’s clients access to Mindstone’s AI Competency Program. This initiative comes as AI spending in financial services is projected to reach...
Striking U.S. Video Game Actors Say AI Threatens Their Jobs
Date: August 2, 2024
By Danielle Broadway BURBANK, California (Reuters) – Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions. “The models that they’re using have been trained on our voices without our consent at all, with no...
Will the Google Overview Problems Stop AI From Reaching the Finance Sector?
Date: July 8, 2024
Will the Google Overview Problems Stop AI from Reaching the Finance Sector? The last couple of years have seen a huge amount of focus placed on artificial intelligence (AI). This has created excitement about how it might change our lives and has caused relevant stocks like Nvidia to go through the roof. Yet, recent reports...
5 Essential Steps to Navigate Financial Career Transitions
Date: July 4, 2024
5 Essential Steps to Navigate Financial Career Transitions Transitioning to a new role within the financial sector can feel daunting, yet it also offers exciting opportunities for growth. Whether you’re looking to pivot into a different area of finance or aiming for a higher position, having a strategy in place is crucial. Here, we’ll walk...