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Analisis menemukan bahwa upah riil turun 12% sejak 2019, dengan ketimpangan yang semakin melebar di AS melampaui tingkat global. Gaji CEO meningkat 20 kali lipat lebih cepat daripada gaji pekerja di seluruh dunia pada tahun 2025, menurut analisis baru dari Oxfam dan International Trade Union Confederation, federasi serikat pekerja terbesar di dunia. Ketika disesuaikan dengan inflasi, upah pekerja global turun 12% antara 2019 dan 2025, setara dengan 108 hari kerja gratis selama periode tersebut. Sebagai perbandingan, kompensasi CEO meningkat sebesar 54% antara 2019 dan 2025. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Eksklusif: Pemerintah harus mendukung proyek-proyek yang memprioritaskan energi terbarukan untuk melindungi konsumen dari guncangan harga yang terus berlanjut, kata mereka • Dapatkan email berita terkini, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kami • Mantan pemimpin industri minyak dan gas, termasuk eksekutif senior dari BP and Shell, memperingatkan pemerintahan Albanese bahwa warga Australia berisiko menghadapi guncangan harga yang berkelanjutan dan biaya yang lebih tinggi jika pemerintah memprioritaskan pengembangan bahan bakar fosil sebagai respons terhadap krisis energi global.

• Startup paytech lintas batas Latitude yang berbasis di AS keluar dari fase stealth minggu ini dengan pendanaan seed senilai $8 juta yang dipimpin oleh NEA untuk mengatasi transfer uang bisnis yang lambat dan mahal. • Pendanaan tersebut mendukung misi Latitude untuk menyederhanakan pembayaran internasional, memposisikannya sebagai penantang di ruang fintech di tengah meningkatnya permintaan untuk transfer B2B yang efisien. • Peluncuran ini bertepatan dengan lonjakan fintech pada April 2026, menyoroti kepercayaan investor pada inovasi paytech meskipun ada ketidakpastian ekonomi akibat harga energi dan kebijakan Fed.

Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025The US’s top utilities’ CEOs enjoyed a 16% pay raise last year – to an average of $12.3m – even as consumers shoulder the pain from high bills spurred by continuing inflation, the Iran war and datacenter growth, a new review of industry financial documents shows.Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions since 2021, and, nationwide, utilities shut off power to customers 13m times last year, federal data shows. Continue reading...

• Medicare underpayments to hospitals totaled more than $100 billion in 2024, according to testimony provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by the American Hospital Association. • Hospitals are managing significant cost pressures while treating a sicker, more medically complex, and aging patient population, with persistent misalignments between care provision and reimbursement rates. • The financial strain reflects broader healthcare system challenges as providers struggle with inadequate government reimbursement alongside rising operational costs.

Government’s draft news bargaining incentive scheme includes 2.25% levy on local revenues of digital giantsAnthony Albanese has urged Google, Meta and TikTok to make deals with Australian media outlets to avoid a dedicated 2.25% levy on local revenues, warning digital giants should not be able to exploit the work of journalists to boost profits.Releasing an exposure draft for the government’s news bargaining incentive (NBI) scheme on Tuesday, the prime minister said platforms who sign new deals with publishers to pay for news content would receive offsets of between 150% to 170% from the new levy. Continue reading...

Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharmaDozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may be illegal.Thirty-one MPs have signed a House of Commons motion voicing their disapproval of the health secretary being handed the power to override the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (Nice) judgment on how much the NHS should spend on individual medicines. Continue reading...