Edward Jones who owns acompany called Financial services announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its U.K. business operations, led through Edward Jones Limited to Towry Law.
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Woman furious about “Maid agents from hell”
“The Star”, one of Malaysia’s biggest newspapers, had an online article today from a woman who had had 6 maids within 6 months. All of the maids had been contracted through maid agen…
READ MOREStudying in Japan (part 2)
Japan has seen a huge increase in international students (+54% ) since 1998. And yet, thanks to a declining Japanese population, the odds for first year students to enroll in a Japanese university are…
READ MOREChinese job market flooded
Any recent graduate knows he/she will have to put in some extra effort to get a job in this time of (looming) recession. But this is especially true for the Chinese graduates, that were literally floo…
READ MOREWhen “business attire” means nothing but lingerie…
It must have been the most unproductive day of the entire year, when a Taiwanese lingerie company encouraged its female employees to come to work in dressed in nothing but camisoles and panties. More …
READ MOREThe pen that can think for you
If you take notes while listening to lectures, or in business meetings, or basically anywhere at all, there is something new for you on the Asian markets: the Pulse Smartpen.
Being recently released i…
When being a workaholic is bad for your economy
Japanese employees are known world-wide for their extreme workaholic behavior, long hours and dedication to their work. But I bet you didn’t expect that the same is true for the laid-back, easy-…
READ MORERobotic battle of the giants
When there’s something to gain, there someone willing to battle for it. This goes especially for Japans major technological companies, who are hoping to earn some money on the rapidly aging pop…
READ MORECyber Crimes Involving Minors Soar!
More people with access to the Internet means more crime.
It is indeed a sad fact of life that the more opportunities there are for the bad guys the more activities there are that follow.
Japan had a …
English school in trouble for offering sex and no refund
The Japanese English school, NOVA, is in heaps of trouble.
This kind of story is of particular interest to me in that I operated an English in school for more than 20 years, and still own one that is …
