could mean more social unrest. the big boss of global recruitment firm robert waters tells me what companies are demanding of new recruits as they try to keep profits flowing. also, is travel the answer to our economic woes? expedia is one of the biggest travel firms, its big boss will tell me if all that pent up demand is still strong enough to keep us opening our wallets. wherever you arejoining me from, a big hello and welcome. january, it s the time of year when many of us take stock of our lives, and that often involves looking at our careers. is this the year to find a newjob? well, it might not be that easy in 2023. the global economy is teetering on the edge of recession, that s according to the world bank. and a growing number of companies are battening down the hatches and cutting jobs to get through the impending storm. big names are making the headlines, particularly evident in the tech sector, where the likes of amazon, microsoft, facebook s parent meta, and twit
accepted an error with his taxes was careless rather than deliberate . now on bbc news, talking business. hello, welcome to talking business. let s take a look at what is on show. as the global economy falters, is 2023 shaping up to be a year of big drop offs? a growing number of major companies are already laying off workers in their thousands, so our employers also now taking back control of pay and conditions? i will hear from the head of the un international labour 0rganisation about why the globaljobs market is under pressure and why that could mean more social unrest. the big boss of global recruitment firm robert waters tells me what companies are demanding of new recruits as they try to keep profits flowing. also, is travel the answer to our economic woes? expedia is one of the biggest travel firms, it s big boss will tell me if all that pent up demand is still strong enough to keep us opening our wallets. wherever you arejoining me from, a big hello and welcome. j
biden s mishandling of classified documents. that was the message in a letter sent to house judiciary chairman jim jordan. the committee responded by accusing the doj of being, quote, scared to cooperate with the probe into how sensitive paperwork ended up in the president s home in delaware. in democrats are urging the president to be open about what happened. i want to see complete transparency on how this is handled and brought to the american people. i m convince thursday is no intent by the president to do something that was wrong. reporter: do you think this hurts him political? are you concerned at all? this is a matter that needs to get the president needs to get behind. he has to get all the information out. he has to square it away, make it clear that there was no intent here, that it was kept in a place that did not compromise the national security of america and that there are steps in place today to make sure this does not happen in the future. the whit
democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs. a source shows this is the man who broke in earlier in the week. they have blurred his face. they have not identified any suspects in the case. items were taken but the hobbs campaign says it hasn t been able to get a full inventory. the campaign says hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of violent threats since she declared, which she blamed on her republican opponent. quote, let s be clear, for nearly two years carrie lake and her allies have been insighting threats against anyone they see. these are the direct result of a concerted campaign for lies. carrie lake pushing back. i m saddened that hobbs and her camp would try to pin this on us. it s defamatory and it s wrong and it s so obvious what s happening. her own party is attacking her. she s trying to deflect her own abysmal campaign and the fact that, you know, nobody even knows where her campaign office is. person who broke into it probably didn t even realize it wa
of covid on one hand. on the other hand, we have tension starting with the war in ukraine, and its consequences. third is the inflation situation. when we put all of that together, it gives a picture that is not rosy. gilbert, in recent weeks we have heard of a growing number of big name companies making big job cuts, like amazon, facebook parent meta, goldman sachs. i wonder, does it make you fear that more are to come? because big job cuts at those organisations can sometimes have a knock on effect. clearly they will have a knock on effect, that is very much worried that 2023, we will see that happening more. we project globally, we project employment growth, not more than i%, it s very