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A trending joke among young people in China involves them “selling” their jobs, bosses or colleagues on second-hand e-commerce platforms in an attempt to “wash off the work smell”. The term “work smell” refers to the feeling of mental and physical exhaustion after a long day of work. On Xianyu, Alibaba’s second-hand e-commerce platform, many people playfully “sell” their jobs and colleagues. Alibaba Group owns the South China Morning Post. A search on Xianyu by the Post revealed more than 500 posts selling “annoying jobs”, “terrible bosses”, and “hated colleagues”, with prices ranging from 2 yuan...

A royal decree issued in Saudi Arabia granted the country’s citizenship to several scientists, medical doctors, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and talented individuals, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday. “The announcement is made in line with the issued Royal decree to grant Saudi citizenships to experts and exceptional global talents with unique competencies in religious, medical, scientific, cultural, sports, and technological fields, contributing to the development of various sectors throughout the Kingdom, and in support of achieving its Vision 2030 goal.” SPA reported. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz had in 2021 issued royal...

With Ireland’s housing crisis showing few signs of abating, businesses are increasingly having to step in with staffing accommodation, including by buying or renting real estate. It’s impacting firms of all stripes, although the services industry appears particularly afflicted. Ireland has among the highest housing costs in the EU and services roles are typically not as well paid as those in the country’s out-sized multinational sector. Ryanair Holdings Plc confirmed it had bought 25 houses for staff earlier this year following a Business Post report, while luxury hotel group Killarney Hotels Collection also advertises subsidized housing for prospective...

Elon Musk may be shacked up in a $4.3 million home in Austin with his Neuralink employee who he secretly fathered twins with in November. Musk, 51, and Shivon Zilis, 36, a top executive at his AI company, filed a petition in April to change the twins' names in order to 'have their father's last name and contain their mother's last name as part of their middle name,' Insider reported. In those forms, both Musk and Zilis listed the home she purchased last August as their residence, which is located about five hours away from Musk's primary residence in Boca Chica, near his SpaceX's launch facility. In May, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Musk also owns a $50,000 unassuming home in...

The Philippines is hit by typhoons regularly and sits in the “ring of fire”, jolted by earthquakes (averaging 20 tremors per day, according to the Philippine Seismic Network). Filipino industrial magnate Benjamin Yao, has a straight, simple answer: Build with quality. That's how he's grown his empire helping form a nation, one steel bar at a time. His resilience is forged by a nearly six-decade journey. His father, Benito Yao, founded in 1965 what would later become SteelAsia. Benjamin Yao learnt the ropes early in life. At age 17, he started as a factory hand in the steel manufacturing plant by day – and attended classes at the University of Santo Tomas by night. In...

Steve Ballmer passed Bill Gates on Monday to become the sixth-richest person in the world, the first time the former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. has been wealthier than the company's co-founder. The move came as Microsoft shares rose to a fresh record, bringing their total gain this year to 21%. More than 90% of Steve Ballmer's $157.2 billion net worth is in Microsoft shares, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The company, through its partnership with OpenAI, has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence rally that has powered the US stock market higher. More than 90% of Ballmer's $157.2 billion net worth is in Microsoft shares,...

The ongoing feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took a fresh turn on Friday after videos of the Meta chief surfing went viral. The tech billionaire appeared to mark the Fourth of July by riding a surf board whilst he waved an American flag and sipped beer. The now viral clip however prompted a sharp rebuttal from Musk who insisted that he ‘preferred to work’ instead. “May he continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO jibed. The remark comes mere weeks after Musk reignited buzz about a possible cage fight between the duo. The billionaire businessman had insisted that he was ready to fight ‘anywhere, anytime with...

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The Qatari government is listing a Manhattan townhouse for less than it paid for the home in 2013. Qatar, which bought the Beekman Place house as an official state residence for $34.35 million, is putting it on the market for $32 million, according to Les Meyers of Compass, one of the listing agents. Meyers noted that the original purchase price included the furnishings, which aren’t included in the current listing. Still, the luxury market has “taken alittle bit of a hit” since the frothy days of 2013, he said. A nearby townhouse sold last year for $27.5 million, far less than its original $49.9 million asking price, property records show. (The government of Qatar is...

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