Chris Lawrence

A few weeks ago, Ireland made a historic decision that may determine its future. By accepting the OECD agreement to raise corporate tax to 15%, you end the low tax policy with which it managed to become one of the main technology centers in Europe. Now, the ball is in the court of companies, which … Read more

Social Security has once again reminded that people who have recently had a child can benefit from an increase in their pension through the complement to reduce the gender gap. It is a help that can only be received by one of the two parents and, in particular, is aimed at women, “who suffer more … Read more

Ikea has announced that its entire global workforce will receive an extraordinary pay next January as compensation for having passed “the most demanding stage for business and people”, and for start 2022 with “optimism” facing “future challenges”, after a “difficult” year and a half. As explained by the multinational in a statement, a equitable distribution … Read more

Facebook has presented its plans for Oculus, its virtual reality division, and they go far beyond the video games and apps that now triumph on its platform. Oculus was born as the greatest attempt to recover virtual reality, a technology that had fallen into disuse since its inception in the 90s, with state-of-the-art hardware; But … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg has announced the new name of his company, along with his plans to create the successor to the Internet as we know it. The Facebook CEO started the Facebook Connect 2021 kickoff conference with what we were all thinking, why focus now on the future, when Facebook has so many problems in the … Read more

The 500 euro banknotes have been almost like an urban legend for the citizens: they are known to exist, or so they say, but few have had them in their hand. A circumstance that has increased even more during the last three years. At the beginning of 2019 the Bank of Spain stopped issuing these … Read more

Bill Gates is focused today on his philanthropic activities, and after retiring from his positions at Microsoft, at 66 years of age he probably does not have to worry about periods of saturation or special stress at work; known as ‘burnout’. Nevertheless, 28 years ago, when he did run Microsoft, Gates had a ridiculously absurd … Read more

Next Sunday, in many places on the planet the celebration of Halloween night will take place, the most terrifying of the year. Pumpkins, costumes and candies: thousands of children are during these days finalizing with their families the preparations for a party whose origin is often confused. Halloween or Hallowe’en is the contraction of All … Read more

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, has acknowledged that the economic recovery is losing momentum in the face of supply shortages and the lack of certain types of workers in some sectors. The recovery remains strong, but activity is “losing momentum” and “inflation continues to rise (it has not peaked), although it will … Read more

You could see it coming. Apple is suffering from a chip shortage like almost all technology companies, and analysts were somewhat concerned that it might not be able to deliver as many iPhone 13s and other major launches of the year just due to lack of units. But the CEO of the company, Tim Cook, … Read more