Business – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for June 9, 2025

Business: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 9, 2025.

MIL-OSI USA: COLUMBIA COUNTY – Governor Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, and Secretary Siger to Make Historic Economic Development Announcement
Source: US State of Pennsylvania June 09, 2025 – Berwick, PA ADVISORY – COLUMBIA COUNTY – Governor Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, and Secretary Siger to Make Historic Economic Development Announcement Governor Josh Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, and Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger will join elected officials, local leaders, labor […]

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Stats NZ information release: Business employment data: March 2025 quarter
Business employment data: March 2025 quarter – information release 9 June 2025 Total actual filled jobs in the March 2025 quarter were 2.26 million. In the March 2025 quarter (compared with December 2024 quarter): total seasonally adjusted filled jobs were down 0.1 percent (2,499 jobs).  For the year ended March 2025 compared with the year […]

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Stats NZ information release: Business financial data: March 2025 quarter
Business financial data: March 2025 quarter – information release 9 June 2025 For all business financial data (BFD) industries, in the March 2025 quarter compared with the March 2024 quarter: sales were $190 billion, up $6.1 billion (3.3 percent) purchases were $133 billion, up $4.6 billion (3.6 percent) salaries and wages were $31 billion, down […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: PM launches national skills drive to unlock opportunities for young people in tech
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release PM launches national skills drive to unlock opportunities for young people in tech Pupils across the country will be given the skills and tools needed to get the AI-powered jobs of the future thanks to a new skills programme launched by the Prime Minister. 1 […]

MIL-Evening Report: How Trump’s trade war is supercharging the fast fashion industry
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mona Mashhadi Rajabi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Jade Gao/Getty Images When US President Donald Trump introduced sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports the goal was to bring manufacturing back to American soil and protect local jobs. However, this process of re-shoring is complex and […]

MIL-OSI: PFMCrypto Announces Free and Sustainable Cloud Mining Technology for Bitcoin Users
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Los Angeles, California, June 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PFMCrypto, the cloud mining service operated by UK-registered and FCA-regulated Precision Financial Management Ltd (Company No. 11719896), has officially launched a sustainable mining platform that combines user-friendly cloud contracts with renewable energy. The company’s service allows users to participate in Bitcoin mining without […]

MIL-OSI USA: Velázquez, Waters, Warren, Markey, and Whitehouse Unveil Bill to Support Small Business Compliance with Corporate Transparency Act
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Nydia M Velázquez (D-NY) WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, introduced new bicameral legislation to help small businesses comply with beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and push back against the Trump administration’s […]

MIL-OSI USA: SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Batesville to Relocate
Source: United States Small Business Administration SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today the relocation of its Batesville Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) from the Independence County Office of Emergency Management – EOC Building to the Independence County Courthouse beginning Monday, June 9 at 8:00 a.m. SBA opened the DLOC to provide personalized assistance to Batesville […]

MIL-OSI USA: SBA Opens Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in Diaz and Pocahontas
Source: United States Small Business Administration SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today the opening of Disaster Loan Outreach Centers (DLOCs) in the counties of Jackson and Randolph to assist small businesses, private nonprofit (PNP) organizations and residents affected by severe storms and tornadoes occurring March 14-15 and also for those impacted by severe […]

MIL-Evening Report: Immortality at a price: how the promise of delaying death has become a consumer marketing bonanza
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Errmann, Senior Lecturer, Marketing & International Business, Auckland University of Technology Living forever has become the wellness and marketing trend of the 2020s. But cheating death – or at least delaying it – will come at a price. What was once the domain of scientists and […]

MIL-Evening Report: Why bystanders defend bad behaviour at work — even when they know it’s wrong
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhanna Lyubykh, Assistant Professor, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University Rather than intervening, supporting targets or reporting the misconduct, bystanders may downplay it, withdraw support or even blame the target, which ultimately reinforces the mistreatment. (Shutterstock) “You always mess things up. Why are you even on […]

MIL-OSI USA: MATSUI SLAMS NEW BEAD GUIDANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, released the following statement after the Department of Commerce released new guidance regarding the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.  “The result […]

MIL-OSI USA: MATSUI, COSTA, AND COLLEAGUES CALL FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO HALT EFFORTS TO GUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) led a group of 23 lawmakers in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Howard Lutnick and Acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Laura Grimm, demanding that the Trump Administration […]

MIL-OSI USA: MATSUI LEADS CA COLLEAGUES IN OPPOSING AI MORATORIUM IN RECONCILIATION BILL
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, led a group of her California colleagues in sending a letter to Senate leadership, strongly objecting to the section of H.R. 1 that would impose […]

MIL-OSI USA: Kustoff, Pfluger, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Expand Health Care Innovation
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative David Kustoff (TN-08) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and August Pfluger (R-TX), as well as U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), introduced the Small Biotech Innovation Act to exempt research and development-intensive small biotech manufacturers from the Medicare drug price negotiation program. “It is critical that the United States remains at the forefront […]

MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Cleaver Joins 199 Lawmakers in Bipartisan Effort to Save Job Corps
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II (5th District Missouri) (Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and nearly 200 other congressional lawmakers in urging the Department of Labor to continue the Job Corps program. In a […]

India’s transformative decade: Landmark reforms drive ease of doing business
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Over the past eleven years, India has undergone a remarkable transformation in its business and investment climate, driven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance model that emphasizes Seva (service), Sushasan (good governance), and Garib Kalyan (welfare of the poor). As part of the vision for a […]

MIL-OSI Russia: Ocean-friendly changes on Chinese island bring double benefits – ecological and economic
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News HANGZHOU, June 8 (Xinhua) — On a beach in Taizhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, 68-year-old Wang Zhongfu bends down to pick up discarded plastic bottles and torn […]

MIL-Evening Report: Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing in Gaza
COMMENTARY: By Phil Goff “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. It’s the result of government policy — knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated.” This statement was made not by a foreign or liberal critic of Israel but by the former Prime Minister […]

MIL-OSI Global: Why bystanders defend bad behaviour at work — even when they know it’s wrong
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Zhanna Lyubykh, Assistant Professor, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University Rather than intervening, supporting targets or reporting the misconduct, bystanders may downplay it, withdraw support or even blame the target, which ultimately reinforces the mistreatment. (Shutterstock) “You always mess things up. Why are you even on this […]