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November 2022 PMI Indices Point to Further Global Wide Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

At the country level, Italy , Greece and France bounced back to 4-month, 2 month, and 3-month highs but remained in production contraction levels. Noted in the November report was that the rates of decline in output and new orders were: “.less less aggressive when compared to the near two-and-one-half year records seen in October.”

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Country Risk Scores Mapped and Explained

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RSF calculates each country’s Freedom of the Press score based on two sources: 1) quantitative research 2) journalist survey responses. Highlights of most recent update: Eight countries increased their risk level this includes Chile, Greece, Hungary, Turkey and South Korea. The last update occurred in October 2018.

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New Year’s Day 2021

Enterra Insights

CNN correspondent Lisa Rose explains, “The New Year’s baby is a cultural mainstay that dates back as far as ancient Greece, when a child was paraded around in a basket to welcome the new year.”[2] ”[2] Of course, those babies weren’t wearing a top hat and sash like Baby New Year is now often depicted.

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International Women’s Day 2022

Enterra Insights

”[2]. The play was a bawdy anti-war comedy in which Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. 2] Sarah Pruitt, “ The Surprising History of International Women’s Day ,” History.com, 19 February 2021. [3]

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The Road to Intelligent Automation

Enterra Insights

In fact, it was Homer, the poet, not the cartoon character, who created the term ‘automation’ back in ancient Greece while talking about a self-moving chariot.”[1] ”[2] They note, however, that the true beginnings of artificial intelligence had to wait for the creation of computers. ” Rung 2. Footnotes. [1]

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Christmas 2022: The History of Christmas Greenery

Enterra Insights

”[2] According to freelance writer Manasa Reddigari , not all “evergreens” were of the forest varieties we now associate with Christmas. It’s believed that wreaths date back to the Persian Empire, ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece. Footnotes. [1]

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Here there be Monsters: Jobs and AI

Enterra Insights

Greece tops the chart, with 91 per cent of the population believing that automation will ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ replace many jobs currently done by humans in the next 50 years. After Greece (52 per cent), the ‘definitely’ countries were South Africa (45 per cent) and Argentina (40 per cent).”[2]. ”[2].