Alternate route: China invests in Europe cargo corridor that avoids Russia, Middle East

Middle Corridor through Kazakhstan and across Caspian Sea would have transit time of 15 to 18 days, compared with 45 to 60 for ocean routes China is investing in a Caspian Sea import-export shipping ...
The Irish Times

‘As I was saying’: Interruptions at work cost organisations more than they might think

The Irish are known internationally for the gift of the gab and we have many colourful expressions for saying someone is too chatty. “He could talk for Ireland.” “She could talk the hind legs off a ...
The Business Journals

Here's what happens when women expect to be interrupted at work

Employees from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups also described experiencing interruptions more often than white coworkers, regardless of seniority level. To ...
Investopedia

Consequential Loss Explained: Insurance & Differences from Direct Losses

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...
IEEE

InterConv: Conversational Agent That Handles Interruptions Like Humans

Abstract: Conversational agents built using large language models (LLMs) generally follow a turn-based interaction style, which differs from spoken human communication’s more dynamic nature. In ...