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Fitch Ratings-Sydney-31 October 2022: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Westpac New Zealand Limited's (WNZL, A+/Stable/F1) NZD3.8 billion outstanding mortgage.

Hong Kong , October 31, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has affirmed the A2 insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) of ICBC-AXA Assurance ...

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Site work has always been and remains a pivotal stage in forming our built environment. Most architects, designers or engineers have at one point or another ...

[Women in Architecture](https://www.archdaily.com/tag/archdaily-topic-2022-women-in-architecture) and on construction sites. " In my second job as a construction manager, the team leader didn't look me in the eyes when I spoke to him, and if I asked him something, he would reply to my male colleague. In Austria, things are changing for the better, as women take up more and more engineering and architecture." " As a builder, it happened to me that other workers on site didn't want to speak to me about work, but always with my boss (not because it's my boss but because he's a man and I'm a woman). " In a situation where I was the lead designer and running the project on-site, the contractor and builders did not direct their queries to me but rather went through another (male) architect that was working on the project with me. In addition to the minimal tasks that were given to them, most staff did not like the fact that a lady is working on-site." " I've been running the site and been called darlin' and sweetheart. I was left out of the loop not because I was incompetent but because they felt that could deal with/solve the queries they had." Generally, in Chile, the culture of construction workers tends to undermine the skills of technical professionals and other jobs when performed by women. The form was open to all members of the building community, and our users were not asked to identify themselves in terms of gender. We were able to place the feedback into recurring themes including, Dismissal and Lack of Professional Consideration; Uncomfortable Work Environment and Harassment; Positive Discrimination or No Discrimination, and Impact on Professional Growth and Discouragement. We lead the open call with no intention of developing a scientific research survey but to engage our global community and gather diverse accounts from different regions to highlight a small part of a much larger reality.

Experts from Indiana University and Columbus will soon present an economic forecast for 2023. The Indiana Business Outlook Panel tour is returning this ...

Sponsors include the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, Centra Credit Union and IUPUC’s business division. Powell also is associate dean of Kelley academic programs in Indianapolis and a clinical associate professor of business economics and public policy. According to the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, proceeds from the local event support scholarships for IUPUC business students.

The outlook for industrial investment returns remains positive despite a shifting capital markets landscape, according to a recent survey of industry ...

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Called "Focus Time," the upcoming feature will let you schedule quiet times directly from Outlook's calendar.

We'll have to see how the tool works when we get to use it for ourselves come January 2023. And it's equally likely that the company will either introduce more focus-based tools, or enhance its existing ones, in the near future. Now that lots of people are working from home, things get a little more distracting. As such, it's important that people can customize which apps can send notifications, and when. However, the company has set a tentative release date for sometime in January 2023. With its newer iterations of Windows, Microsoft has added some handy features that disable notifications and help you get work done uninterrupted.

Microsoft will soon introduce a new feature to Outlook Calendar, helping you work uninterrupted. The tech giant is currently working on it, but you will not ...

[Microsoft 365 Roadmap page](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=In%20development%2CNew%20Last%20Week%2COutlook), Focus Time should be available to all Outlook clients in the month of January 2023. When it arrives for everyone, you will be able to schedule your focus events direct from the Outlook Calendar. Although Microsoft has not shown us how users will be able to set it up, the most likely scenario is that the Focus Time along with "Free,", "Tentative", "Busy," "Working Elsewhere," and "Out of Office" options will be available when you start creating a new event from Outlook Calendar. Google Calendar and Microsoft's own Viva Insights app allow users to schedule their focus events. The beginning of 2023 is also when Microsoft is planning to add a new feature for its e-mail client to help users better concentrate on their work. It is quite similar to

Moody's Investors Service raised its outlook on Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.'s debt ratings to positive for the first time since 2007 after South African Finance ...

Dutch specialty chemicals maker DSM on Tuesday lowered its 2022 outlook after it saw energy and raw material cost inflation accelerate in Europe in the ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story It also cited its targeted focus on driving working capital and cashflow for the outlook cut. DSM said it expected the widening gap between costs and prices to impact its fourth-quarter earnings.

London, October 31, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has today affirmed the Caa1 long-term Corporate Family Rating (CFR) of Eskom Holdings SOC ...

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