Innholdsfortegnelse for November 24, 2023 i Newsweek International

TRUST IS AT THE CORE OF SO MANY DECISIONS that we make every day. From shopping and investing to where we choose to work, it is an essential measurement for the important choices we make. According to a 2023 PWC survey, 58 percent of consumers have recommended a company they trust to friends and family. But executives overestimate how trusted their company is by 57 percent, compared to consumers. To find the most trustworthy companies in the world, Newsweek and global data research firm Statista completed an extensive survey of over 70,000 participants, gathering 269,000 evaluations of companies that people trust as customers, investors and and employees. We are proud to introduce our first listing of the World’s Most Trustworthy Companies. We’ve listed 1,000 companies in 21 countries and 23…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISCLIMATE ENTREPRENEURS AROUND THE WORLD ARE trying to turn green tech ideas into viable businesses. Many are working with technology that has been proven to work, but is too expensive for widespread use. The challenge is finding ways to bring the costs down enough so that their solutions can be scaled up to effect real change. Here is a collection of innovative companies and inventors who believe they are close to hitting that mark with products ranging from the world’s whitest paint to high-efficiency electric batteries made from one of the most plentiful elements on Earth. 1 _ Earth-Cooling Paint In 2020, a team of graduate students led by Purdue University mechanical engineering professor Xiulin Ruan came up with a formula for what Guinness World Records later…

Culture HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN BOOKS LOSING YOURSELF IN A GOOD BOOK can be almost as restorative as a relaxing vacation—with no packing required! Books can whisk you away, far from mundane daily responsibilities as well as heavier concerns, something we can all use. Whether you’re looking for an escape for yourself, or you want to gift one to someone you care about, the Newsweek staff has compiled the perfect list to choose from. Here are some of our favorite books of the year, which run the gamut from fantasy and psychological thrillers to personal finance advice and politics. We hope you enjoy them just as much as we did! Fiction SCI-FI/FANTASY FAN Fourth Wing By Rebecca Yarros | RED TOWER BOOKS | $14.99 Fourth Wing took the…

WHEN YOU THINK OF BETHENNY FRANKEL, THE FIRST THING THAT PROBably comes to mind is Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. But what may surprise you are the hundreds of millions of dollars her BStrong organization has delivered to people in crisis, such as for Ukrainian refugees and victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. “Hollywood is the land of bullsh**,” Frankel says about celebrities’ responses to international tragedies. “There are cool crises and not cool crises...bam, next week, it’s something else.” But BStrong is “gonna talk about things when they’re not cool anymore.” Similarly, Frankel recently ruffled feathers over her call for reality television talent to unionize. “It got picked up everywhere. And then I felt a responsibility.” That has led to a moment of “reckoning” for industry leaders.…

“I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.”—Björk “I want to be remembered as someone who left Spain at the top, but above all, who tried to change many mentalities.”—SOCCER STAR JENNI HERMOSO GQ SPAIN’S“WOMAN OF THE YEAR” “Political instability and polarization is driven by people feeling upset and angry when they can’t find positive connection and they go find it in darker, more dangerous places.”—SEN. CHRIS MURPHY “I feel like God gave me a purpose to find a way to make the world better, and that’s a big responsibility. But I’m going to do my best.”—DJ KHALED “MY CHOICES TEND TO BE RANDOM."—Director Ridley Scott “I don’t think anybody with a conscience these days is going to be feeling well.”—Rawia Bishara, owner of Tanoreen, a Palestinian restaurant in Brooklyn “WE…