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Moving to open-plan offices makes employees less productive, less happy and more likely to get sick

qz.com — A well-designed office is a happy office. As facilities managers strive to save space and cash, they're reshuffling desks and fiddling with temperature gauges. All of which has an impact on workers' performance. Open-plan offices may make some kinds of collaboration easier, but are they more conducive to productivity?
Terence Lee Editor, SGE.io @terenceleejx
RT @qz: Facebook's new Frank Gehry-designed HQ will be the world’s largest open-plan office. qz.com/85400
Connor Boals Producer, NowThis News @cboals
Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more likely to get sick qz.com/85400 via @qz
Zoran Bozicevic Photo Editor, National Post @zoranbee
Ehm, anybody?! "Moving to open-plan offices makes employees less productive, less happy and more likely to get sick" zite.to/11Vz34M
Lauren Young Wealth Editor, Reuters @LaurenYoung
RT @ellenstark: Open-plan offices make workers less productive, less happy & more likely to get sick qz.com/85400 yet 70% in one …
Peter Bright Contributing Writer, Ars Technica @DrPizza
RT @mims: Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy and more likely to get sick qz.com/85400/moving-t…
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US engineer’s family quits Singapore inquest, insisting he was murdered

By Adam Pasick
qz.com — The family of a US engineer found dead in Singapore last year has disavowed the ongoing coroner's inquest into his death, saying they "no longer have confidence in the transparency and fairness of the system." The parents and brothers of Shane Todd claim that he was murdered because of his involvement with a sensitive technology...
Chris Peacock Executive Editor, CNN Money, CNN @peacockc
US engineer’s family quits Singapore inquest, insisting he was murdered qz.com/87211

Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink

By David Yanofsky
qz.com — The new Xbox unveiled today comes with an upgraded Kinect sensor that primarily allows for playing games without a controller and controlling TV with your voice. But it also has powerful features that give the device-and the developers who write code for it-access to biometric information at an unprecedented scale for consumer technology.
Kevin Delaney Editor in Chief, Quartz @kevinjdelaney
Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink qz.com/87054 via @qz
Christopher Mims Science and Technology Reporter, Quartz @mims
Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink qz.com/87054/microsof…
David Yanofsky Reporter, Quartz @YAN0
Now I give you Xbox post #2: Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink qz.com/87054/

Breaking Bad, Taiwan-style: Chemistry teacher cooks up illegal food additives

By Adam Pasick
qz.com — If Walter White were Taiwanese, he might be making a poisonous chemical that makes processed food crispier. According to a Taiwanese legislator, a retired high school chemistry teacher has been teaching food factories to make maleic acid, an illegal food additive that can cause kidney damage-a real-world echo of the TV drama "Breaking Bad," in...
Adam Pasick Senior Asia Correspondent, Quartz @Adampasick
Breaking Bad, Taiwan-style: Rogue chemistry teacher cooks up illegal food additives qz.com/87235/breaking…

Apple’s tax bill is a window into the global post-industrial economy, and all its problems

By Tim Fernholz
qz.com — The testimony by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, on his company's tax-avoiding habits has elicited mixed reactions. Some thought the company was being nailed to the cross; others thought the hearing added up to an Apple love-fest. But on the whole, the hearing wasn't really about Apple's tax shenanigans, since it isn't really news that US multinationals do all kinds...
Michael Turpin Publisher, Santa Cruz Sentinel @Turpini
RT @sethlong: This is the best piece I've seen so far on Apple and taxes. bit.ly/13GzQ3S
Tom Moore Online Editor, Santa Cruz Sentinel @tfmoore
RT @sethlong: This is the best piece I've seen so far on Apple and taxes. bit.ly/13GzQ3S
Roya Wolverson Deputy Global News Editor, Quartz @royawolverson
RT @TimFernholz: What we talk about when we talk about Apple's tax bill: We still don't know how to do "post-industrial economy." http://t.…
Zach Seward Senior Editor, Quartz @zseward
Ace caption, too RT @DKThomp: Nice piece by @TimFernholz on Apple taxes qz.com/87023
Derek Thompson Senior Editor and Business Writer, The Atlantic @DKThomp
Nice piece by @TimFernholz on Apple taxes qz.com/87023/apples-t…
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The seven craziest findings in the US investigation of Apple’s tax avoidance practices

By Tim Fernholz
qz.com — Leading up to Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony on his company's dubious-if-legal tax strategies tomorrow, here's report members of Congress are up in arms about. 1. Almost all of Apple's foreign operations are run through an Irish company with no employees. The company told investigators that it lost all records concerning why Apple Operations International was...
Andrew Beatty Southern Africa News Editor, AFP @AndrewBeatty
RT @qz: The seven craziest findings in the US investigation of Apple’s tax avoidance practices qz.com/86740 by @TimFernholz
Gideon Lichfield Global News Editor, Quartz @glichfield
Correction: @TimFernholz is live-tweeting Tim Cook's tax testimony to Congress. Background qz.com/86740 qz.com/86547
Christopher Mims Science and Technology Reporter, Quartz @mims
Apple's trick for paying zero taxes on its international operations: Incorporate in Ireland, manage from the US. qz.com/86740/the-seve…
Brian Fung Technology Policy Reporter, National Journal @b_fung
How Apple hides from taxes: It takes advantage of two countries' loopholes bit.ly/14sYLuS via @qz
Pat Garofalo Deputy Opinions Editor, U.S. News & World Report @Pat_Garofalo
RT @TimFernholz: Seven crazy findings from the Apple tax investigation: is.gd/ZNJpyX
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Hidden indicators on housing are buried in Home Depot’s rock solid earnings

By Matt Phillips
qz.com — The numbers: Good. Sales rose 7.4%. Profits jumped 18%. Sales at stores open for a year increased 4.3% overall. In the US they were up 4.8%. The stock rose. The takeaway: US housing continues to recover, buoying a range of companies with ties to residential real estate.
Kevin Delaney Editor in Chief, Quartz @kevinjdelaney
RT @mattyglesias: Home Depot earnings hint at nice housing recovery: qz.com/86906
Matthew Yglesias Economics Blogger and Columnist, Slate @mattyglesias
Home Depot earnings hint at nice housing recovery: qz.com/86906
Matt Phillips Reporter, Quartz @MatthewPhillips
Here's the hidden indicator on housing buried in Home Depot’s rock solid earnings qz.com/86906 via @qz pic.twitter.com/bgITfScbaa

Indian cinema is finally getting attention at Cannes-for all the wrong reasons

By S. Mitra Kalita
qz.com — Indian cinema wants to use the Cannes Film Festival to show the world that the industry is more than just the loud, garish genre known as Bollywood. That mission might have backfired thanks to some odd wardrobe choices on the red carpet. Indian media outlets are still putting up slide shows of the worst offenders from...
S. Mitra Kalita Ideas Editor, Quartz @mitrakalita
RT @thinkalot: Good @gaudy @hari:Indian cinema is getting attention at Cannes—for all the wrong reasons @mitrakalita bit.ly/10Ng6On…
S. Mitra Kalita Ideas Editor, Quartz @mitrakalita
RT @hari: Indian cinema is finally getting attention at Cannes—for all the wrong reasons - by @mitrakalita bit.ly/10Ng6On #awkward
Hari Sreenivasan NewsHour Correspondent, PBS @hari
Indian cinema is finally getting attention at Cannes—for all the wrong reasons - by @mitrakalita bit.ly/10Ng6On #awkward
S. Mitra Kalita Ideas Editor, Quartz @mitrakalita
RT @Shradzberry: Hey Bollywood, even @qz won't let go of an opportunity to mock the Cannes wardrobes. Happy now? qz.com/86802/indian-c…
S. Mitra Kalita Ideas Editor, Quartz @mitrakalita
RT @vikasbajaj: .@mitrakalita on how India's cinematic royalty flubbed their fashion choices at Cannes feedly.com/k/ZaVOQD Good read
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Mobile data is the new luxury good in southern Europe

By Simone Foxman
qz.com — Vodafone's and Telefónica's dismal results for the beginning of 2013 show serious weakness in southern Europe. Today, Vodafone reported its worst annual fall in service revenues in five years (paywall) in its fourth quarter, and blamed its problems (pdf) on "headwinds from a combination of continued tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe, and an adverse European regulatory...
Christopher Mims Science and Technology Reporter, Quartz @mims
Eurocrisis indicator du jour: Mobile data has become a luxury good in southern Europe. qz.com/86936/mobile-d… by @SimoneFoxman
Simone Foxman Reporter, Quartz @SimoneFoxman
(my latest) Mobile data is the new luxury good in southern Europe qz.com/86936 via @qz

Here is how four companies are ignoring their shareholders’ votes

By Theo Francis
qz.com — Forget majority rules. In US-style corporate elections, it's rarely so simple. Investors can complain as loudly and clearly as they like, but corporate boards are often free to ignore them, with few or no immediate consequences. That's true whether the protest involves ousting a board member or changing how the company does business.
Theo Francis Writer, Footnoted @theofrancis
RT @qz: Here are four ways companies have turned a deaf ear to their shareholders qz.com/85929
Theo Francis Writer, Footnoted @theofrancis
Dimon kept his jobs. Here's how 4 cos. lost their votes, but ignored the majority anyway. qz.com/85929 via @qz $NYX $OXY $IPXL
Mina Kimes Enterprise Reporter, Bloomberg News @minakimes
how companies ignore shareholders' votes qz.com/85929
Heidi Moore Finance and Economics Editor, Guardian U.S., Guardian @moorehn
RT @qz: Here is how four companies are ignoring their shareholders’ votes qz.com/85929

Since China wants oil from Myanmar, it is compromising with protestors

By Steve LeVine
qz.com — China has big plans for mountainous Yunnan province, in the southwest of the country. They include a building boom, a new road and a petroleum industry centered on oil and chemical refineries. The raw materials will come via Myanmar, just across the border-440,000 barrels of oil a day, along with an annual flow of 12...
Steve LeVine Washington Correspondent, Quartz @stevelevine
Around the world, companies and governments are navigating a surge of public pushback against perceived excesses. qz.com/86915 @qz

Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sites-and hoard its milk

By Matt Phillips
qz.com — Come for the milk. Stay for the investment opportunities. This year, Chinese visitors have flocked to New Zealand in record numbers. More convenient flights to New Zealand are helping Chinese tourists make the trek. Since Beijing approved of New Zealand as a tourist destination in 1999, Chinese have become the second largest tourist group in the country...
Roya Wolverson Deputy Global News Editor, Quartz @royawolverson
Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sites—and hoard its milk qz.com/87015 via @qz
Christopher Mims Science and Technology Reporter, Quartz @mims
Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sites—and hoard its milk qz.com/87015/chinese-…