1 Japan growth faster than expected (BBC) Japan's
economy expanded at a faster-than-expected rate between July and September, due
to higher exports. Gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 2.2% in
the three months to September, the third straight quarter that the economy
expanded.
Japanese firms have relied on overseas sales to make
up for lacklustre domestic demand. There are concerns a Donald Trump US
presidency will hurt Japan if anti-free trade rhetoric became a reality.
But since the election result, the yen has fallen
against the dollar. That makes Japanese goods cheaper abroad, which is good
news for the country's exporters.
The latest official data showed the world's
third-largest economy expanded by 0.5% compared with the three months to June -
better than the forecast of 0.2% growth. However, analysts said this pace could
not be sustained for as long as the economy relied on exports.
2 Colombian government, Farc reach new peace deal
(Sibylla Brozinsky in The Guardian) A new peace deal reached between the
Colombian government and leftist Farc guerrillas aims to broaden support after
voters last month narrowly rejected an original accord to end more than 50
years of conflict.
Government and rebel negotiators announced in Havana
that they had agreed on a host of modifications to the original deal, taking
into account objections from different sectors of society that campaigned
against it, led by former rightwing president Álvaro Uribe.
Colombian voters rejected that deal in a plebiscite
on 2 October, sending negotiators back to the drawing board. Although the text
of the new agreement was not immediately published, the president, Juan Manuel
Santos, laid out certain changes in a televised speech. Some are little more
than clarifications of the often-vague language of the text.
Under the new agreement, Farc commits to declare and
hand over all their assets, which will be used for reparations to victims of
the conflict, a provision not included in the first accord and demanded by
leaders of the no vote.
Many Colombians who rejected the deal said they did
so because they wanted to see guerrillas behind bars for the thousands of
kidnappings and killings they were responsible for. The new agreement does not
include jail time for former rebels but better defines the kinds of alternative
punishment they will face under a special tribunal that will prosecute war
crimes, according to Santos.
3 Applying for a job on Facebook (Emily Price in San
Francisco Chronicle) The next time you apply for a job, you might submit your
application through Facebook. A Facebook representative confirmed that it’s
currently experimenting with a number of recruiting features within the site,
including giving companies the ability to accept job applications via their
official company page.
If implemented, it could put the social network in
direct competition with LinkedIn, and give businesses even more of a reason to
drive traffic to their Facebook Pages. Job postings on Facebook would include
everything you might typically expect to find in a job ad, including salary
information, title, and whether the position is full or part-time.
An “Apply Now” button also allows job seekers to
apply for positions they’re interested in directly from the social network, and
businesses will receive those applications through Facebook Messenger.
Applications will be partially filled out using information from the Facebook
user’s public profile, so if you’re firing off a few apps you’ll be able to do
so fairly quickly.
Beyond creating an easy way for people to apply to
jobs, Facebook could make it easier for career seekers to locate available
positions. Recruiters will be able to promote job openings just like any other
post on Facebook, potentially reaching more prospective applicants than they
might through LinkedIn, which has significantly fewer users.
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