PPCC: Pisitófilos Creditófagos. Veranito 2025

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Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Posted by msmash on Monday September 01, 2025 @07:13PM from the how-about-that dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report:

Speaking to The Logan Bartlett Show on Friday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents had enabled him to "rebalance" his headcount in the customer support division by trimming 4,000 jobs. "I've reduced it from 9,000 head to about 5,000 because I need less heads," Benioff said. Benioff called the first eight months of 2025, during which an estimated 10,000 jobs have been lost to AI, "eight of the most exciting months of my career."

"There were more than 100 million leads that we have not called back at Salesforce in the last 26 years because we have not had enough people," Benioff said. "We just couldn't call them back. But we now have an agentic sales that is calling back every person that contacts us."

Saludos.

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US Tourism Suffers 8.2% Decline
Posted by msmash on Monday September 01, 2025 @08:15PM from the empty-ballparks dept.

International tourism to the United States faces an unprecedented 8.2% decline in 2025, with the World Travel and Tourism Council projecting a $12.5 billion loss in visitor spending -- the only decline among 184 economies analyzed. Canadian visitors, traditionally comprising 28% of international arrivals, have dropped by approximately 25% through July.

Seattle tour operators report 30-50% fewer Canadian customers with many explicitly citing recent tariff policies and political rhetoric as deterrents. The newly implemented $250 "visa integrity fee" for certain countries compounds existing concerns about immigration policies and National Guard deployments in major cities. Tourism Economics now projects full recovery to pre-pandemic levels won't occur until 2029, three years later than initially forecast.

Saludos.

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Bolsacava · 2025.09.01 · ORO: Se están preparando para un “RESET” ordenado. José Luis Cava

Saludos.

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https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1962532559121764502

Saludos.

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https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1962622271782371409

Saludos.

[Cadavre Exquis]

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1962645895704433121

Saludos.

[Saturio]

"There were more than 100 million leads that we have not called back at Salesforce in the last 26 years because we have not had enough people," Benioff said. "We just couldn't call them back. But we now have an agentic sales that is calling back every person that contacts us."

Ja, ja, ja, ja.

Aquí hay que entender que 100 millones de "leads" no son 100 millones de empresas llamándoles interesándose por sus productos.
Son 100 millones de "cliks" o 100 millones de veces que la gente ha caído en sus anzuelos.

[Vipamo]

Han pasado de: “aquí una maravilla y allí fuera selva, muerte y horror” a “aquí una mierda (bendita), pero allí va a ser peor”.

Os dejo una entrevista con Sahra Wagenknecht.

https://youtu.be/nGgb1BIFFXw?feature=shared

PD: el próximo sábado 13.09 se han convocado manifestaciones en toda Alemania por la paz y contra el nuevo militarismo alemán.

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https://www.eleconomista.es/economia/noticias/13526374/09/25/el-empleo-cierra-su-peor-verano-en-seis-anos-con-casi-200000-afiliados-menos-y-21900-nuevos-parados-en-agosto.html

Economía
El empleo cierra su peor verano en seis años con casi 200.000 afiliados menos y 21.900 nuevos parados en agosto
El peor agosto desde 2019 deja el total de afiliados medios en 21,66 millones
El paro asciende hasta los 2.426.511, su nivel más bajo en este mes desde 2007
Educación pierde 75.869 cotizantes y servicios manda al paro a 21.692 personas

2/09/2025 - 9:01
En el calendario del mercado laboral, agosto se traduce en el final del verano, de ahí que los datos de paro registrado y afiliación del octavo mes del año sean habitualmente negativos. En agosto de 2025 no ha habido excepción a esta situación, sino todo lo contrario: los casi 200.000 afiliados medios menos que bajan el total de cotizantes hasta los 21.666.203 hacen que el de este año sea el peor cierre del 'verano laboral' desde 2019, quitando el puesto al de 2024, que hasta ahora fue el peor para el empleo desde antes de la pandemia. Educación protagoniza, de nuevo, la mayor destrucción de empleo del mes al perder 75.869 cotizantes. El paro aumentó en 21.905 personas, un alza casi protagonizada en su totalidad por el sector Servicios. Con todo, el paro registrado total, en 2.426.511, sigue en mínimos de 2007.

[Benzino Napaloni]

Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever
Posted by msmash on Monday September 01, 2025 @12:15PM from the times,-they-are-a-changin' dept.

Americans are having a record low amount of sex -- even less than they did during the Covid-19 pandemic -- according to a new study led by researchers at the Institute for Family Studies. WSJ:

This continues the downward shift in sexual activity that has been worrying sociologists and psychologists for decades. For the report, called "The Sex Recession," researchers at the IFS analyzed the data on sex and intimacy in the latest General Social Survey produced by NORC at the University of Chicago, which was collected in 2024 and released in May. They found that just 37% of people age 18-64 reported having sex at least once a week, down from 55% in 1990. The decline is even more striking for young adults: Almost a quarter of people age 18-29, or 24%, said they had not had sex in the past year; this is twice as many as in 2010.

Much has been written in recent years about the trend of young people having less sex, attributed to everything from stunted social skills to a rise in internet pornography. Yet the IFS study shows that the same trend holds true for people up to the age of 64, of all sexual orientations, both married and single. (After age 64, there was no significant change in the amount of sex people have, largely because this group reports having sex less frequently to begin with, the researchers said.)

Saludos.

P.D.

https://www.statista.com/chart/16058/total-fertility-rate/

¿Quién tiene oportunidad, lugar, tiempo, y de ese tiempo, está libre de estrés y preocupaciones? Y más aun en EE.UU. donde el trabajo se lleva a unos extremos absurdos.

Porque vamos, si algo mata la libido es tener cosas preocupando en la cabeza y estar cansado/dormido de forma crónica. Donde es más notorio es en Japón, donde ya se lleva tiempo estudiando el tema, aunque yo diría que la enorme presión social en general y la "artificalización" casi total en las relaciones sociales (autovendida de moto de que la tecnología por vena siempre es lo mejor) hace que la gente desista por completo.

Para los yankis está el chiste de la economía explicada con vacas.

Tienes dos vacas. Vendes una y obligas a la otra a producir por cuatro. Luego contratas a un consultor para saber por qué la vaca se ha muerto.

En cuanto al sexo, la artificialización también explica el consumo adictivo de porno, y cosas peores. En Menéame han enlazado hace nada un vídeo comentando el lado oscuro de Onlyfans... como si fuese algo sorprendente, oiga. Clientes que caen en ese sacadineros y que en el fondo lo que compran es la ilusión de que alguien les hace caso. Por no hablar de las redes de explotación que habrá ahí.

Y, como comentaba el malo hace poco, hay una tendencia creciente a intentar normalizar la pedofilia. Sin entrar a discutir lo obvio, por qué es inadmisible sin discusión, es el síntoma definitivo de que como no hay una vida normal donde se pueda tener una actividad sexual normal, las pulsiones acaban saliendo por donde no deben.

Todo está relacionado. Si no tienes las cosas básicas de adulto, una casa digna, un trabajo digno, etc, empiezas a fallar por algún lado. Adicciones, ansiolíticos, trastornos... Da igual.

[Manu Oquendo]

El paro que no cesa y la connivencia.


Si al dato oficial de paro sumamos los 750.000 parados que eliminó la ministra por el procedimiento de cambiarles de nombre (fijos discontinuos) y los 400.000 en “formación perpetua" estamos cerca de los 4 millones de parados.

Y la prensa se traga el número que da Sánchez.

No se qué es peor, si el mentiroso o quienes aceptan sus trampas.

[Derby]

https://www.ft.com/content/cf711815-09dc-4ef3-8bb7-de6b7cb1fb24

US stocks fall as bond sell-off spills into equities

Tech shares extend recent declines as Wall Street reopens after long weekend


The tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 1.1% in early trading © Getty Images

Stocks fell on Tuesday as a sell-off in government bonds spilled into the equity market, extending the recent wobble for tech shares on Wall Street.

The S&P 500 was down 0.9 per cent in early trading after a long weekend in the US. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.1 per cent, while major indices in Europe also declined.

The falls came amid pressure on US Treasuries and other government debt, partly due to investors’ worries about rising debt piles in many major economies.

“The risk-off sentiment today is broader market unease stemming from the bond market,” said Marija Veitmane, head of equity research at State Street Global Markets.



Tuesday’s moves on Wall Street extended declines from Friday’s session, when the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.2 per cent and the S&P 500 fell 0.6 per cent. The US markets were closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

While tech stocks have powered US equity markets to record highs this year, signs of investor nervousness about the level of artificial intelligence infrastructure spending have started to weigh on some of America’s biggest companies.

Last week, Nvidia, the world’s biggest listed company and which makes up 8 per cent of the value of the S&P 500, gave a revenue forecast that fell short of the market’s high expectations. The company’s shares, which fell 3.8 per cent last week, were down a further 2 per cent on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, bond yields, which move inversely to prices, are under upwards pressure globally, with the 10-year Treasury yield climbing 0.04 percentage points to 4.27 per cent on Tuesday.



Mounting concerns about the independence of the Federal Reserve have also weighed on Treasuries, amid US President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire governor Lisa Cook.

Gold prices touched an all-time high on Tuesday as investors sought safe alternatives to government bonds.

Across the Atlantic, the Stoxx Europe 600 index was 1.1 per cent lower by mid-afternoon, and Germany’s Dax fell 1.7 per cent.

The 10-year German bond yield, a benchmark for the Eurozone, rose 0.04 percentage points to 2.79 per cent on Tuesday, while the 30-year German yield reached its highest level since 2011.

The moves followed higher than expected Eurozone inflation, which could cloud the case for further interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank.

Emmanuel Cau, head of European equities strategy at Barclays, said the stock market moves were “largely due to bond market spillover, with concerns about deficits and sticky inflation resurfacing”.

Germany’s stock index has soared ahead of European peers this year after the government announced its “whatever it takes” stimulus package, prompting investors to pour into German infrastructure and defence stocks.

[Derby]

https://www.cityam.com/small-tier-accountancy-firms-facing-worst-talent-crisis-in-years/

Small-tier accountancy firms facing worst talent crisis in years


The accountancy sector is facing a hiring crisis. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Small to mid-tier accountancy firms are facing “serious” barriers to growth due to staffing shortages, according to a new damming report into the sector.

According to figures from outsourcing specialists Advancetrack, 94 per cent of firms say recruitment issues are now holding back growth, forcing them to outsource work overseas.

These figures represent an increase from last year’s report, which found that just under half of the accounting firms surveyed identified a skills crisis as a problem.

The 2025 Accounting Talent Index, which surveyed nearly 170 representatives predominantly from the UK and Australia, revealed that a further 74 per cent of respondents cited the recruitment crisis as preventing them from taking on more clients.

As a result, over two-thirds of those firms have said they are now outsourcing work overseas to expand their resource base, with a further 33 per cent offshoring.

Vipul Sheth, managing director of Advancetrack, stated, “We’re seeing record numbers of firms turning to outsourcing, offshoring, and tech investment, not just as a cost-saving measure, but as the only realistic route to sustainable growth in the current climate”.

Rising salaries put pressure on accountancy firms

Nearly half of these surveys reported facing rising salary pressures. The report quoted the Austin Rose Salary Survey 2025, which stated that the majority of firms are offering more modest pay increases this year, ranging from one per cent to four per cent, to account for inflation.

As a result, nearly 40 per cent said they are investing in tech upgrades and staff development to future-proof their business.

“We’re seeing a step-change where leaders must rethink how they deliver services, not just who delivers them. That means being smarter about structure, tech and global resourcing. Those who move early and adapt fastest will be the ones that thrive,” Sheth added.

This comes after a report in June revealed that a majority of Gen-Z accountancy students now aspire to start their own business rather than climb up the traditional ranks of a firm.

The sector is undergoing significant changes after a surge of interest from private equity houses was noted to be at an all-time high, with data in July revealing a strong appetite for “a major injection of funds” on both sides.

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The US Population Could Shrink in 2025, For the First Time Ever
Posted by msmash on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @10:00AM from the for-the-record dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report:

The United States is on the precipice of a historic, if dubious, achievement. If current trends hold, 2025 could be the first year on record in which the US population actually shrinks.

The math is straightforward. Population growth has two sources: natural increase (births minus deaths) and net immigration (arrivals minus departures). Last year, births outnumbered deaths by 519,000 people. That means any decline in net immigration in excess of half a million could push the U.S. into population decline. A recent analysis of Census data by the Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the US foreign-born population fell for the first time in decades by more than one million. While some economists have questioned the report, a separate analysis by the American Enterprise Institute predicted that net migration in 2025 could be as low as negative 525,000. In either case, annual population growth this year could easily turn negative.

Saludos.

[Derby]

https://www.ft.com/content/52d3b560-7ee7-4aad-aebf-21270d661ced

Russia says China has agreed vast new Siberia gas pipeline

Agreement gives Moscow much-needed export route and signals closer relationship with Beijing


Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday © Alexander Kazakov/Reuters

China and Russia have signed an agreement to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, a huge gas project that could reshape global energy flows as both countries seek an alternative to Donald Trump’s US-led global order.

Russia announced the deal as President Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday. Russia’s pipeline gas monopoly Gazprom said the two sides had signed a legally binding “memorandum of construction” after years of stalled negotiations.

However, the document covered general terms and omitted details on pricing, the main stumbling block. China did not immediately comment.

“Talks will now focus on financing the pipeline’s construction and the commercial terms of supply,” Gazprom’s chief executive Alexei Miller said on Tuesday in Beijing, according to state newswire Tass.

He promised to “provide the commercial details” separately but said a long-term gas deal would run for 30 years.

Even without clarity on costs, the deal signalled a significant shift in the global gas market. Once built, in the early 2030s, the 50bn cubic metre-a-year Power of Siberia 2 pipeline will run east from the gasfields that once served Europe. It also gives China an alternative to importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, Qatar and Australia.

The project may change the economics for companies currently considering whether to invest further in building LNG export terminals, particularly in the US, said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a global research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

“This is a very clear signal . . . suddenly we are removing 50 bcm [of demand] from the equation. For the people who want to take final investment decisions now, I would be a little concerned,” she said.

The three-way talks also involved Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, president of Mongolia, through which the pipeline will run, said Russian state newswire Interfax.

Moscow and Beijing also signed “commercial agreements” to increase supplies through existing routes by 8 bcm, with the aim of bringing total annual flows to 56 bcm before the new pipeline was built, Miller said.

But even if PS2 were launched, all of Russia’s total pipeline exports to China — about 106 bcm a year — would amount to about half of its pipeline gas supplies to Europe before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which approached 200 bcm pre-war, according to Gazprom.

Russia will probably earn less than it did for the same sales volume in Europe: the price of gas supplies to China is “objectively lower” than to Europe because the fields are closer and the “transport leg is shorter,” Miller said on Tuesday.

Chinese state media did not mention the gas deals, saying only that the two sides had signed more than 20 co-operation documents, including in the energy sector. They quoted Xi as saying: “‘Hard connectivity’ should be a key direction, by actively promoting cross-border infrastructure and energy projects linking the three countries.”

The Russian announcement was “a bit premature”, said Victor Gao, chair of the China Energy Security Institute. “This may be more [a signal] of their intent rather than an agreement already reached,” he added.

The commercial details of Power of Siberia 2 that are yet to be agreed will prove crucial for Russia as its energy revenues decline and Gazprom struggles to stay afloat.

Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin and a China expert, said the expansion of the existing pipelines appeared to be “a real deal” but that with the PS2 agreement, China was in effect signalling “yes, we’re interested, we accept the route through Mongolia — but let’s talk about price and terms”.

But he added: “A legally binding memorandum without a price or timeline is not a final agreement.”

Russia is already the largest supplier of pipeline gas and the third-largest provider of LNG to China after Australia and Qatar. The new pipeline would sharply increase China’s energy purchases from its neighbour and help compensate for Russia’s loss of markets in Europe after it invaded Ukraine.



Chris Beddor, deputy research director at Gavekal, said this year’s war between Israel and Iran may have influenced Beijing’s thinking.

“China has long been reluctant to increase its energy import reliance on Russia, but the Middle East conflict underscored that they just don’t have a lot of risk-free options,” Beddor said.

Corbeau said that after the new pipeline was built, China would be reliant on Russia for about a fifth of its gas. “China will import around 100bn cubic metres of Russian pipeline gas, and another 20-30bn cubic metres of LNG, but the demand level will be around 600bn cubic metres,” she said.

Putin stressed that his “close communication” with Xi “reflects the strategic nature of Russian-Chinese ties, which are at an unprecedentedly high level”, Tass reported.

The Chinese and Russian leaders will observe a military procession on Wednesday commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the second world war.

The meeting with Putin is part of a week of extensive diplomacy for China’s President Xi, who is hosting a score of world leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization security conference in Tianjin as he aims to present Beijing as a reliable alternative to the US-led global order.