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The Star
a day ago
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Gladbach midfielder Neuhaus suspended from first team for 'unacceptable' video
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Moenchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia-Park, Moenchengladbach, Germany - February 8, 2025 Borussia Moenchengladbach's Florian Neuhaus reacts during the match REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen (Reuters) -Borussia Moenchengladbach midfielder Florian Neuhaus has been fined and banished from the first team after being filmed while appearing to mock the Bundesliga club's sporting director. In a video posted on social media, Neuhaus could be seen talking to several people wearing Gladbach kits about sporting director Roland Virkus. The 28-year-old appeared to call Virkus "the worst manager in the world" and referenced the sporting director's role in deciding his salary of four million euros ($4.71 million) per year. Gladbach said they had imposed a "heavy" fine on Neuhaus and suspended him from training with the first team for four weeks, with German daily Bild reporting the fine was worth around 100,000 euros. "The behaviour and statements of Florian Neuhaus are damaging to the club and unacceptable," Gladbach's CEO Stefan Stegemann said in a statement on Thursday. "He has damaged the club with his words and deeply disappointed the people involved, which is not compatible with the values of the club." Neuhaus joined Gladbach in 2017 and has made over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club, but mainly featured as a substitute last season and played just 17 times in the league as they finished 10th. ($1 = 0.8494 euros) (Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
Straits Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Gladbach midfielder Neuhaus suspended from first team for 'unacceptable' video
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Borussia Moenchengladbach midfielder Florian Neuhaus has been fined and banished from the first team after being filmed while appearing to mock the Bundesliga club's sporting director. In a video posted on social media, Neuhaus could be seen talking to several people wearing Gladbach kits about sporting director Roland Virkus. The 28-year-old appeared to call Virkus "the worst manager in the world" and referenced the sporting director's role in deciding his salary of four million euros ($4.71 million) per year. Gladbach said they had imposed a "heavy" fine on Neuhaus and suspended him from training with the first team for four weeks, with German daily Bild reporting the fine was worth around 100,000 euros. "The behaviour and statements of Florian Neuhaus are damaging to the club and unacceptable," Gladbach's CEO Stefan Stegemann said in a statement on Thursday. "He has damaged the club with his words and deeply disappointed the people involved, which is not compatible with the values of the club." Neuhaus joined Gladbach in 2017 and has made over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club, but mainly featured as a substitute last season and played just 17 times in the league as they finished 10th. REUTERS Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. World Trump says countries to start paying tariffs on Aug 1, floats range of 10% to 70% Singapore Sengkang murder: Man accused of killing elderly mother escorted back to crime scene Singapore Tourism bump from Lady Gaga concerts raked in up to estimated $150m for Singapore economy Singapore Jail for man who recruited 2 Japanese women for prostitution at MBS Asia Malaysia dismantles ISIS network involving workers from Bangladesh Asia Manila's mayor returns to office to face mountains of rubbish Asia Chinese national missing in Thailand rescued, embassy warns of shady job offers Business Central banks tweak US dollar reserves, with euro and gold gaining ground: UBS survey
7NEWS
22-06-2025
- Health
- 7NEWS
Physically present, emotionally checked out: the biggest risk to mental wellbeing
You're not burned out. You're not depressed. You still turn up to work, coffee in hand, emails open. Something's missing, though. But you can't quite put your finger on it. This is what experts call languishing. A new national survey from mental wellbeing experts Be Well Co has cast a spotlight on what might be one of the biggest hidden threats to productivity. Not sick days, but 'presenteeism': employees physically present but emotionally checked out. Running on autopilot. 'It's not about people not coming to work; it's about them being mentally absent,' said Dr Matthew Iasiello, Be Well Co mental health researcher and co-author of the study that canvassed hundreds of working Australians. A crisis in plain sight Many employees aren't calling in sick, they're just quietly disengaging. That disengagement is driving a $7 billion annual loss to the economy, according to The Productivity Commission. Dr Joep van Agteren, chief executive of Be Well Co, said the numbers only tell half the story. 'When people languish at work they can feel stuck, directionless and demotivated,' he said. 'Tracking languishing can help us quantify and humanise the hurt that goes alongside the costs, showing us that presenteeism is damaging in the long run for the vitality of organisations and the people that work for them.' Put simply, employees aren't just less productive. They're less innovative, more withdrawn, and more disconnected from their jobs, teams, and even themselves. Present but not thriving The research reveals over three-quarters of languishing employees felt unsupported by their peers, managers, or organisations. Dr Maike Neuhaus, founder of The Flourishing Doc and psychologist in Brisbane, Queensland, calls this a dangerous blind spot. 'It's not the loud crisis that gets attention, but rather the quiet disconnection, disengagement, and loss of meaning that fly under the radar,' she said 'The fact that 76 per cent of participants felt unsupported shows just how invisible this state can be.' And it's not just the workplace that suffers. A staggering 91 per cent of those who reported languishing at work also reported languishing at home — proving the malaise doesn't stop at the office door. 'Wellbeing is never neatly compartmentalised,' Neuhaus added. More than just a mood Unlike burnout, which often comes with high stress and exhaustion, languishing can feel like 'blah'. That's how some survey participants described it — not distressed, but not thriving. Emotionally flat, unmotivated, just there. Many employees described themselves as 'going through the motions' or 'existing, not living'. It's this subtlety that makes languishing so dangerous and so easy to ignore. What can be done? While leaders often focus on absenteeism or obvious drops in performance, experts say they need to start paying attention to the quiet signs of disengagement. Addressing this isn't just about fixing what's broken, Neuhaus said. It's about shifting the focus towards what thriving truly looks like in the workplace. That opposite state is known as flourishing, where energy, purpose and connection return. According to Neuhaus, it has little to do with surface-level perks. 'Flourishing isn't about perks or resilience posters,' she said. 'It's about job design, autonomy, mastery, purpose, and belonging. 'Organisations must upskill leaders to recognise early signs of disengagement and act systemically. 'This is not an individual deficit issue; it's often a cultural and structural one. Be Well Co is also urging employers to rethink how they measure well-being and performance. Instead of relying solely on productivity spreadsheets, they encourage employers to listen to their employees and redesign workplaces. While workplaces are responsible for building better environments, there are also things everyone can do. 'Languishing often begins with a loss of agency,' Neuhaus explains. 'One powerful first step is to reconnect with small, meaningful actions — something we call micro-moments of flourishing. 'This might include setting an intention for the day, actively engaging with a colleague, or seeking novelty and progress in even minor ways.' Research shows these small efforts can reignite motivation, rebuild connection, and help shift from languishing to flourishing. Because at the end of the day, thriving at work isn't about powering through, it's about finding meaning in the everyday.
Epoch Times
29-04-2025
- Business
- Epoch Times
Orange County Executive Neuhaus Hails Fiscal Progress at Annual Address
ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—At the annual State of the County He attributed much of the financial success to his pro-economic development policy, which he said has attracted new businesses, created new jobs, and buttressed local spending. 'When [our businesses] are successful, and when our community is successful, they are able to pay for things, and our sales tax goes up, [which] allows us to give property tax relief,' Neuhaus told a crowd in an auditorium at the county emergency services building in Goshen. He said that over the past decade or so, the county's tax base has grown by 80 percent, and sales tax, the single largest county revenue source, has increased by more than half. The county property tax levy, on the other hand, has been cut three years in a row by a combined amount of $13.6 million, according to a previous Stronger finances have also led to a $58 million county debt cut and a more-than-tripled unrestricted fund balance—that is, surplus money with no strings attached—over the past decade under his leadership, according to Neuhaus. Related Stories 4/23/2025 4/23/2025 Given the uncertainty in funding streams at the federal level, a healthy local fiscal condition means the county can afford to step in where the federal government has stepped back, he added. 'I spent a lot of my time since January meeting with nonprofits to make sure that if they get impacted by federal or state dollars, the county will keep those services to our people,' he said. However, Neuhaus warned that the financial picture isn't all rosy and that risks lurk around the corner, owing to factors such as the global economy, the state budget impasse, and federal tariffs. So far this year, the county's sales tax revenue has come $5.4 million Following the presentation on county finances, Neuhaus enumerated the work of various departments over the past year, highlighting investments in school safety, improvements in road and bridge conditions, the state-of-the-art operation at the emergency services department, and growing land preservation Looking ahead in 2025, Neuhaus said he wants to get the ball rolling on key new initiatives, including the potential purchase of Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center as a county venue, turning the county-owned old Chester High School building into a high-tech training hub, and a critical infrastructure mapping project to aid active shooter responses.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Premium chocolatiers thrive as consumers develop taste for luxury
Luxury chocolatiers are shrugging off volatile raw material costs to enjoy a boom in demand, saying some consumers are responding to the higher prices and reduced cocoa content in mass-market products by trading up to premium offerings. Cocoa prices tripled last year as bad weather in the world's main West African growing region hit harvests, with chocolate companies passing the cost to customers through higher prices. Hershey's and Oreo maker Mondelēz both warned on profits in February, after reporting a decline in sales volumes in 2024, while the confectionery division of Nestlé, which owns KitKat, reported a drop in sales last year. Yet the premium end of the market is proving more resilient, aided by the bigger margins that help to absorb rising costs. High-end confectioners also note a counter trend amid the cost of living crisis, with regular consumers seeking out luxury items despite the higher prices. 'If a Mars bar is much more expensive than it used to be, people think 'I might as well trade up',' said Daniele Ferrero, chief executive of privately owned Venchi, whose premium Chocoviar Stracciatella Easter egg costs €44 in Italy, and £54 in the UK. Giacomo Biviano, the head of Domori, the Italian chocolatier behind the Rococo and Prestat brands, said: 'Even the low-quality product [now has] a very high price, so the consumer will choose the best.' Luxury brands Neuhaus, Jeff de Bruges, Corné Port-Royal and Artista all delivered solid sales growth for Belgian parent Compagnie du Bois Sauvage last year, while Switzerland's Läderach has doubled the size of its business over five years, said its chief executive Johannes Läderach. By contrast, Barry Callebaut, the world's largest chocolate manufacturer that supplies most of the world's big confectioners, reported a drop in sales volume for the first half of the most recent fiscal year, blaming 'unprecedented volatility' in cocoa markets. Mondelēz chief executive Dirk Van de Put said this year that the company was navigating 'unprecedented cocoa cost inflation' while Hershey's noted in its annual report that it continued 'to experience overall declines in consumer demands for our products'. Cocoa futures surpassed a record $12,000 per ton in December, but have since fallen back below $8,500. Neuhaus chief executive Isabel Baert said the premium brands 'that maintain their quality and craftsmanship are better positioned to weather these market conditions'. Many mainstream chocolate makers have been quietly reformulating recipes to protect profits from soaring costs, often cutting cocoa content and replacing it with other fats and flavorings. Andrew Moriarty, an analyst at Mintec, said this should put premium chocolate makers in a 'more difficult position' because their products have a higher cocoa content and 'they have to stick to those ratios'. Yet with luxury chocolatiers largely declining to reduce cocoa content and instead raising prices, customers mostly remained loyal. 'Even if the consumer wouldn't know,' said Läderach, 'it would destroy the premium culture which we want to celebrate. Our business case proves you can have chocolate of the highest standard . . . and get the price for it.' Venchi's Ferrero saw further scope for the premium brands to profit from the problems of the wider confectionery industry should cocoa prices remain unpredictable. 'For every consumer that decides to buy super premium chocolate less frequently, hopefully we'll have two consumers that trade up from mass-market chocolate to premium chocolate,' he said. 'If you were buying a Mars bar, were you actually a chocolate lover anyway?' he asked. 'How much chocolate are you getting in a KitKat?' Nestlé said the recipe for KitKat had not changed, adding that the chocolate bar's popularity demonstrated 'the continuous appeal of well-established brands that offer tasty products.' Mars did not respond to a request for comment. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2023 © 2023 The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved. Please do not copy and paste FT articles and redistribute by email or post to the web.
