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Eighth InterEcoForum begins in Spain with full UN backing
THE InterEcoForum's eighth annual event addressing the theme of Water For Sustainable Development, supported by the United Nations and its agencies, begins today in...
Venezuela’s cash crisis, coupled with blackouts, leaves country’s population in the...
VENEZUELA has the world’s largest oil reserves — and no money.
Rampant inflation and depleted reserves of almost worthless bolivar banknotes have created a nightmare...
Boeing stocks fall fast as news of tragic Max 8 crash...
By Richard Thomas
IN THE age of the Internet and social media, responses to developments, incidents and accidents around the world are having increasingly rapid...
Cash isn’t dead — yet — but report warns that its...
Remember jingling coins in your pocket, and folding crisp banknotes into your wallet or purse? According to a new report, pretty soon all you’ll...
Tesla shuts showrooms and moves to online sales in bid to...
TESLA is cutting prices and closing showroom doors in a dramatic bid to remain viable.
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Be wise and digitalise, report urges UK SMEs
A recent report has laid out a digital roadmap that could catalyse up to a £57bn productivity pay-out for UK SMEs over five years
The...
Beemer and Daimler join forces to explore driverless options, ride-hailing and...
LUXURY German vehicle manufacturers BMW and Daimler have announced they will join forces to invest in next-generation services, including driverless vehicles.
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Analytics key to African countries’ ability to share in services trade
UNCTAD-UNECA projects’ experts pool wisdom to grow regional economies and increase benefit from value chains
AFRICA needs to step-up its analytics game to play a...
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Airborne behemoth to go extinct as orders fall — and smaller...
Future A380 orders cut by Emirates, putting up to 3,500 Airbus jobs in doubt
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IPOs for the people! Investors change tack, but public access is...
Venture capital may be flavour of the month, but there is still a place for stock market launches, as BRENDAN FILIPOVSKI reports
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Consequences of trade tariffs can be far-reaching — and detrimental to...
A report launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos provides global policymakers with an evidence-based overview of the far-reaching economic and social consequences...
The Year That Wasn’t (but really, really wanted to be)
Nearly all financial and commodity markets stumbled in 2018. Canada-based STUART DUNN, chairman of the Holdun Family Office, looks back at a year some...
Red alert from UK’s car industry as it ponders threat of...
A WARNING light is flickering on the dashboard of the UK car industry as it trundles helplessly towards the possibility of a no-deal Brexit.
The...
‘Non-standard’ financial information more closely tied to share prices
Want to look into the future of a company? Research by Australia’s UTS (University of Technology Sydney) provides some pointers. LEILAH SCHUBERT reports.
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Hand over money, get a free T-shirt, and play your part...
By HAL WILLIAMS
WANT an investment that will send your cash into orbit? Get your wallet out and start the count-down — there’s no time...
Troubled Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe passes on
BRANDON Truaxe, the founder of Canadian skincare company Deciem, has died of unknown causes at the age...
Merchant bankers pitch in to help funding for apprentices
THE NEXT generation of engineers – hopefully brimming with energy and fresh ideas – is taking steps down the education path at Britain’s AMRC...