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Five major business wins to celebrate in West Midlands

A STRING of international companies moving to the West Midlands has put the region top of the UK’s overseas investment chart — for five...

Tata Steel: Perseverance & Excellence

Blame it on Ayn Rand. She – of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead fame – provided Sajid Savid with an ideological backbone. Secretary for...
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Masks, dreams and the modern pursuit of wisdom

By  MANFRED KETS DE VRIES  The day after becoming the CEO of a company facing turbulent times, David had a dream. While walking on a beach...
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World’s richest woman dies

Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017 Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
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King’s Business School co-ordinates study for embattled entrepreneurs

KING’S Business School in London is calling on entrepreneurs worldwide to participate in a study to help business owners survive the COVID-19 crisis. With livelihoods...
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Bright idea to combat flying foes

By HAL WILLIAMS WAGENINGEN University in the Netherlands has found a hi-tech means of virus-prevention. And no, this has nothing to do with Covid. The virus...

ICC partners with Argentina for 11th WTO Ministerial Conference Business Forum

Alongside World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in Buenos Aires this December, the government of Argentina is officially partnering with ICC on the event’s Business...
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‘Pay-as-you-throw’: a solution to cut waste?

GOVERNMENTS should consider a combination of incentives and penalties to cut the volume of waste going to landfill. That’s according to Chris Williams, founder and...
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Brazil: Eternal Country of the Future

Can the South American giant emerge stronger from its latest crisis? By Jason Agnew “Brazil é o pais do futuro e sempre será.” It was a...
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Grim UN report shows half-a-billion people struggling to find work

ALMOST half-a-billion people around the world battle to find sufficient paid work, a UN report on employment and social trends shows. The World Employment and Social...