Alexa von Tobel (CEO LearnVest): Smart move for a dropout
FINANCIAL planning is rarely considered an activity that attracts passion. Yet for one entrepreneur, it delivered enough fervour to warrant dropping out of Harvard...
IFC: After Paris, What’s Next for the Private Sector?
It’s been two months now since the historic climate change conference, COP21, wrapped up in Paris, concluding with 195 countries pledging to take actions...
AI and machine learning bolster pharma data-analysis
A SPECIALIST in social intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry has developed a systematic way of measuring patients’ experience of taking medicines.
Glasgow-based Talking Medicines was...
Scott Eckert: Robots to the Rescue
Daniel H Wilson, the writer of humorous fiction like How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robopocalypse says, tongue-in-cheek: “Someday mankind must face and...
Monte Carlo or dust?
Even the world’s finest treasures collect a bit of grime once in a while. Business Vision’s Tony Lennox takes a look at the famous...
Brian May: Prince of the Universe
With his mane of ringlets and lean, tall physique and laid back manner, Brian May is every inch the (aging) rock star. However, there...
‘Securing the free flow of data to the UK economy will...
The UK Government has published proposals for future data sharing arrangements between the UK and EU.
Tom Thackray, CBI Director of Innovation, said:
“This paper is an...
UNCTAD Investment and Enterprise Division: Tax and Investment Policymaking: The Need...
The fiscal contribution of MNEs (multinational enterprises) has been at the centre of attention for some time. Numerous instances of well-known firms paying little...
World Bank Supports the Dominican Republic to Better Prepare for Hurricanes...
First contingency line of credit in the Caribbean to secure access to US$150 million immediate financing in the aftermath of a disaster
WASHINGTON, September 28,...
An ill-wind for Visa quickly blows in Mastercard’s favour
AMAZON has told customers in the UK that it will stop accepting Visa credit cards early next year because of high transaction fees.
The retail...





































