Global Finance

Banco Ripley Perú adviser

New tech combines with old-school values in success story

BANCO Ripley Perú has been spotting new developments in the digital world to boost the group's strategy of introducing technological improvements in financial operations...
Hurricane ISS

World Bank Bonds to Provide $360 Million in Catastrophe Protection for...

Washington, DC, August 4, 2017 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) issued catastrophe bonds that will provide Mexico with financial...
Toy Soldier in Middle East

Tepid growth forecast in World Bank’s 2020 report

THE WORLD Bank forecasts a slight increase in global economic growth for 2020. But the operative word is “slight”: the bank’s prediction is for expansion...

Sir Richard Jolly: Development with a Human Face

In May 2012, a distinguished group of international economists and social scientists published Be Outraged: There Are Alternatives, an impassioned critique of austerity economics....
Tesla Model 3

Tesla crosses trillion-dollar milestone with Hertz deal

TESLA has passed the magic market valuation of $1tn, joining Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google-owner Alphabet in the elite club. It was only in 2020...
Emma Marcegaglia

The quiet influence over European business

From the factory floor of her father’s steel business, to some of the biggest boardrooms in Europe, the rise and rise of Emma Marcegaglia...
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Sales and marketing: ‘invisible’ roles…?

SALES-enablement platform Highspot has released a whitepaper, European State of Sales and Marketing Alignment 2022. Professionals in the UK, France and Germany believe alignment, communication...
Future Asset Classroom

Young investors battle to win Scots schools contest

Future Asset shortlists Scottish candidates for the next generation of female investors SCHOOLGIRLS from across Scotland are battling for recognition as the country’s most...
Trade War US vs EU

Trade war ‘almost inevitable’ as Trump’s steel tariffs start to bite

Countries line-up to target US products with their own retaliatory taxes. HAL WILLIAMS reports EUROPE, Canada and Mexico are girding their loins for a trade...
Sleep Cogni device

Dreaming, perchance, of sleep? A UK firm has found a solution

A UK-DESIGNED sleep therapy solution is a step closer to capturing a share of an $80bn global market. SleepCogni, a data-supported device for people suffering...