Anders Åslund: The Submerging Market Threat
It is time to put the rise of the emerging economies in perspective. The rapid economic growth in much of the developing world since...
Zoom meeting from a bomb shelter in Ukraine…
‘Yesterday afternoon,’ writes ANNABEL CLEMENTSON, who submitted the following media release to BV, ‘I joined a call with team members from Ukraine’s Diia.City programme...
Madonna: Don’t Preach to the Material Girl
Over her career, the Queen of Pop Music racked up a staggering 300 million record sales. She may claim the title of all-time best-selling...
Ukrainian support from ed-tech series C
UKRAINIAN-founded Preply has raised $50m in its series C, amassing more than $100m in investments since its inception.
From an education start-up, Preply has become...
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic...
But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report
9 October 2017, Rome -...
Energy for the Masses: Raiders of the Lost Promise – The...
The vast amounts of energy released by splitting the atom has enabled scientists to produce both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, demonstrating that mankind’s...
Ready, aim, hire! It’s a digital call-up
RETIRED Australian Army Captain Tom Larter is calling for UK businesses to literally join forces — and commit to filling a proportion of digital...
Quarter of BA jobs going: 12,000 staff members face the axe
BRITISH Airways says it will be forced to make up to 12,000 staff redundant because of the global collapse of air travel.
CEO Alex Cruz...
Banks, the Fed, and a short-term absence of fear
By GEORGE LAGARIAS
ANOTHER week, another regional bank failure. First Republic, a 37-year-old San Francisco institution became the third US regional bank — and fourth...
SME: Engineering Perfection
Perfection is often the outcome of fortuitous circumstance – not necessarily of a carefully traced design process. That’s how a West Sussex precision engineering...
