Global Finance

Jan Pronk: It Takes More than Good Intentions

The government of Sudan declared Jan Pronk persona non grata in October 2006, summoning the UN special envoy to pack his bags and leave...
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Spring Budget sets BV phones and email buzzing

Pundits and experts were quick off the mark to comment on Jeremy Hunt’s first offering... By HAL WILLIAMS BRITISH Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has prompted...
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...

Brexit – Much Ado About Nothing?

After tearing the country and his party apart, leaving it with no government, no opposition, and – essentially – no future other than a...

Clive Stafford Smith: A One-Man Army for Justice

Clive Stafford Smith is a British lawyer specialised in civil rights and fighting death penalty convictions. He has spent much of his working life...
Pouring Molten Steel

Steel Merger Looks To Create Industry Giant

Two behemoths of the industrial world look to tie the knot and save thousands of jobs as they create one of the world’s largest...
London Underground, Mind the gap

Women left behind in pay and pensions

GENDER pay-gaps are nothing new, but there is increasing awareness of the unfairness of the syndrome — at various levels. Workplace pay scales are one...
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Move over, Punxsutawney Phil, there’s a new rodent on the block

By HAL WILLIAMS RIGHT, here’s a story right up the BV alley. A German hamster named Mr Goxx — in solidarity with this exceptional rodent,...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Waiting for the Age of Reason

Her life has been an extraordinary journey across varied political, cultural, and geographical landscapes. She is beautiful, intelligent, courageous, and quite outspoken. Author, campaigner, politician,...
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ESG integration boost for Blackrock’s DC strategy

US INVESTMENT company BlackRock’s UK Defined Contribution (DC) default strategy, LifePath, is moving to the next phase of ESG integration. The move will increase LifePath UK’s ESG exposure,...