World Bank Group: Are Stars Aligning for Clean-Energy Financing?
One of the biggest bangs on the opening day of the Paris COP21 climate summit was without doubt the dual announcements by the Breakthrough...
Northern Ireland on a roll since 1998 agreement
SINCE the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, Northern Ireland’s GDP has more than doubled.
An economic analysis by trade and investment advisory firm...
Celestial origins to cerebral slogans, Nike’s been just doing it for...
The world’s largest supplier of athletic shoes and clothing owes its success to dedication, hard work… and the willingness to correct errors and oversights
Nike...
The Monsoon Accessorize Trust continues support for Afghanistan education projects
THE MONSOON Accessorize Trust has been supporting education projects for Afghani women and children over the past two decades — and says it will...
ZICA ASSIS (Founder, Beliza Natural): A real rags to riches tale
AS a child in the seventies, Zica Assis and her family had nothing. They lived, like thousands of others in the run-down favelas of...
Joe Penna: Master of the Digital Video
The recent rise of video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo have allowed low budget independent filmmakers to reach millions of viewers. The MysteryGuitarMan...
Millions of middle-agers out of work
LONGEVITY thinktank Phoenix Insights has found that 27 percent of the UK’s 50- to 64-year-olds — 3,547,000 people — are economically inactive.
The report found...
Cash still king, says author of COP26 report
AT COP26, Boris Johnson is asking world leaders to “take action on coal, cars, cash and trees” — but a new whitepaper says that...
Court proceedings mount against pharma firms behind OxyContin
JOHNSON & Johnson, Purdue Pharma and Israel-based firm Teva Pharmaceuticals are under increased legal pressure over their roles in the US’s opiate crisis.
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Buy, sell, fire: Musk hits the ground flailing
ELON Musk has sold another 19.5 million Tesla shares.
The sell-off comes just days after his $44bn Twitter takeover. Tesla's share price has fallen by more...





































