Middle East: Iran – Open for Business
Mention Iran to a stamp collector, and it’s quite possible you’ll witness a human being salivate like a dog being teased with a bone....
Umberto Eco (1932-2016): The Model Author
A bespectacled Italian gentleman, with a girth suggesting a rich and sedentary lifestyle, Umberto Eco was – until 23rd of February this year –...
A Butterfly without Excuses: Progress Stalled
The ways of the world are quite often more straightforward than they at first glance appear to be. Whatever happens has a cause that...
New York’s blue-collar blues: if you can make it there…
Is paranoia over vanishing industrial heritage keeping the city that never sleeps awake? TONY LENNOX examines the changing face of commerce in The Big...
New policies for a young country: India moves into the mainstream...
By LAKSHAY MATHUR
ALMOST 65 percent of India’s 1.3 billion population is below the age of 35, and government alone cannot satisfy the career prospects...
Asia Pacific: Japan – A Uniquely Successful Model
Ernest Hemmingway once said that going broke happens very slowly – and then all of a sudden. The world has been waiting for more...
UN recognises US$1.6 trillion trade finance gap
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed official recognition of the estimated US$1.6 trillion trade financing gap in the United Nations’ (UN) annual...
Boris out! UK SMEs voice drop of confidence in PM
THE MAJORITY of UK SMEs want Boris Johnson to step aside — with 63 percent saying they would like to see him forced out.
In...
More than 100 firms sign letter to lead Brexit negotiators
More than 100 firms employing over one million people in the UK and elsewhere in the EU, have written to David Davis and Michel Barnier,...
New export strategy to bring ‘superpower’ status to Britain
BRITAIN’S International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced an export strategy that “will make Britain a 21st Century exporting superpower”.
“As we leave the EU,...
