Latin America: As Nations Mature Some Are Left Behind
Devoid of subtlety, headlines often fail to convey the real story. While the bumbling and stumbling governments of Brazil and Venezuela dominate the news...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
As a monetary bludgeon wielded menacingly to impose a federalisation process on the reluctant nations of Europe, the euro has failed miserable. As a...
University’s incubator programme selects cancer-fighting start-ups
TWENTY start-ups — eight of them operating projects in the field of cancer — have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme...
The business of war
THE American writer and humourist, PJ O’Rourke, spent the autumn of 1984 in Lebanon as the country’s civil war began to heat up. The...
Contactless payments boost for Big Issue sellers
THE BIG Issue Group (TBIG) has equipped 1,000 of its vendors with contactless technology.
It is fast-tracking to its goal of enabling all 1,500 vendors...
Job-swap hope for airline workers — but misery for EasyJet staff
By Hal Williams
IN A WEEK where EasyJet announced plans to cut up to 30 percent of its employees to save costs, home healthcare company...
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...
‘Endless tips’ with your tipple as NFTs move to the boozer
NON-FUNGIBLE Tokens, or NFTs, are taking the art world by storm, powered by the blockchain technology that supports Bitcoin.
Stella Artois, part of the Budweiser...
JAMES PARK (CEO Fitbit Inc): Fighting fit, and armed with a...
WHEN serial entrepreneur James Park dropped out of Harvard, he did so with a smile on his face. Not the smug grin of someone...
Africa: Tunisia – Determined and Confident
Cited five years ago as the cradle from which the Arab Spring engulfed the Middle East with protests, rebellion, and other expressions of public...
