Global Finance

Black Friday in Brazil

Black Friday… welcome to the ugly side of the American sales...

By HEATHER LEAH SMITH BEFORE the sentiments of gratitude expressed over Thanksgiving dinner have had time to fade, throngs of Americans begin queuing up and...
University of Technology Sydney

Down-under dream sours for backpackers and migrants

Exploitation of international students and backpackers in Australia is endemic, a study by two universities has found. Fiona McGill and Wendy Frew report One third of...
Stella Artois Non-Fungible Token

‘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...
First Republic Bank

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...
flags uk eu, brexit

2021: Outlook, advice for the UK’s employers

ALEKSANDRA TRACZYK, a solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood, traces a brief trail into the fresh Brexit landscape DECEMBER 31 marked the end of 2020, a year...
Landfill, bulldozer, waste management

Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option

A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company. It can also make a company more desirable to work...

Bloodhound LSR saved by enterprising engineer

Brits are back in the bid for a land-speed record, and RICHARD THOMAS has a good sniff around. And despite the recent trend in...

Alexander Karp: Somewhat Deviant

Ray Kroc, the man responsible for putting a McDonalds restaurant on almost every street corner in the world, once said that the two most...
ActiveRE world map

Go-ahead team and pioneer spirit combine in company’s on-going bid to...

THE ALTERNATIVE risk transfer market was relatively unknown when Juan Antonio Niño, CEO and founder of Active RE, began to advocate for its adoption...

Paul Collier: Studying the Causes and Effects of Mass Migration

Sir Paul Collier CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) specialises in the political, economic, and developmental plight of countries...