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NFTs are down — as are sports stars who bought them

AMERICAN football wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr holds the dubious distinction of being the athlete who has lost the most money on NFTs. Following the...
Jelly Drops

Sweet success as Jelly Drops give elderly a necessary hydration hit

LONDON start-up Jelly Drops is helping to boost proper hydration among elderly people and those living with dementia. These groups have been among the hardest-hit...
Piggy bank and flower. UK Spring Budget illustration

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...

Mohamed A El-Erian: Is the Perfect Storm Over for Markets?

Earlier this year, financial markets around the world were forced to navigate a perfect storm – a violent disruption fuelled by an unusual amalgamation...

Luke Alphey: Tinkering with Insect Genes

Mosquitoes are amongst the most pernicious and deadly creatures in the world. They are responsible for the spread of the dreaded dengue fever, a...

Europe: A Ship of Many Quarrelling States

For Europe, these are interesting times. At both geographic extremities of the continent, countries are dangling by a thread: the United Kingdom mulls a...

Brian May: Prince of the Universe

With his mane of ringlets and lean, tall physique and laid back manner, Brian May is every inch the (aging) rock star. However, there...

Jeff Bezos: Transforming Retail into a Loss-Leader

Best known as the founding father of Internet behemoth Amazon, Jeff Bezos is more than a one-multi-global-success-trick pony. A divisive figure – mainly due...

Sir Richard Jolly: Development with a Human Face

In May 2012, a distinguished group of international economists and social scientists published Be Outraged: There Are Alternatives, an impassioned critique of austerity economics....

UK: How a Nation Learns to Love the Union

UK Prime Minister David Cameron claims to have negotiated a deal to give Britain special status in the European Union. It would, he argued,...