World’s richest woman dies
Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017
Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
UNCTAD: Investment – In Need of Direction
The global financial crisis has impacted heavily on trade: annual trade expansion over the past three years has averaged a tepid 3% annually, compared...
People, technology, and other hybrid solutions
MANY organisations are failing to get the investment results that they had hoped for, partly because of peer pressure to transform where and how...
IFC: Corporate Governance Practices in the European Union
For the first time, European Commission Directive 2006/46/EC required all listed companies to produce a corporate governance statement in their annual report to shareholders....
Coronavirus co-operation across sectors comes up with promising equipment
THE MERCEDES F1 team is an unlikely player in the medical field, but it has had a major role in the development of a...
Slip into something ethical, like plastic-free workwear
ECO-FRIENDLY uniforms are the next step in the bid to cut plastic use.
The plastics issue is high on the global agenda. The UK introduced...
Doron Meyersdorf: A Breakthrough from Israel
It’s no surprise that an educational institution which mixes mysticism with mechanics is situated in California. Sofia University – in Palo Alto, not the...
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....
Ian Anderson: Living in the Present
When Ian Anderson, the lead singer of the celebrated band Jethro Tull bought a 15,000-acre estate on the Isle of Skye, the locals were...
