From the Mean Streets of Havana: Carlos Acosta
Charismatic, highly acclaimed Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta is embarking on a new project. The greatest male ballet dancer since Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail...
Eduardo Galeano: Remembering a Forgotten Continent
In the last days of his presidency, José Mujica visited the Casmu Hospital in Montevideo to pay his respects to Uruguay’s foremost historian and...
Hello Blackberry Way! Canada’s Tech Giant Is Making A Comeback
For years the BlackBerry was the ultimate business mobile, but a decision to pull away from making phones as the business was left in...
Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): “I Don’t Design Nice Buildings”
Zaha Hadid orphaned this world on March 31 and left it waiting for great works that now will never be. Architects bloom late in...
Navigating the maze of red tape
Legislation and bureaucracy have been sticking in the gizzard of commerce for decades. With one piece of frustrating paperwork after another getting in the...
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....
Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Winnie Byanyima: From the Bush to the Global Stage
Oxfam International’s dynamic director Winnie Byanyima possesses a most extraordinary CV. Her career includes working as Uganda’s first female aeronautical engineer, living in the...
EESHA KHARE (Student): Young inventor changing the mobile world
MOBILE phone batteries last for a few hours and then slowly die. We all sigh a little, put them on charge, and wait a...
Passing the Pepsi test
The jewel in the crown of PepsiCo is celebrating a decade at the pinnacle of one the world’s most iconic companies – a brand...
