Jingle of coins and rustle of banknotes: noises of the past?
By Hal Williams
IT’S A CONFUSING time for cash in Britain — maybe even crunch time in the run-up to the Budget.
The roll-out of limited...
Covid-19 loan schemes ‘a debt, not a grant’ cautions UK Finance
UK BUSINESSES are pessimistic about their growth potential once the COVID-19 crisis passes.
A survey of 1,200 firms has found that the pandemic has negatively...
Brand owners raise maritime transport of counterfeit goods at major industry...
Kuala Lumpur, 5 October 2017 – Leaders of the freight forwarding and logistics industry gathering for the 56th World Congress of the International Federation...
Do dole payments really prolong unemployment? Google knows!
Most of us have come to rely on Google to answer… well, pretty much anything. Now economists are thanking Google for helping to answer...
Venezuela’s cash crisis, coupled with blackouts, leaves country’s population in the...
VENEZUELA has the world’s largest oil reserves — and no money.
Rampant inflation and depleted reserves of almost worthless bolivar banknotes have created a nightmare...
Does Nanny know what’s best for us…?
By CHARLES WHITE-THOMSON
“NANNY finance” — excessive quantitative easing and rate-cutting by central banks — has dominated the world for many years. This overly soft...
Macron’s Man is Sniffing Out Europe’s Business Opportunities
France’s Benjamin Griveaux is rising up the ranks of the French president’s inner circle, and he’s been handed a special mission by Emmanuel Macron...
Murdoch Takeover Stalls
Sky buy out delayed as UK Government intervenes amid calls for investigation over White House ‘fake news’ story…
THE drawn-out takeover of broadcaster Sky by...
Ukraine invasion submerges Russia under barrage of sanctions
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH
TENSIONS which had been building between Russia and Ukraine came to a head on February 24, when Vladimir Putin ordered a...
Argentina slaps controls on forex in bid to salvage peso
ARGENTINA has imposed capital controls to halt a slump in foreign currency reserves and save the peso.
The central bank has set a five-day limit...
