Four ways the UK economy is being hampered by the private sector

The UK government has decided to go ahead with a rise in corporation tax in April 2023. The move is a clear reversal of the tax...

4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers

A little more than a century ago, most people in industrialised countries worked 60 hours a week – six ten-hour days. A 40-hour work week of...

China’s latest diplomatic move will extend its trade, energy, financial and maritime power

China’s billions of dollars in global investments and infrastructure projects seem to be paying off politically and economically. Just recently, Honduras signalled it is set to...

90 active investment leads generated after China state visit

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday the Board of Investments (BOI) is monitoring about 90 investment leads from Chinese companies in various sectors, including...

Federal Reserve bows to bank-crisis fears with quarter-point rate hike, letting up a little in its fight against inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point on March 22, 2023, bowing to market expectations that it would temper its aggressive program of rate...

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Bottled water is one of the world’s most popular beverages, and its industry is making the most of it. Since the millennium, the world has advanced...

US insurer extends bidding process for SVB entities

Google and Microsoft are bringing AI to Word, Excel, Gmail and more. It could boost productivity for us – and cybercriminals

Google and Microsoft are on a mission to remove the drudgery from computing, by bringing next-generation AI tools as add-ons to existing services. On March 16,...

Here’s what businesses and consumers can do to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

Even though the practice of slavery has been formally abolished, an estimated 49.6 million people are in forced labour globally, a quarter of which are children....

The European Central Bank seems to have got away with raising interest rates in the middle of a banking crisis – here’s why

In the middle of a market panic that has felled two US banks and pushed several others to the brink, the European Central Bank (ECB) has...