Wages up as Americans are encouraged back to work and into the office – 3 takeaways from the latest jobs report

After a lackluster jobs report in September 2021, the latest news on employment gives Americans plenty of cheer about ahead of the holiday season. In total,...

PH, New Zealand to continue cooperation on geothermal energy

MANILA – The Philippines and New Zealand will continue to explore cooperation on geothermal energy. This as Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi and New Zealand...

Balance of risks for 2021 inflation still ‘on the upside’: Diokno

MANILA – The rate of price increases decelerated to 4.6 percent last October from month-ago’s 4.8 percent but Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said...

Why taxing US billionaires’ wealth – as Biden tried to do – will never work

The speed with which a tax on billionaires came and went as a means to pay for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda shows why it’s so...

At G20, Widodo calls for acceleration of global economic recovery

JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo called for the acceleration of a global economic recovery that is strong, inclusive, and sustainable at the economic and global health...

Microsoft surpasses Apple as most valuable US company

Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing

After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are...

How to make fragile global supply chains stronger and more sustainable

In 2019, global supply chains moved more than US$19 trillion in exported goods. The production and sale of many items we need and use — including...

Cyberattacks to critical infrastructure threaten our safety and well-being

What would happen if you could no longer use the technological systems that you rely on every day? I’m not talking about your smart phone or...

COP26: 4 ways rich nations can keep promises to curb emissions and fund climate adaptation

The time has come for Canada and other rich nations to pony-up and pay for the devastation they have caused countries in the Global South. That...