FinTok and ‘finfluencers’ are on the rise: 3 tips to assess if their advice has value

Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first $100,000, doing your tax return or investing in...

Using captured CO₂ in everyday products could help fight climate change, but will consumers want them?

Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant? How would you feel if that captured...

Bill and Melinda Gates: philanthropy caught in the crosshairs of society’s obsession with celebrity

When does an extremely normal event become global headline news, and when does a “historic achievement for humanity” fail to create much of a ripple in...

Why the inflation rate doesn’t tell the whole story – all it takes is a spike in a category like used cars to cause consumer prices to soar

Markets, economists and policymakers have been fretting about inflation for months, worried that the trillions of dollars being spent in recent and future government stimulus programs...

The forgotten psychological cost of corruption in developing countries

Corruption is a crime which slows economic growth, undermines development, and causes inequality. With a cost to the global economy estimated at around US$2.6 trillion (£1.8...

How global tax dodging costs lives: new research shows a direct link to increased death rates

Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network, avoiding or evading tax deprives governments across the world of...

Bitcoin: what Elon Musk’s U-turn on Tesla payments means for future of crypto

Open banking is an opportunity, not a threat

Last month, the United Kingdom released the highly anticipated final report of its year-long review into open banking. Its recommendations include, among other things, developing and...

Economists eye another record-high GIR for PH

MANILA – Another record-high foreign reserves is projected for the Philippines in the coming months as structural inflows remain resilient and quarantine measures support the improvement in the...

Subic posts 10% rise in container cargo volume in Q1

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Containerized cargo volume from various export and import transactions here unexpectedly increased in the first quarter (Q1) of this year even as the...