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Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system

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The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers

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Electric Truckmaker Rivian, Backed By Amazon, Ford, Raises Whopping $1.3 Billion

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The rich world’s housing crunch is far from over

At times during the long boom that followed the global financial crisis of 2007-09, it seemed as if house prices would never stop rising. Sales surged as ultra-low interest rates and supply […]

São Tomé and Príncipe Upgrades Payment System Following African Development Bank Loan Agreement

The African Development Bank signs a $3.2million loan agreement with the government of São Tomé and Príncipe to upgrade the national switch payment system. The upgrade will allow for automatic real-time gross […]

Why economics does not understand business

It is the mid-1990s and the economics faculty at a leading business school is meeting. The assembled dons are in a prickly mood. Many are upset that business-school fields, such as marketing […]

Cross-Border QR Code Payments Connectivity Launched Between Singapore and Malaysia

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) establish a cross-border QR code payment link between Singapore and Malaysia. The payment linkage between MAS and BNM will allow customers […]

The Swiss rage about the demise of Credit Suisse

When swiss regulators announced that ubs would rescue Credit Suisse from the brink of collapse on March 19th, the troubled bank’s shareholders seemed lucky to avoid a total loss on their investment. […]

Mastercard Accelerates Move Toward Sustainable Plastics in Cards

Mastercard is accelerating efforts to remove first-use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028. The decision reinforces the company’s sustainability commitments and scales the accessibility of more sustainable card […]

The IMF faces a nightmarish identity crisis

During the landmark three-week conference at Bretton Woods in 1944, one delegate contrasted the “extraordinarily beautiful” venue—the Mount Washington hotel—with the “glorious confusion” of negotiations. Yet the bedlam gave birth to the […]

UK Consumers Resistant to Digital-Only Banks Despite Cost-of-Living Pressure

UK banking customers are still resistant to change, with one in three preferring to do all their banking in person, according to a recent survey by Accenture. The survey of over 2,400 […]

Chinese officials promise foreign investors greater access

Foreign investors have been flooding into China over the past two weeks. For all but a few, it is their first trip in three years, since the country walled itself off from […]

Starling Bank Backs “a Sustainable Future” With National Trust Partnership

Starling Bank will exclusively sponsor National Trust’s nationwide ‘Summer of Play’ programme. The three-year partnership will see an estimated 1 million people benefit from improved access to nature. Around 6,000 school children […]

Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST