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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

5 years by Daniel Williams

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

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Fintech

How Fourthline became fourth line of defence for fintech startups

Krik Gunning is the co-founder and CEO of Fourthline | Image Credit: Fourthline The most common organisational principle in risk management is called the ‘three lines of defences’. It is especially followed […]

How health-care costs stopped rising

For a long time, health care was eating the world. From 1950 to 2009 American spending on hospitals, medics and the like rose from 5% of gdp to 17%. Between the late […]

America and the EU demonstrate protectionism’s ratchet effect

As america unleashes a barrage of new protectionist measures under President Joe Biden, it continues to be dogged by past efforts—not least the tariffs on aluminium and steel that President Donald Trump […]

Investors are returning to hedge funds. That may be unwise

Superheroes are useless when times are good. If Gotham was a safe and pleasant place, Batman would probably just spend his days relaxing in a mansion upstate. Superman only ducks into a […]

Israel’s war economy is working—for the time being

Less than three weeks since Hamas plunged Israel into war, conflict is taking a toll on the country’s economy. The shekel has sunk to its lowest level against the dollar in more […]

Banks

FIs Must React as 70% UK Gig Workers Struggle to Access Financial Products; Urges Rollee

Around a quarter of financial institutions struggle to access all the income and employment data when accessing UK gig worker applications; according to Rollee, the fintech start-up providing secure and consented access […]

Canada federal court approves $23B settlement over discriminatory underfunding of First Nations program – JURIST

The Federal Court of Canada approved on Tuesday, a CA$ 23 billion settlement to compensate First Nations children and families who were harmed by the discriminatory underfunding of the First Nations Child […]

Banks

Digital Banking Takes Centre Stage in Australia: Insights from Mambu

Australia’s financial services sector is witnessing a significant shift towards digital banking, with cloud banking platform Mambu outlining its role in the transformation. Mambu has steadily expanded its influence in the Australian […]

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