Economy

Ted Pick takes charge of Morgan Stanley

WHEN JAMES GORMAN took the helm of Morgan Stanley it was barely afloat. His tenure as the bank’s chief executive began on January 1st 2010, in the teeth of the global financial […]

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Economy

How strong is India’s economy under Narendra Modi?

In the second week of 2024 business leaders descended on Gujarat, the home state of Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister. The occasion was the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, one of many gabfests […]

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Security

In-Depth Analysis: Decoding the Best Practices in ID Verification Software

The pursuit of impeccable identity verification is more pressing than ever. The quest for the best ID verification software has intensified as businesses and organizations seek fail-safe methods to authenticate user identities […]

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Economy

A guide to the Chinese Communist Party’s economic jargon

A new Communist Party slogan was born on January 9th. The phrase, which appeared on the front page of the People’s Daily, a party mouthpiece, defies easy interpretation. A loose translation might […]

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Economy

Will spiking shipping costs cause inflation to surge?

When economists talk about bottlenecks, they typically refer to points in a supply chain that slow down production. The global economy is at present providing a rather literal example of the metaphor. […]

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Economy

Bill Ackman provides a lesson in activist investing

As with every skirmish in America’s culture wars, how you view the ousting of Harvard University’s president has much to do with where you are sitting. Claudine Gay resigned on January 2nd. […]

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Economy

Has Team Transitory really won America’s inflation debate?

In late 2021 Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, called for the retirement of “transitory” as a description for the inflation afflicting America. The word had become a bugbear, having been […]

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Fintech

Amsterdam unicorn Adyen’s CTO, Alexander Matthey, to conclude tenure in 2024

Amsterdam-based Adyen, a fintech unicorn company, announced that Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Alexander Matthey won’t seek reappointment at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.  Matthey’s term ends on December 31, 2024, concluding a […]

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Security

What Ought Each VPN Have? The Vital Pieces That Must Be Included to Ensure Online Anonymity and Security

Some users may feel uncomfortable when discussing a virtual private network (VPN). Though its use is growing, the majority of Internet users who conduct their regular daily activities online presumably don’t want […]

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Economy

Xi Jinping risks setting off another trade war

China’s leaders are obsessed with lithium-ion batteries, electric cars and solar panels. These sorts of technologies will, Xi Jinping has proclaimed, become “pillars of the economy”. His government is spending big to […]

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News

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 […]

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News

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 […]

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News

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 […]

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News

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

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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