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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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How to build a global currency

Seventy years ago the Indian rupee was often found a long way from home. After India gained independence from Britain, the currency remained in use in sheikhdoms across the Arabian Sea. Until […]

Wanted: a new economics writer

We are hiring a writer on economics, ideally based at first in London. Journalistic experience is not necessary. The ability to write clearly and entertainingly is crucial. So is a thorough understanding […]

Fintech

Swedish ‘fintech for fintech lenders’ Scayl exits stealth mode with €100M in vault: Here’s its capital deployment plan

Stockholm-based Scayl, a debt financing platform, announced its emergence from stealth on Wednesday. It has raised €100M to provide lenders with access to flexible and transparent funding structures. The startup was founded […]

How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America

Last year Xi Jinping, China’s leader, paid a visit to Heilongjiang in the country’s north-east. Part of China’s industrial rustbelt, the province exemplifies the problems besetting China’s economy. Its birth rate is […]

How India could become an Asian tiger

Is India achieving its potential? In the year to the third quarter of 2023, the country grew at a blistering rate of 8.4%. Over the next half-decade it is expected to expand […]

How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads

Forget the supergroup of stockmarket darlings

Which country will be last to escape inflation?

In January prices across the rich world rose by 5.7% year on year, down from a peak in late 2022 of 10.7%. This conceals wide variation, however. Some countries have slain the […]

China’s banks have a bad-debt problem

Bank of Jiujiang, a mid-tier lender from a southern Chinese river town, imparted some bad news on March 19th. In a rare disclosure, it told investors profits for 2023 might fall by […]

Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides

A decade ago Xi Jinping was welcomed to Duisburg in Germany’s Ruhr valley. He praised the region as a hub for Chinese investment; greeted a train that had spent a fortnight travelling […]

Security

Cyber Insurance is not Cybersecurity – Here’s What you Need to Know

By Spencer Young The surge in cyber threats and the rising costs of a security incident are pushing companies to get cyber insurance as a financial safety net. But while it can […]

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