Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a Saturday temporary restraining order blocking Elon Musk’s band of teen tech bro interns from siphoning Treasury Department data onto private hard drives next to their BitTorrent Hobbit porn. Anyone taking the time to actually READ the opinion would see that it momentarily halts turning over the personally identifiable data of … Read more
Credit: Christina Morillo  Author: Neil Shah, Director of Content and Strategy, Edison Group A series of high-profile controversies at leading global companies has forced a re-evaluation of corporate governance. Tensions between corporate boards and investors persist, as seen during 2023’s AGM season, with notable disagreements at companies like Disney, Ocado and Smith & Nephew. Internal … Read more
  Author: Scott Rouse, Features Writer It was in 2014 that many were introduced to the term ‘conscious uncoupling,’ a term originally coined by sociologist Diane Vaughan, when Gwyneth Paltrow announced her separation from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. For those emotionally invested in the love lives of celebrities, I imagine such events induce a lot … Read more
Housing markets in a number of countries have in recent years shown a puzzling kind of behaviour, where an apparent shortage of homes is accompanied by an unusually low transaction rate. People need houses, but they aren’t buying them. A good example is Canada. In 2023 it saw a population increase of 3.2 percent, the … Read more
  Author: Graham Jarvis, Features Writer Despite concerns about a tougher outlook, many of the Eurozone’s biggest banks beat second quarter earnings expectations. Reuters says they have benefited from high interest rates and “bumper investment bank business,” even though their shares were held back. Shares may be lower than anticipated because of business performance – … Read more
Traditionally dependent on hydrocarbons and minerals, Indonesia’s digital economy is now booming thanks to high internet penetration and a tech-savvy population. The country’s tropical climate and enormous geothermal resources also offer compelling opportunities for early investors in carbon-free energy. Monopolies ‘Diminished’ Indonesia endured decades of miliary dictatorship following independence from Dutch colonists. And since the … Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitious dreams include building Turkey from “regional economic centre into global economic powerhouse” and boosting it from the world’s sixteenth largest economy into the top 10. In the shorter term, the bi-continental country’s much-vaunted Twelfth Development Plan (2024 to 2028) aims to improve its “international stature, fostering prosperity and combating inflation … Read more
Buy-now-pay-later offers SMEs an alternate credit source. Although generally available in the consumer market for about a decade, the electronic payment model of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) is finally bearing fruit for micro, small and midsize enterprises (MSMEs) by avoiding interest payments on corporate credit cards, reducing paperwork, facilitating quicker transactions, and improving liquidity management. The business-to-business … Read more
Tariffs, supply chain shifts, and trade digitalization demand adaptability, risk management, and banking partnerships. As President Donald Trump starts his second term, the prospect of a global tariffs war and its impact on trade and economies looms large. While international trade flows were rerouted but not fundamentally weakened during Trump’s first term, threats of 25% … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda as new yen banknotes are issued  Author: Jemima Hunter, Features Writer It may be overshadowed by the US dollar or euro, but the yen is the world’s third most traded currency, accounting for 13 percent of global foreign exchange transactions in 2022. … Read more