Family-owned enterprises: a perspective
Behind the success of every small business is a family. This is largely true. “Behind the failure of most large businesses is a family”. This is true as well, at…
As Bond saw Kennedy’s appeal
JOHN Kennedy’s exhortation to not ask what one’s country could do for the citizens but what they could do for the country appealed to James Bond in a quaint way.…
Orphaned disputes
THE absence of a decision-making centre in Pakistan’s economic management is now being felt acutely. A string of news emerging in the past week or so illustrates this perfectly. The…
Iran weakened by internal woes?
Iran stands accused by the West of playing a key role in unrest plaguing the Middle East, but twin bombings claimed by Islamic State group jihadists are a keen reminder…
Canada’s concerned Sikh community urges Ottawa to get tough with India
Canada’s Sikh community is hoping Ottawa’s shock accusations against India — that New Delhi may have been involved in the assassination of one of their leaders on Canadian soil —…
Amazon rainforest gold mining is poisoning scores of threatened species
In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand. The researchers…
In a warming world, is an air-conditioned future inevitable?
They are ubiquitous in the United States, controversial in Europe and coveted in South Asia. As heatwaves intensify across the world, air conditioning has taken center stage. For better or…
Biden’s China tech curbs to keep investors sidelined, fearing more steps
President Joe Biden’s move to prohibit some US technology investments in China is expected to keep investors on the sidelines, concerned that tougher measures are ahead as tensions simmer between…
Abandoned Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir region was already under the illegal occupation of India when on August 5, 2019 it was stripped of its autonomy granted under Article 370 of the…
