CFO’s role becomes increasingly challenging
21st century has brought about a paradigm shift in the way corporate entities had been operating and these rapidly evolving changes require constant focus on augmenting skills for each role…
Christmas and Brexit double bill put strain on UK supermarkets
For Britain’s supermarket groups Christmas 2020 will be like no other, with the challenge of unprecedented demand due to the COVID-19 crisis followed by the risk of disruption to supplies…
Remittances – the new normal?
The remittances growth in low and middle income countries during the pandemic has taken many by surprise. The upbeat growth is in sharp contrast to the World Bank forecast made…
Life responsibility
“It’s my life” sung by Jon Bon Jovi was a Chart buster song in 2000. Everybody loved the theme. It started the millennial era. The 21st generation rebels just adored…
Business group urges Biden to lift Europe travel ban, revive economies
The Biden administration is under pressure from a major business group and diplomats to scrap a travel ban on Europeans, as investment from the continent in the United States plunged…
An epidemic
The other day in Mexico, I fell into conversation with an older gentleman from Virginia who had recently lost a brother to cancer. Choking up as he recalled how, as…
Conspiracy epidemic, born in US, spreads in Europe
“It’s not a virus, it’s a tool to use power,” says Monique Lustig in the Netherlands, while in Germany, Hellmuth Mendel argues that “Covid is a story invented by an…
Cure for summertime blues: Europe gears up for tourists
European tourism has had its worst time in living memory as coronavirus lockdowns, curfews and hotel and restaurant closures have threatened the industry’s livelihood and frustrated travellers eager for a…
Cure for summertime blues: Europe gears up for tourists
European tourism has had its worst time in living memory as coronavirus lockdowns, curfews and hotel and restaurant closures have threatened the industry’s livelihood and frustrated travellers eager for a…
Logjam deepens at world’s ports as pandemic strikes shipping
Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic that has…
