The Stock Market Hopes for a Hit From the Year’s Biggest Initial Public Offering
Arm, the British chip designer owned by SoftBank, will provide clues as to whether the I.P.O. market may revive after a very quiet year.Read More
Sultan al-Jaber, Oil and Renewable Energy Executive, Straddles Divide as Head of COP28 Climate Summit
Sultan al-Jaber, the energy executive leading this year’s global climate summit, says fossil fuel companies are key to the world’s energy transition. Some disagree.Read More
White House Strategy on Impeachment: Fight Politics With Politics
The White House says it is battling the inquiry in the court of public opinion since House Republicans have not issued any new subpoenas or laid out any potential articles of impeachment.Read More
The Rolling Stones Are Back With a New Album, ‘Hackney Diamonds’
With its first album of new songs since 2005, and first since the death of Charlie Watts, the band recharges the partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.Read More
Amid Rescue Efforts After Libya Floods, a Call for Accountability
The government of one side of the country has called for an investigation into how two dams collapsed and into reports that aid had been hindered.Read More
Now the Koreas Are the Ones Supplying Weapons
Desperate for munitions for the war in Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia have turned to their allies in South and North Korea, which kept stockpiling arms for decades after their own conflict.Read More
Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S. Through Darién Gap
The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up.Read More
Brand Trust is “Seriously Damaged” Following a False Decline: 42% of Consumers Won’t Return
A whitepaper by Checkout.com, the global payments provider, has highlighted a correlation between payment acceptance rates, customer satisfaction and loyalty. The report finds poor payment performance to be a key factor in ensuring customers return, as nearly half (42 per cent) state a failed payment would lose the company their business. The Checkout.com whitepaper, titled […]
Fuel Prices Are Soaring: Who Is Feeling the Pinch?
Production cuts made by OPEC and its allies have pushed crude oil to 10-month highs.Read More
A Cyber Attack’s Emotional Toll Is More Impactful Than Financial Loss Reveals KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the security awareness firm has published its latest ‘2023 Online Scams and Victims in Africa Report’ identifying the most prominent cyber attacks across eight countries in Africa. Forty per cent of respondents admitted to falling for a scam of some kind, with over 50 per cent of these victims feeling a significant or very […]