World Finance • 5th August 2022 Betting on a meta future In the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash, author Neal Stephenson envisioned a ‘metaverse’ – a world where, in the face of a global economic collapse, the protagonist dons a headset...
World Finance • 15th February 2022 From vegan living to lab-grown meat: The future of food In November, McDonald’s began rolling out its McPlant burger in the US, following its launch a month earlier in the UK. The same month, Cadbury introduced its plant bars...
Cambridge Judge Business School • 11th February 2022 What's holding women back from entrepreneurship? Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs – take a quick look at some of the biggest names in entrepreneurial history and it’s hard to avoid the fact men make up the overwhelming majority...
World Finance • 19th January 2022 Albert Bourla: The man who saved the world “On March 19, 2020, as COVID-19 swept across the world, I challenged everyone at Pfizer to ‘make the impossible possible’: to develop a vaccine more quickly than anyone ever had before..."
World Finance • 24th August 2021 The most powerful brand campaigns of the last 100 years In May, Oatly made its market debut – and it didn’t disappoint. The now-iconic brand raised more than $1.43bn in the space of a day...
World Finance • 23rd August 2021 Jane Fraser: A new dawn for Citi For the first time in history, a woman is at the helm of a major Wall Street bank – the third-largest of its kind in the US, with a market capitalisation of no less than $164bn...
World Finance • 17th March 2021 Are we ready for a cashless world? Cash usage is falling at unprecedented rates in economies across the world, and many believe the pandemic may have hastened the trend...
World Finance • 15th March 2021 The biggest companies to have been born in a recession The World Bank predicted the global economy to shrink by 5.2 percent in 2020 – the worst performance since the end of the Second World War....
World Finance • 4th March 2021 Shattering the glass ceiling When Jane Fraser steps into her role as Citigroup’s CEO this February, she’s set to make history as the first woman at the helm of a major Wall Street bank...
World Finance • 3rd March 2021 Out of office: the global shift towards remote working In the early 1970s, NASA engineer Jack Nilles proposed telecommuting as an alternative to centralised office working. His vision was to reduce traffic...
World Finance • 14th July 2020 Mental health in the workplace The world is no longer ignoring mental health. It can’t. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 450 million people are currently...
World Finance • 29th October 2016 The rise of the gig economy If the Industrial Revolution gave rise to the self-made man, then one could rightly argue the digital revolution has given rise to the self-sufficient millennial...
World Finance • 26th October 2016 The most powerful woman in finance It wouldn't be a stretch to suggest that Ana Botín, Executive Chairman of Santander Group, is the most powerful woman in banking...
World Finance • 1st January 2016 Abercrombie’s ugly truth Ornate gates guarded by cut-out Barbie and Ken lookalikes, the distinctive waft of a familiar scent and a shop so dark it’s impossible to...
The New Economy • 15th July 2015 The year's biggest tech developments From telepathic systems to a 3D printed car, smartwatches to screenless displays, 2014 has been a big year for emerging technologies. Laura French takes a look at...
Business Destinations • 26th May 2015 The wandering heart of Hong Kong Steep, winding alleyways lined with trendy boutiques wrap themselves around a phalanx of towering skyscrapers. Swathes of light bounce...
The New Economy • 8th May 2015 M&A in tech: a monopoly game? Facebook’s highly anticipated $19bn acquisition of WhatsApp last year seemed to mark the culmination...
World Finance • 8th May 2015 Start-ups fail to help women start up In February, 800 female entrepreneurs gathered at the Female Founders conference hosted by Y Combinator. That’s certainly a promising sign, but...
World Finance • 6th May 2015 The cyber-criminals are coming The prolific Sony hack late last year sparked attention and debate across the world. But it was just one of the latest in a string of malicious cyber...
World Finance • 5th May 2015 Biggest company turnarounds in history Last November, Apple reached a valuation of $700bn; the biggest in corporate history. The tech giant now has a cash pile of $178bn, a predicted revenue that could top Hong Kong’s...
