Software stocks come out as winners amidst pandemic
There is nothing like an economic crisis to bring highly valued technology stocks back to earth. The flight to quality that follows usually hurts...
China leads the way on for 5G Global Standards
China has become a leading writer of international rules for emerging technologies, particularly fifth-generation wireless, as part of a national effort to shape the...
Big companies raise record sums from bond market in panicked rush for cash
The world’s highest-rated companies, including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Disney and the drugmaker Pfizer, have bolstered their ability to weather the economic downturn, swallowing...
Health and Wealth: The Covid Crisis
Covid-19 has to be the worst health crisis humanity has faced, perhaps, since, the Spanish Flu of 1918. Many of us right now, will...
EU to Offer Exemptions to Vaccine Makers From Lawsuits Amidst Covid 19 Pandemic
The European pharmaceutical industry’s vaccines lobby has pushed the EU for exemptions that would protect its members from lawsuits if there are problems with...
Coronavirus: the economic recovery won’t only be U-shaped – it’ll look like a wheelbarrow
The economic effects of the coronavirus crisis will be severe but short-lived, according to much of the recent commentary. The cautious revival in stock...
Why now is the time to tokenise the world
As we emerge from the coronavirus-induced economic lockdown, it is vital to consider what comes next for business. Written by Bundeep Singh Rangar
In the UK,...
Global Debt at Risk of “Qualitative Change”
Global markets, spurred by policies, have emerged from the March panic during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. For now, all major economies, including Europe and the United...
US oil price back below zero
The price of US oil slipped back below zero on Tuesday after plunging into negative territory for the first time in the previous session...
Coronavirus shaking up Globalization
The COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many argue it could unravel globalisation altogether.
Globalisation relies...
Below zero oil prices threaten big losses for ETF investors
Those betting on crude recovery using exchange traded funds face ‘high risks’
Investors who have flooded into the oil markets to bet on a rebound...
PUTTING CHANGE MANAGEMENT AT THE HEART, AND START, OF HR PROJECTS
By Kate Mathias ,Global Head of Resourcing ,Standard Chartered Bank
The new tech adoption report from UNLEASH, ‘Why HR Projects Fail’ makes for interesting reading....