This is another moment in the Weirdest Economy Ever, driven by stimulus, forbearance, bailouts, record money printing, record government-deficit spending, exuberant financial markets, and record low costs of funding: For companies in the service sector,...
Despite the current scary surge in the pandemic, the worst of the economic damage is done even if the pace and scale of the recovery around the globe are far from clear.The UK is one...
Many users abandoned WhatsApp after the messenger service changed its privacy policy. Worries that their data could end up with Facebook are driving them to competitors pushing superior data protection. Millions of digital messenger app...
The coronavirus pandemic caused German economy to shrink dramatically according to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, although the drop was smaller than expected. Europe’s biggest economy shrunk by 5% last year, with large parts of economic and...
When entrepreneur Juliet Namujju realized COVID masks were preventing her hearing-impaired staff from lip-reading, she resolved to find another enterprising use for Uganda’s mountains of plastic waste. When Juliet Namujju was 5 years old, her...
If used correctly, a credit card can function as a powerful tool to keep your finances in order. It can help you borrow money when you need it, avail cashless transactions, enjoy EMI facility, and...
Laptops, phones and tablets come out in new, flashier upgrades each year, and consumers lap them up, eager to own the latest desirable models with the most cutting-edge features. But with every upgrade, older models...
Set up in 1942, the Asian Paints group is the largest paint manufacturer in India. About 80% of its revenue comes from decorative paints and the remaining from industrial paints and overseas operations. The Bottom...
Goa, a western coastal state and major tourist destination, is welcoming visitors after months under a COVID-19 lockdown. But the comeback has been slow, and often painful. The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the...
Rising prices feature in many economic forecasts for the US. It is seen as part of the reflation meme as the vaccines roll out. There seem to be three threads to the discussion. The first is...
With the passing time in the clock the pendulum moves to and fro. Time passes and the pendulum swings palpably, unnoticed creating vibration and forms in the space that are invisible yet existing. The movement...
Hardly any other sector was as hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic as aviation. But COVID also brought unexpected opportunities for an industry seemingly in peril. There are some unexpected success stories in a year that...