The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut its key interest rate to 2.75% from 3%, in a bid to combat sluggish growth in the extraction...
Experts have warned that further natural disasters are likely to threaten tourism in Nepal, which last year saw 60 people killed by flooding of the Seti...
The credit union industry’s trade body has rolled out an ambitious new plan in an effort to grow UK membership by a million over the next...
After revealing its best quarterly profits since 2011, bailed out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said the government could sell its stake to the private...
Excessive levels of carbon dioxide are causing acidification in Arctic waters, affecting the ecosystem and indigenous communities, according to a new study. The Arctic Monitoring and...
While public awareness towards the issue of tax havens and their potential negative implications has significantly increased over the past years, it still seems the political...
Chris Farrell, managing director of Zenex Energy, describes how the business sentiments of US entrepreneur Victor Kiam could help improve the UK’s energy policy. You may...
The news that Triodos bank has launched two new ethical funds to the UK market should come as good news, but consumers need to be wary...
For the first time ever, more people live in the world’s cities than in rural regions, and most population growth is occurring in urban areas. This...
Solar Impulse, an aircraft powered by solar energy, has flown from San Francisco to Phoenix – the first step in a journey that will see it...
Move Your Money is certainly a campaign of its time. Mobilised by an abundance of banking scandals, more than 500,000 people have switched from the big...
The Board of Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc has bowed to pressure from activist shareholders to close down the investment trust. By returning money to shareholders...
It was war against Scotland and France in the 1540s that pushed Henry VIII to embark on his great experiment with inflation. By reducing the amount...
Socially responsible investment (SRI) allows people to align their personal beliefs regarding environmental, social and ethical concerns with their financial objectives. And through positive results and changing...
This time last week, we brought you Robert Gordon’s TED talk about the death of innovation. Giving an opposing viewpoint seven days later is Erik Brynjolfsson,...