US stock markets hit a record high and global markets rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly said it would maintain its economic stimulus program....
Anglia Ruskin University is to undertake an ambitious new project that plans to map the world’s resources. It is hoped that the Global Resource Observatory (GRO),...
The UK economy is missing out on a major boost by society’s failure to encourage more women to set up their own businesses, according to new...
The news that Publicis and Omnicom are merging to create an advertising and creative leviathan, valued at just over $35 billion with nearly $23 billion in...
The Duchess of Cambridge will give birth to her first child over the next few hours, after going into labour on Monday morning. The world that...
Pollution in China has reached such extreme levels that the authorities have proposed executing polluters, writes Clare Brook of WHEB Asset Management. A recent piece of...
In an effort to avoid incidences like the financial crisis that begun in 2007, Didier Sornette has developed a way to predict future crashes. He gave...
Wednesday and yesterday’s falls in stock markets around the world are worrying. The fall followed Ben Bernanke’s prediction that the Federal Reserve would ease its bond buying...
Across all forms of investment and finance – from ISAs through to equities – most people still don’t associate what they invest in with real world...
Environmental economists have long recognised that great failing of our current economic system is that natural resources are rarely assigned any value. There has been no...
Tim Dieppe, partner and fund manager at WHEB Asset Management, describes a recent experience that saw him in the audience for a talk from former US...
First it was big brands such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google squirming in parliament. Then it was the big four accountancy firms (KPMG, PwC, Ernst &...
Innovation equals growth. More importantly, green innovation equals sustainable growth. Large businesses shed jobs through recessions and shed jobs during growth as they outsource and focus...
A fleet of huge wind turbines could be built in Ireland over the next few years, eventually providing clean power to 3m homes in the UK....
The UK’s economy would be £20 billion better off by 2030 under a scenario in which offshore wind investment continues steadily, rather than investing heavily in...