Category: Finance

Do you want the country run by a group of jokers who spend their time posting beer mug emojis and smiley faces on WhatsApp? WhatsApp messages might be encrypted, but I guarantee the bulk of the content will be utterly mundane. Best kept between friends. I only lasted six hours in the Loose Women group, […]

The Maldives Finance Minister, Ibrahim Ameer, is currently facing criticism and accusations of hypocrisy after it was revealed that he had criticized Saudi Arabia and its government in the past but is now seeking financial assistance from them. Ameer, who was previously in opposition, had taken to Twitter to voice his scathing comments about the […]

Drug maker Hetero Group will be investing Rs 1,000 crore to expand its pharmaceutical and specialist business in Andhra Pradesh, its Managaing Director Vamsi Krishna Bandi said on Saturday. Speaking at Global Investors Summit 2023 here, he said post-Covid pandemic, more countries are looking at India as a partner of choice in pharmaceutical sector, and […]

By Diganta Chakrabarti A Reserve Bank of India research bulletin published in December 2022 estimated that between 2014 and 2019, India’s digital economy grew 2.4 times faster than the national economy, with strong forward linkages to non-digital sectors. Some experts projected the size of India’s digital economy to reach US $800 billion by 2030. Post […]

On Feb. 10, Joliet Catholic Academy inducted five alumni into its 2023 Hall of Champions: Business & Industry at the Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet. The inductees are Lee Crowther ‘56, Scott Czerkies ’94, Phyllis Olsta ‘51, Dr. Anita (Kraus ‘83), and the Hon. Richard C. Schoenstedt ‘74, according to a news release from Joliet […]

Former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has challenged the New Dawn Government through the Minister of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane to publicly declare the full details of the Concession Agreement for the upgrading to Dual-Carriage-Way of 327 km of the Lusaka-Ndola Road. The Concession Agreement for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project for upgrading to […]

My business partner Endre and I were former college mates who by coincidence found ourselves living in the same neighbourhood in Nairobi a decade after graduating.  In 2013, I moved to Lagos, but whenever I was around, we would meet up and discuss business. He was running a guesthouse, while I was constantly travelling across […]

Two journalists from the Sunday Independent were among Ireland’s leading business journalists who were honoured at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business Journalist Awards in Dublin yesterday. he awards honour excellence in Irish business journalism across the media spectrum in seven categories. Sunday Independent business report Sean Pollock was among the winners of the seven […]

The culture wars took a different turn this week as conservatives attacked a candy bar ad campaign from Hershey’s featuring a transgender woman—and then launched a competing chocolate brand labeled with two distinct genders. The spat is the latest pitting conservatives against what they say is increasing ‘wokeness’ by big business to appeal to more […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Minister of Finance Travis Toews attended the Airdrie Chamber Breakfast on March 3 to speak about the 2023 provincial budget. Photo by Riley Cassidy/The Airdrie Echo/Postmedia Network Article content Airdrie businesses and non-profits had the opportunity to hear from Minister of Finance Travis Toews on some highlights from Alberta’s […]