Category: Finance

For nearly half a century, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has made it illegal for U.S. citizens and companies to bribe foreign officials. Since 1998, that has been the case for foreign companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges or acting in the U.S., too. Under the Trump administration, however, expectations are changing. In February 2025, […]

Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for US$435,000 in June – President Donald Trump said that he was considering a plan to make home sales tax-free. Supporters of the idea, introduced by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as the No Tax on Home […]

Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every “new” drug is truly new. Patents are designed to reward breakthrough inventions by granting the inventors temporary monopoly rights to recoup the costs of research and development and to encourage future innovation. But firms may also exploit the system in ways that make drugs more expensive and less […]

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless has welcomed a significant increase in applications to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) following the expansion of eligibility criteria under Budget 2025. He strongly encourages students and their families to visit susi.ie to determine their grant eligibility. Over 7,500 more applications have been […]

President Donald Trump vowed to help out his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei on Sept. 23, 2025, a day after the U.S. administration said “all options” were on the table in regard to a bailout for the Latin American country’s rocky economy. A day after Trump and Milei’s meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations […]

Another business-led effort to fight climate change is unraveling. On Aug. 27, 2025, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended its activities after several major U.S. and European banks backed out. While most observers are blaming the strong political backlash in the U.S. against climate change action and sustainable investing, we believe the banks didn’t need much […]

The United Negro College Fund announced a landmark $70 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, a donation UNCF says will strengthen the pooled endowment serving its member historically Black colleges and universities and support a broader $1 billion capital campaign to secure long‑term stability for HBCUs. UNCF plans to allocate the funds into a pooled […]

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? One solution offered in business books, LinkedIn posts and team-building manuals is to use humor. Sharing jokes, sarcastic quips, ironic memes and witty anecdotes, the advice goes, will make you more likable, ease stress, strengthen teams, spark creativity and even signal leadership […]

For years, I’ve puzzled over a question that seems to defy common sense: If stock markets are hitting records and tech innovation seems endless, why aren’t companies pouring money back into new projects? Yes, they’re still investing – but the pace of business spending is slower than you’d expect, especially outside of AI. And if […]

London-based AI data center startup Nscale has raised $1.1 billion in Series B funding, marking one of the largest venture capital rounds in Europe to date. The investment values the company at approximately $3 billion and positions it as a key player in the race to scale AI infrastructure across the continent. The funding round […]