Category: Finance

Patricia Gomes Regional Head of Commercial Banking at HSBC MENAT. Doha: Businesses in Qatar have voted HSBC the best bank for trade finance in the country in Euromoney’s Trade Finance Survey 2023. HSBC was also voted best bank for trade finance across the Middle East. HSBC took the top honours in all eight award categories […]

Two Melbourne best friends who started a “side hustle” making unique cookie cutters and stamps have become so successful, they’ve had to quit their full-time jobs. Monique Graziano had worked as a professional cake decorator for 10 years when the pandemic hit. “My specialty is wedding cakes, but during lockdown everything got postponed so I […]

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Analysts continue to see value in plantation-based group IOI Corp Bhd’s integrated business, with its downstream earnings helping to support the weaker upstream earnings during a lower crude palm oil (CPO) price environment. In a post-analysts briefing recently, RHB Research noted that IOI Corp cut its fresh fruit bunches (FFB) […]

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. The Labor Department reported that applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending February 25 fell to 190,000 from 192,000 the previous week. About 1.66 million people were receiving jobless aid at last report. The real […]

The finance ministry has begun daily monitoring of the revenue receipts, including tax collections, and also expenditure beginning March 1, with an aim to keep fiscal deficit in check during the current fiscal. Although the government is expected to meet the revised tax revenue estimates, meeting the Rs 50,000 crore target from disinvestment receipts could […]

Press Release – Nga Manu.We are extremely proud to announce that Ngā Manu Nature Reserve has recieved a Silver Sustainable Tourism Business Award from Qualmark – New Zealand tourism’s official quality-assurance organisation. This award recognises that Ngā Manu is focused on protecting what makes New Zealand unique and special, and is committed to protecting our […]

Half of female entrepreneurs are REJECTED when applying for new business loans, new research suggests: Women believe they are viewed as ‘part-timers’ for having children and less professional than male counterparts Half of women entrepreneurs applying for a loan or investment are rejected Women in Yorkshire and Humber and Scotland struggled more than other areas […]

Senator Sonny Angara and his wife, Tootsy, during their Cebu visit on Friday, March 3. | Niña Oliverio CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara said there were existing laws that were crafted to especially help micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including those who were in the creative industry. But they also need the […]

Business is booming in Winnipeg’s industrial market, and it’s not expected to fizzle any time soon. After adding more than 750,000 square feet of inventory in 2022, the Manitoba capital is forecasted for a strong 2023 that will bring on another million square feet in inventory while demand remains sky high, according to a recent […]

People that know me know I love a good metaphor (sometimes even bad ones…) The unpredictability of weather over the past… pick a time frame… is a classic for the trials and tribulations we all face throughout life and, more appropriately for this column, any entrepreneurial endeavor. Enter “The Business Plan.” I am sure this […]