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In Moldova's recent presidential election and referendum on joining the European Union, the importance of robust voter turnout and protection against malign influences was driven home. Serving with the International Republican Institute's international election observation mission, I joined a diverse team of 34 observers from seven countries, united in ensuring a fair election...

Singapore’s private home prices declined less than anticipated in the third quarter, as a surge of new property sales in late September helped reduce the drop, while rental prices saw an uptick for the first time since 2023. According to figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority released Friday, the index...

Tesla’s stock saw its largest single-day increase since 2013 after the electric vehicle giant reported better-than-expected quarterly profits and forecasted “slight growth” in deliveries for 2024, with a significant boost projected for 2025. The performance reflects a positive turnaround for Tesla, which has faced a challenging few quarters amid concerns...

On October 20, 2024, journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) visited Zenith Steel Group (Huai'an) New Material Co., Ltd., located in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. The company, designed to produce 1.6 million tonnes of ultrahigh-strength steel cords annually, primarily focuses on supplying materials for tire manufacturing. Once full...

On Monday, WiseTech Global revealed it was investigating several issues related to its CEO following media allegations about his personal life, including claims involving financial arrangements with a former intimate partner. This announcement triggered an 18% drop in the company’s share price. Several media outlets, including the Australian Financial Review,...

The harsh reality is that 90% of startups fail.  Studies often point the finger at cash shortages, tough competition, and flawed business models. But these are just symptoms—the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper, and you’ll find three underlying issues that quietly erode a startup’s chances of success: failing to...

Pure Telecom, Ireland’s leading provider of high-speed broadband and telecom services, has revealed findings from its annual Connected Lives survey, showing that consumers in Ireland spent $1.2 billion on video streaming services in the past year—a decrease of approximatelly $218 million compared to the previous year. This dip in spending...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three economists based in the United States—Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson—for their research on the advantages of democracy, the rule of law, and why these institutions thrive in some countries but not in others. Acemoglu, a Turkish-American economist,...

In any role, and in particular leadership roles where you are leading by example and motivating others, we need to foster Inclusive Leadership.  Inclusivity is a word that we hear about a lot and for good reason. When looking at what Inclusive leadership is, in a nutshell, it’s a style of...

Most organisations would agree that their greatest asset is their people.  So if you can source the best performers, then that gives you a tremendous competitive advantage in the market.  Yet most senior leaders find recruitment a challenge, thus continuing to buy into the misnomer that there’s a “war for...