Education and Career

German chemical company BASF ranked number one among the world's top 50 chemical companies, according to Chemical & Engineering News. The world’s 50 largest chemical companies combined for $775.2 billion in sales for 2015, fell 10.8 percent from a year earlier. With $48.8 billion in sales for 2015, Dow Chemical...

A total of 15 American universities placed in the top 20 elite educational research institutions ranking 2016, making US the highest ranking country, Harvard, Stanford, and California Berkeley universities gained the top 3 spots for being the best in the world at research. It is worth noting that 8 of...

What is a network? Think of your network as a web. Each new contact is a strand which links you, in the middle, to a new spot, a new opportunity. If you start to lose touch with your contacts, these strands break and a tasty fly (or business opportunity) might...

Job interviews can be nerve-wracking experiences, but some employers known for providing job seekers with a welcoming, transparent, and efficient interview experience. Which employers are the best places to interview for a job, according to candidates who interviewed at these US-based companies? A list of the 50 best companies to...

Even the most experienced CEO will find merging workforces from different organisations, which may have dissimilar goals, cultures and products a challenge. Law firm Allen & Overy recently highlighted that in spite of the planning that goes into preparing an M&A transaction, as few as 20% of deals achieve the...

Ranked number one on the list, Angela Merkel is the most influential woman on the planet today, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. German chancellor was placed ahead of the UK's 2nd woman prime minister -- after Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, in the 2016 list of the world's...

The financial crisis of 2008, allied to the continuing upheaval in politics that most recently culminated in the UK’s Brexit vote, seem to be pointing to a collapse of trust in institutions and corporations. What can companies and their leaders do to restore faith in their business, not least among...

With a $78 billion estimated fortune, Bill Gates retained his long-standing title as the world's richest tech billionaire, the latest global wealth rankings compiled by Forbes reveals, followed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos. Amazon boss is closely followed by Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, worth...

Ever wonder what differentiates another clever idea from that truly entrepreneurial light bulb moment? We all know of genuinely clever people who have had good ideas only to see them fade away after initial buzz. For an idea to germinate into an actual thriving business there are key skills required...

Unsurprisingly, Finland was ranked as the most stable country in the world in 2016, according to newly released Fragile States Index (FSI) published by the US-based Fund for Peace. Somalia, the east African nation, was ranked as the world's least-stable country. Right behind Finland comes Norway and New Zealand. Denmark...