Global MENA Edition

Horizon English School announces $3mln funding to improve facilities

sme

This crypto startup is Asia's newest unicorn after $100mln funding

Global passenger aviation’s uneven recovery from the pandemic: Kemp

How to ensure 'Green Swans' don't change the colour

Fed's "big tent" framework may fray under inflation surge

Opinion - Kim Coombs

One year on from lockdown: The changed trends of HR

Even as businesses remain hopeful that lockdown restrictions will ease and offices will reopen, it is unlikely that the way in which organisations traditionally operated and managed their workforce will return to what we once knew

Opinion - Maurice Gravier

A strong start to the year for global and GCC markets

One year after the world went into lockdown, it is time for good news

Opinion - Sammar Essmat

How COVID-19 is pushing MENA companies to embrace flex work

In MENA, however, many companies have balked at the idea of flex work, fearing that employees cannot be trusted to work remotely. But many firms are making the switch

Opinion - Dustin Seale

Beyond bureaucracy: The UAE and Israel top vaccine roll-out charts

There are lessons for nations and businesses to be learned from the United Arab Emirates' and Israel's response to COVID-19 pandemic

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bonds

Fed officials: Faster bond taper could keep options open on rate hike

The discussion of how fast to end the Fed's monthly bond purchase program is only just beginning

agriculture

CNH plows deeper agriculture furrow with $2.1bln Raven buy

Deal expected to close in Q4 this year

retail

In Paris without tourists, LVMH unveils Samaritaine store revamp

La Samaritaine is famed for its 1920-era building and gilded Art Deco facade

economy

ECB's Lagarde sees upside risk to growth from consumption bounce

Lagarde added that it was not yet time to allow interest rates to rise

travel

Canada to lift some border restrictions July 5, U.S. travelers still excluded

The relaxation of the measures apply to Canadians and permanent residents

security

U.S. Commerce Department rescinds TikTok, WeChat prohibited transactions list

Biden order directed the Commerce Department to monitor software applications like TikTok

healthcare

U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs insurers on Obamacare reimbursements

The insurers had said they were collectively owed millions of dollars for each year they did not receive payments the government had pledged

economy

ECB's Centeno says euro zone inflation rise is temporary, sees no permanent effects

ECB should be able to maintain its current asset purchase programme until March 2022

financial services

UK financial sector urges caution over any 'work from home' law

Many firms have already said they plan a mix of home and office working once pandemic restrictions are lifted

politics

Taiwan denounces Hong Kong after officials expelled in 'one China' row

Taiwanese staff working at the island's representative office in Hong Kong started leaving the former British colony

Multimedia

COVID-19 vaccines reach far-flung locations around the world