• USA

    The watchers

    FINANCIAL statements are both infrequent and backwards-looking, so getting a sense for how a business is performing in the present can be nearly impossible. But a cottage industry of a few dozen firms, mostly in America, is gleaning “alternative” data from novel sources, ranging from satellite images to obscure corners ...

  • Brasile USA

    Streaming on screens near you

    COMING soon on your Netflix service: a Portuguese-language sci-fi thriller shot in Brazil; the second series of “Narcos”, about a Colombian drug cartel; a British series about the life of Queen Elizabeth called “The Crown”; and new episodes of “Black Mirror”, a dystopian vision of the future that originated on ...

  • Georgia (Country)

    The bane of brilliance

    WHO wouldn’t want to be a star employee? The salary is nice, as is the chance to climb to the top and tell others what to do. The downside is that your co-workers may hate you. The notion that jealous managers bully high-performing underlings, whom they see as a threat ...

  • USA

    Family values

    FAMILY businesses are different from other sorts—they are held together by strands of DNA as well as the logic of profit. They are rich in scarce resources, such as loyalty and flexibility, but also suffer from extreme challenges, such as family feuds and wayward patriarchs. At their best they are ...

  • Russia Turchia Iran

    Turkish FM acknowledges Russia, Iran’s ‘crucial role’ in Syria

    Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said achieving a lasting resolution of the crisis in Syria without Russia and Iran would be “impossible,” adding that Ankara would cooperate with both countries on the issue

  • Turchia

    IFC to give $55 mln credit to Turkish aluminium producer

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced on Aug. 17 that it will provide $55 million in loans for Turkey’s leading flat-rolled aluminium production company, Assan

  • Turchia

    Lavrov may visit Turkey in November or December: Russian envoy

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey by the end of 2016, a senior Russian diplomat has said, adding that this visit may take place either in November or December

  • Turchia

    Swedish Foreign Minister Wallström stands by controversial Turkey sex abuse tweets

    Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has stood behind her recent tweets claiming that Turkey recently legalized sex with children, which led to diplomatic tension between Ankara and Stockholm

  • Thailandia

    UTCC: Bomb attacks could cost economy B10bn

    Last week's bomb and arson attacks will take their toll on the economy, with revenue from tourism falling up to 6 billion baht and consumer spending dropping almost as much, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce predicted on Thursday.

  • Colombia

    Aranceles elevarían costo de productos importados

    El aumento en los aranceles de importación impuestos por Panamá a productos provenientes en su mayoría de Colombia podría afectar al alza del costo final a los panameños.