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Business Planning Blindspots Costing You Opportunities (And Solutions to Amplify Your Impact)
Each year, well-intentioned and strategic legal professionals craft detailed business plans with ambitious intentions and growth objectives. Yet, professionals often find their plans derailed throughout the year because of competing...

Vietnam and GBA Business & Investment Partnership Forum 2025 successful
Hanoi (VNA) - On the afternoon of June 13, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam and the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area Business & Investment Partnership Forum was successfully held. The event brought together more than 250 delegates from...

Japan, US to 'accelerate' trade talks after Trump-Ishiba call
TRADE TENSIONS AND TARIFFS Japan, a key US ally and its largest investor, has been subject to a baseline 10 per cent tariff imposed by Trump on most trading partners, as well as steeper levies on autos, steel and aluminium. In April, Trump...
What is SME lending, and how can it help your small business?
In India, acquiring funds promptly is a challenge commonly faced by most small and medium-sized businesses. The MSME sector in India is a cornerstone of the economy, contributing ~30% to the country’s GDP. In addition, exports from MSMEs have...

Safaricom stock rallies by 6.1% on back of bullish investor confidence
Investor confidence in Safaricom, a leading telecommunications provider, has been buoyed by impressive market performance, with stock prices ascending by 6.1% to close at Ksh 22.60 at the end of Tuesday's trading. Peter Ndegwa, CEO of Safaricom,...

Dealing with Insurance Companies After a Car Accident: What They Don’t Want You to Know
Insurance companies present themselves as helpful allies ready to assist accident victims through difficult times, but the reality reveals a different story where profit margins and claim cost minimization drive decision-making processes. These...
IIGCC finds strong alignment between ESRS and investor expectations on climate

Get to know your business: The Links Neighborhood Grill
Business name: The Links Neighborhood Grill Owner: Gabriel Rivas Setting: Located at the Vistas Course in Westbrook Village Golf Course. Great view of the golf course and mountains; comfortable indoor dining space and bar. Specials: Daily,...

Business leaders rally behind ‘transformational’ Dundee & Angus College vision
Artist's impression of how Dundee's Wellgate Shopping Centre would look (Image: BDP) Business and civic leaders across Dundee and Angus are urging the Scottish Government to back a bold and transformational plan by Dundee and Angus College to...

Why Aluminium Scrap Is Disrupting Global Trade After U.S. Tariff Shift
A loophole in the U.S. aluminum tariff policy is redrawing global scrap trade. By exempting aluminum scrap from steep import duties, Washington has triggered a rush in cross-border shipments, fueling record premiums in the U.S. and draining...

Tinubu saved Nigeria from economic collapse – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said President Bola Tinubu’s administration rescued Nigeria’s economy from collapse and restored the country’s public finances to a path of solvency. Speaking on Thursday at The Platform...

Middle East tensions bring down stocks of crude oil-sensitive firms; aviation companies
New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) Shares of crude oil sensitive sectors — oil marketing companies, aviation, paints, adhesives and tyres — declined on Friday following a spike in global oil benchmark Brent crude prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle...

'White House should be worried': GOP analyst warns of looming energy crisis
President Donald Trump’s White House “should be worried” about the rising oil prices, a former member of the National Security Council and National Economic Council during the George W. Bush administration claims. “Geopolitical price spikes pose a...

TNL Mediagene Announces Investor Conference Calendar, Publicly Files Investor Presentation with Key Business Updates
NEW YORK and TOKYO, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TNL Mediagene (Nasdaq: TNMG, "the Company"), a Tokyo-based next-generation digital media and data group in Asia, today announced its near-term investor conference participation calendar and filed...

Inaugural Zim investor indaba highlights
Emmerson Mnangagwa IN the continuing coverage of last week’s inaugural Zimbabwe Annual Investor Forum hosted by The Zimbabwe Independent, we highlight below key contributions by experts who attended the highly successful event which was attended...

What is China's rare earth, which has brought a big crisis?
china has banned the supply of six rare earths, i.e. rare mineral magnets, from its country. This move has increased the restlessness of the whole world. Due to this move of china, India's auto industry has also come under crisis. These rare...

TNL Mediagene to Present at Sidoti Micro-Cap Virtual Investor Conference on May 21-22, 2025
NEW YORK and TOKYO, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TNL Mediagene (Nasdaq: TNMG, the "Company"), a Tokyo-based next-generation digital media and data group in Asia, will present and host one-on-one meetings with investors at the Sidoti Micro-Cap...

Equipping Africa’s youth to face the climate crisis
AFRICA-GLOBAL Behind the global turmoil of recent months there remains a stark reality: the world is in the grip of a long-term crisis from which there is no easy exit. The build-up of greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution is already...

Gender gap crisis
Listen to article Pakistan's rock-bottom ranking in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 is a damning indictment of the government's claims regarding women's empowerment. Pakistan fared even lower than Iran, which has several...

Florida business owner charged in Vermont in an alleged nationwide Medicare fraud scheme
The owner of a Florida business that sells medical equipment has been indicted in Vermont on federal charges alleging that his company submitted false claims to Medicare for reimbursement. A federal grand jury in Burlington indicted Donald Jani on...