Financing

In the 20 years from 2000 to 2020, even after accounting for inflation, lobbyist spending in the US healthcare industry increased by more than 70%, with a sizeable chunk of that spending focused on pharmaceuticals and healthcare providers, according...

In line with an increasing number of European lenders, Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) will not offer any new project funding for upstream oil and gas projects cleared for development after 2022. This week, UOB announced bold plans to achieve...

In an effort to slow the rate of rapidly increasing prices, the US central bank has approved yet another steep increase in interest rates. The benchmark interest rate was raised by 0.75 percentage points, according to the Federal Reserve, reaching...

Nations all across the world are struggling to achieve sustainable, positive growth in the stormy economic waters of the epidemic recovery, particularly due to geopolitical tensions and an unclear global economic future. GCC nations are, nonetheless, ideally positioned to surf...

Business executives have expressed their displeasure and shock at the political upheaval in the UK and demanded that whoever succeeds Liz Truss move quickly to restore the crisis-hit economy. After only 45 days in office, the prime minister announced her...

Hong Kong has proposed a HK$30 billion ($3.8 billion) co-investment fund to entice foreign companies back to the city following a brain drain brought on by rigorous lockdowns and a volatile political environment. John Lee, the chief executive of Hong...

After three trying weeks, British Prime Minister Liz Truss and incoming Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt will need to do much more than reverse their position on corporation tax. The government's announcement of its medium-term budget plan on October 31...