The Nigerian government should concentrate on prosecuting those mutilating the currency.
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The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
Canada should be making room for measures of personal and collective well-being other than GDP, including price stability, lower levels of inequality and happiness.
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Drawing on insights from their recent book, two academics shed light on why Canada’s anemic growth should be a cause for concern.
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a sicknote culture are nothing new.
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Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support and investing in less conditional systems has a real financial return.
Leadership decisions can be especially challenging for family companies.
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Family businesses face unique considerations when making leadership decisions.
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A better understanding of Indigenous businesses in Australia could build on the already significant contribution they make to the economy.
Honesty is the key.
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Too much virtue language in a listing can cost an Airbnb host nearly $5,000 a year.
Inclusive workplaces are good for morale as well as the bottom line.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
A customer uses an online service with a chatbot to get support.
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From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled workers in some regions while leaving other regions behind.
They act kind of like drugs, but they aren’t regulated like them.
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‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.
London and Manchester have always had thriving gay nightlife, but now many queer clubs and bars are closing.
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Widespread closures mean gay nightlife has been forced to change, but something more exciting is evolving in its place, according to a new book.
Sit back and relax – you’re in the Garden State.
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The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
Macky Sall during a visit to the French Elysee presidential palace on 10 June 2022 in Paris.
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With the conduct of the 24 March elections, Senegal’s President Macky Sall appears to have saved his legacy.
Aluminium is an important global ingredient in industrial development.
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Ghana has spent over 60 years trying to build an aluminium industry.
Don’t trust. Verify.
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Don’t skimp on your eye safety.
Nigeria’s labour groups stage a protest over economic hardship caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy in Lagos.
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Nigeria’s sudden and total removal of fuel subsidies was not the best strategy to use.
That’ll cost you.
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The answer lies in the tax code.
Traders in Wuse, Abuja. Nigeria’s inflation is driven by soaring food costs and the fall of the country’s currency.
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Factors pushing inflation rates downwards in other parts of the world are achieving the exact opposite result in Nigeria.
Picturesque but pricey.
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Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
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War is taking a toll on Israel’s economy.
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Africa’s largest economy is in crisis, and unrest is growing.