No laughing matter: Charlie Chaplin in The Kid (1921).
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What Hollywood studio bosses seem not to realise is that they’re trying to save US$1 billion but could lose ten times as much as a result.
Will South Asia be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
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After the pandemic, South Asian governments must spend money on making public services work, rather than relying on GDP growth to pull people out of poverty.
The bank that likes to say, we’re closing branches.
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As TSB closes a third of its branches, we look at the future for high-street banks.
No one’s allowed in.
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Lower-league clubs in particular are in dire straits.
The new problem gambling?
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Esports is becoming a goldmine for betting companies. New research shows how their online ads are reeling in children.
Champions Liverpool were given a run for their money by newly promoted Leeds at the start of the season.
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To thrive commercially, sports teams need competition. Multiple leagues is the best way to achieve this.
One Scottish restaurant company quickly devised a home dining experience during lockdown.
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Innovating, thinking outside the box and even a complete business model overhaul is helping some companies survive – and thrive – in a time of crisis.
The number one deadlock.
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In the row between the UK and EU over how to handle state subsidies after Brexit, both sides insist their proposals are consistent with the political declaration.
The sectors hardest hit by coronavirus are predominantly staffed by women.
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Underlying the design and implementation of these schemes is perhaps a perception that women’s employment is an optional extra. This could not be more mistaken.
Easily done when working from home.
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If you can work from home you’re less likely to take a sick day, and that could be a problem.
Sunak’s got a new jobs plan.
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The chancellor’s plan lacks both the broader reforms and vision needed to tackle the crisis. It also fails to offer any clear plan for recovery.
Diversity takes different forms.
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Logical thinking, curiosity, evidence-based decision making and fresh perspectives are all benefits brought by neurodiversity.
Spontaneous conversation between colleagues was easier in pre-covid times.
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For as long as there has been remote working, companies have sought ways to replicate the serendipitous conversations we have in a physical work space.
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How Banksy’s glib response to a trademark challenge backfired and lost him a two-year legal battle.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Arm defied the traditional notion of how a technology company competes in the global market place. That could all change.
Signatories to Asia-Pacific trade agreement in 2018.
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The UK’s free-trade deal with Japan is an important step towards joining CPTPP, but there are many hurdles still to be cleared.
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Five tips for greater employee satisfaction and productivity.
Not your average souvenir shop.
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Research reveals why Chinese millennials love to spend overseas on luxury brands.
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Vietnam broke its streak of no coronavirus deaths in July, but with dragonfruit, YouTube and free masks, innovators have helped the country fight back.
Insta-tastic.
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Joseph Pine and James Gilmore’s The Experience Economy was one of the most influential books of the modern era. Now it may be time for an update.
The dangers of poor disclosure.
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With Donald Trump already doing a great job of making the public more wary of a coronavirus vaccine, big pharma has to do better than this.
Ten four, let’s go to war!
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Facebook relies on targeted ads for a large proportion of its income, and reacted with fury over Apple’s new privacy opt-in.
Services like cleaning are increasingly outsourced via online platforms.
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Under municipal control, or through public-private partnerships, platforms technology could transform service delivery to citizens.
After the end of the war, millions of servicemen and women needed a job.
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Demobilisation of millions after an abrupt end to war led to a political crisis 75 years ago.
An installation honours victims of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.
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The historically high level of informal work in Latin America will make its recovery much more difficult than elsewhere.