When you live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, you’d naturally think that the luxury of drinking wine and smoking cigarettes would set you back a quite a bit. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living index, released this week, the costs vary dramatically.
During just 16 days in 1936, Adolf Hitler reinvigorated the Nazi party in one of his most successful propaganda coups—hosting the Olympic games in Berlin. Using the sporting event as a platform to shape the party’s image in a more favorable light, Hitler had “every reason to be satisfied” after he and Nazi officials charmed their global counterparts, the historian Oliver Hilmes told Quartz.
When Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, the pound tumbled to historic lows against the US dollar and has hovered around the $1.40 level ever since. This makes it more expensive for Brits to live because of rising import costs affecting goods and services. But for expats—defined as those on corporate assignment—and business travelers, London has become a cheaper place to live, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living index, released in London today (March 15).
Singapore is the most expensive city to live in the world for the fifth year in a row, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living index, released in London today (March 15).
Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest minds on earth. After dying at the age 76, as fellow physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said, “his passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake.”
When the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found slumped on a bench in the center of the British city of Salisbury on March. 4, it sparked national security concerns.
You’d think that simply performing well at work and helping others would be enough to get you the recognition you deserve. But as a woman you might as well shoot yourself in the foot. Not only will you be less likely to get that pat on the back, you might as well kiss goodbye (or will at least struggle to get) that overdue pay raise or promotion.
The gender gap in wages, workforces, seniority, and treatment is well documented. But while governments and companies across a range of industries are trying to narrow the disparity, their attempts can easily be dismissed by critics as a box-ticking exercise.
There’s been a boom in working mothers becoming self-employed in Britain. At first glance, that looks like a good solution to gaining flexible working hours and becoming your own boss. According to a new report by Kingston University and the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE), the number of mothers who are freelancing has doubled since 2008, to around 594,000.
When you become a music or Hollywood star, within your contract you can ask for a “rider.” It’s a clause usually reserved for luxury items, such as your own dressing room adorned with only roses, a vat of fresh queso and tortillas on tap, or even your own private chef who’s available 24/7. You can pretty much ask for anything you want and studios are adept at catering for every luxurious whim.
Every year the Academy Awards give its Oscar nominees a gift bag worth around $100,000. It’s always crammed with luxury trips and items like expensive beauty products and technology. But this year its contents were a nod to the different era that the entertainment industry has entered.
People become vegan for a whole host of reasons, often for ethical purposes. The jury is still out on whether a vegan diet is any healthier than one with animal products, or whether adopting a plant-based diet would radically help society and the environment.
The financial industry has a woman problem. It used to be that there were simply not enough women working in the industry, and the women who got jobs were paid less than their male counterparts, even at the most junior levels. That hardly made the sector appealing to women.
Britain’s health care system has been broken for quite some time, but it’s not beyond repair.
Prince Henrik of Denmark has died aged 83. In a statement, the royal family confirmed that he died “peacefully in his sleep” at Fredensborg Castle, north of Copenhagen, where he spent his final days, following hospital treatment for a lung infection and a benign lung tumor. His wife Queen Margrethe and their two sons were at his side.
With Britain’s impending departure from the European Union in March 2019, there’s been a lot of focus on the threat to UK jobs in sectors such as finance. And while the impact Brexit has on professional services is a concern, uncertainty over the status of EU migrants is pushing aside a vital service industry.
Thanks to the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North Korea has a new opportunity to perpetuate its propaganda on a global scale.
Update: We have included updated news about Mitsubishi UFJ choosing Amsterdam as its EU investment banking base.
Chapter 5 of the Olympic charter states “no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” The ostensible purpose of that rule is to allow for the huge global sporting event to bring people together, without fear of discrimination or of political upset. The Olympics is meant to be a blank slate where all the participant countries are united as one.
We’ve all seen it happen: A nasty argument threads out under a news article you’ve posted, or a Facebook friend posts a divisive meme or bigoted opinion. Acquaintances, colleagues, close friends, and family members emerge from the ether to argue that women are, in fact, genetically inferior when it comes to tech; that the #metoo campaign is a complete witch hunt; that there is no such thing as white privilege.
There are only 19 “fully democratic” countries in the world and the US is not one of them. In fact, nearly all of those countries are based in Europe, according to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Democracy Index.
Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum conference today was hotly anticipated. But it was actually Klaus Schwab, the forum’s founder and executive chairman, who made more of an impact on the room.
The world took a collective, digital gasp when the Financial Times unloaded its jaw-dropping investigation into The Presidents Club—an annual men only charity fundraiser that features the (alleged) sexual harassment of hostesses as the plat du jour on its menu of events.
A job ad for an executive assistant and investor relations associate, working in financial services, has been doing the rounds over social media for all the wrong reasons.
