Starbucks launches Kate Spade limited-edition collection
Mar 14, 2022 08:52 am UTC| Business Economy
Starbucks collaborates with a luxury fashion design house for its new limited-edition mugs, tumblers, and tote bag collection. The world-famous coffee chain is teaming up with Kate Spade New York for a new classy...
Burger King opens first fully vegan restaurant in the UK
Mar 14, 2022 07:49 am UTC| Business Economy
Burger King is taking its plant-based offering to another level by opening a fully vegan restaurant in the U.K. The store will only sell meatless food items, thus becoming the fast-food chains first-ever 100% vegan...
McDonald's, Adidas ripped up for sticking with Ukraine
Mar 14, 2022 06:47 am UTC| Business Economy
McDonalds, Adidas, KFC, and others were said to have been bashed by the Russian media as they chose to support Ukraine. Pravda, a Russian broadsheet newspaper and formerly the official newspaper of the Communist Party of...
Oil price shocks have a long history, but today's situation may be the most complex ever
Mar 12, 2022 11:27 am UTC| Economy
The world is in the grip of an oil price shock. In just a few months, prices have risen from US$65 a barrel to over $130, causing fuel costs to surge, inflationary pressure to rise and consumer tempers to flare. Even...
Game of Loans: the Reserve Bank of Australia loses its heir apparent to Fortescue's green fund
Mar 12, 2022 11:20 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia was roiled today by the resignation of its Deputy Governor Guy Debelle, who is leaving with only six days notice. Dr Debelle said that he was resigning to become chief financial officer of...
Restaurant sues Google for deceptive online ordering practices
Mar 11, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Law Economy
A franchisee of a Mexican restaurant chain is suing Google seeking monetary and injunctive relief for sending customers to a landing page that is set up without the restaurants permission and taking a cut of ordering...
Ukraine and the financial markets: the winners and losers so far
Mar 11, 2022 17:02 pm UTC| Economy
Its two weeks since the world woke up to the dreadful news of a Russian attack to Ukraine. Notwithstanding the incalculable costs in terms of human lives, as well as human capital and physical infrastructure, weve seen...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects