Few have played a greater role in building modern Indonesia than Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Reappointed for a second term, the world is waiting to see if she maintains her reputation as a ...

Despite inauspicious beginnings, Indra Nooyi’s business acumen has pushed her to become one of the leading figures in the global food and beverage industry PepsiCo's product range has rapidly expanded ...

In our post-Cold War society, economic sanctions have become one of the defining features of the political landscape. Since the early 1990s, the US, Europe and other developed economies have employed ...

In the event of economic crisis, a country’s banking system is saved at all costs. When Iceland made the decision to go against the grain and let its banks fail, no one could have predicted the ...

In 1956, consumer retail was revolutionised. The Southdale Centre in Edina, Minnesota was the first of its kind: a large, spacious building filled with modern shops and public art. Its ...

Argentina’s new president faces a formidable task in fixing his country’s economy. Tom Bailey takes a look at exactly how the South American nation found itself in its current condition Supporters of ...

Ursula Burns made history as the first African American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company when she became CEO of Xerox in 2009. Her journey from a tough childhood in public housing to the top of ...

Plastic continues to fill the world’s oceans at an astonishing rate, inflicting major environmental damage. The cost is not merely to the natural world though, as the economic impact of this man-made ...

Around the world, many people are beginning to see that the principles of Islamic banking are sometimes more attractive than those of conventional financial services An Emirates Islamic branch. The ...

A host of technological, environmental and geopolitical challenges will test the resilience of the maritime sector over the coming decades While liquefied natural gas is less harmful than traditional ...

Marriage is an expensive affair. However, long-term, married couples enjoy significant financial advantages – as long as they don’t get divorced While marriage has changed a great deal in the last ...

The Rockefeller name is one so deeply entrenched in different spheres across the United States that it is perhaps unlike any other legacy the world’s largest economy has ever known. From the oil ...