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It is now not uncommon for 11-year-olds to be diabetic. I see one reason for it every time I check out at my local Safeway in Washington. The candy is right there at the cash register, waiting to be eaten....

It’s time to think small when it comes to identifying growth areas in the global economy.  For the past 15 years, since coining the BRIC acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the world’s biggest emerging economies have been the...

Earlier this month, US companies operating in Europe got some unwelcome news: the Data Transfer Pact between the European Union and the United States, more commonly known as “Safe Harbor,” is invalid. For over 15 years, Safe Harbor had ensured...

The mere hint of a successful deal over Iran’s nuclear programme is enough to get people excited. In addition, as the country emerges from economic isolation, nowhere is the enthusiasm more keenly felt than in the huge oil firms with...

Beyond work-life balance, the gender pay gap is the biggest concern of women in Australian workplaces, according to a new survey of 9,500 women in G20 countries. Just 31% of the Australian women surveyed said they were confident they earned...

Re-offending rates among prisoners in the UK are sky high. Around 90% of those sentenced in England and Wales, have previous offences and the rates are, if anything, getting worse. Re-offending rates among prisoners in the UK are sky high....

As we approach winter, many of us start turning the heating back on, but there are thousands of people across the UK who dread the onset of colder weather as they fall into the fuel poverty trap. It is a...

How many contracts did you enter into today? The answer may surprise you. Though the prevalence of contracts in the world of commerce is taken as a given, the importance of contracts in everyday life is often overlooked. The rules...

Since the presidential candidate started wearing his red hat bearing the slogan, the product has become a must-have among his supporters. It comes in different colours for US$25 on official Trump-related websites. Trump’s fans have, however, recently been offered alternative...

The two biggest beer producers in the world are set to merge after SABMiller accepted Anheuser-Busch InBev’s US$104 billion offer. The deal will create a brewer selling one in every third beer worldwide, with brands like Budweiser, Stella Artois, Grolsch,...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has recently been waving huge wads of cash at different (but similarly delinquent) parts of UK nuclear policy. In August, he sailed triumphantly up the Clyde to the Trident-hosting Faslane Naval base to...

Clothing brand Patagonia gives 1% of its sales “to support environmental organisations around the world.” Carpet-maker Interface takes an “aggressive approach” to reach its goal to source 100% of its “energy needs from renewable sources by 2020.” Nudie Jeans meanwhile,...

If you keep track of key measures of disability equality in the UK, you will know that the gap in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled working-age people has gone down over the past fifteen years. Many experts have flagged...

Since lower oil prices typically result in depreciation of the oil exporters’ currencies, the dramatic plunge of oil prices has severe implications for sub-Saharan Africa. After the global financial crisis, many emerging economies have coped with diminished global growth prospects...

In late September 2015, the Presidents of China and the United States reached a number of agreements on cyber security, cyber espionage, and cybercrime. They provide for a new high-level contact group as well as assurances to investigate and resolve...