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Predictions are that as many as 4m people in the Americas could become infected with Zika virus this year. While the virus only causes mild symptoms in adults, it...

When Saudi Arabia led an OPEC decision to end a restraint put on oil production in November 2014, it marked the beginning of a new era in oil economics....

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund and a former French finance minister, faces trial for accusations of negligence. However, that has not undermined her recent declaration...

South Africa faces a looming fiscal cliff owing to growth in social grant expenditure and civil service remuneration, combined with a slowdown in the growth of the economy. A...

Another year, another crisis in traditional media. Most recently, it has been The Guardian announcing it needs to cut costs by 20%, as the revenues from online advertising cannot...

January is a busy month for tax in the UK as millions of people struggle to complete their tax returns before the January 31 deadline. Meanwhile, HMRC, the tax...

Demagoguery aside, much of Donald Trump’s bid to gain the Republican Party nomination for the presidency of the United States rests on his success as a businessman. It was...

The year is off to a turbulent start, both in the UK, and around the world. January saw oil prices plummeting, while Chinese growth slowed, spooking investors (but surprising...

Oil prices have tumbled to new lows in 2016. Slowing demand and a glut of supply has made the oil market incredibly bearish. However, while prices have halved over...

In the 1950s, Ghana was twice as rich as South Korea. By 2011, the most recent year for which data is available, South Korea’s income was more than ten...