Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick has resigned as CEO of the cab-hailing company after allegations of a macho management culture that turned a blind eye to claims of sexual harassment.
The motor insurance market says new compensation payment rules will severely hit profits, which will likely lead to higher premiums for customers to help offset the costs
The spread of Shariah-compliant finance in the Middle East, India and Africa is both a good thing and a bad thing. Everything depends on the perspective of the observer.
A crop of UK data releases on Friday indicate business output continued to slow at the beginning of the second quarter
The four most frightening words for the financial markets are 'this time it's different'. Anyone who has lived through several economic cycles instinctively knows that.
When China's Huishan Dairy discovered in March that one of its chief finance executives had left due to "work stress", it was just the start of a disturbing story of mysterious disappearances
We can't see what's around the corner for stocks, but when we hear valuations are high, markets volatile and the economy on a knife edge, we prepare for losses and a possible correction
A number of high profile funds are ditching tobacco from their portfolios, while Exxon investors demand the oil company shares information on its impact on climate change
Global stock markets rallied strongly following Donald Trump´s victory in November´s presidential election. There were widespread hopes that the incoming administration´s pro-growth, fiscal stimulus agenda would act as a driver for the global economy.
Signs of a strong pick up in business activity in Europe are still not enough to allow the eurozone economy to stand unaided according to the president of the European Central Bank
If the future of Chinese technology specialist Lenovo is as clear to its senior executives as their attempts to explain it, then heaven help it.
The US Federal Reserve looks set to pursue its monetary tightening agenda, but dollar bulls have taken a step back following some dovish undertones in the minutes of the central bank's last meeting
The next year offers the greatest opportunity for UK owner-managers in recent memory says Andy Currie, London-based managing partner of Catalyst Corporate Finance
Industrial commodity prices come under pressure after China, one of the world's biggest consumers of metals and fuel, has its credit rating downgraded by Moody's