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UK Must Do More to Address Ageing Population

The FINANCIAL -- Ageing populations continue to pose a challenge to governments worldwide, with policymakers struggling to balance the twin goals of delivering financial security for their retirees that is both adequate for the individual and sustainable for the ...

Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.

The FINANCIAL -- With less than four weeks until the midterm elections, Republican and Democratic voters differ widely in views of the seriousness of numerous problems facing the United States, ...

Top Priorities for European Family Businesses

The FINANCIAL -- Europe's family businesses are confident about the future but must become more agile, innovate faster and attract top talent to remain competitive and continue to ...

How Personal and Community Ratings Influence Trust in Media

The FINANCIAL -- The rise of digital news sources in the last several decades has greatly changed the media environment and, for most Americans, their news consumption ...

Employee Experience vs. Engagement

The FINANCIAL -- What is the employee experience? -- Due to a tightening labor market and a competitive global economy, highly talented individuals have a lot of freedom in where they choose to ...

Trump Cites China Nuclear Buildup In Vowing To Abandon Treaty With Russia

The FINANCIAL -- U.S. President Donald Trump says that his decision to withdraw from a decades-old nuclear treaty with Russia was driven not just by Moscow's alleged violations but by a need to ...

EU Releases €7.2 Million to Step Up Fight Against Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo

The FINANCIAL -- The Commission is allocating an additional € 7.2 million to strengthen its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which is not yet under control. ...

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

The FINANCIAL -- Free shipping is an increasingly important tool in the online retailer's marketing arsenal, but few sellers understand the intricacies of the strategy and are leaving significant ...

Fear Of Finding Out

The FINANCIAL -- New research from Barclays has today revealed that over a third of millennials (37 per cent) are suffering from FOFO (Fear of Finding Out), meaning they are consistently nervous of ...

Time Spent by Children Online Linked to Requests for Junk Food

The FINANCIAL -- Young children who spent more than half an hour a day online were almost twice as likely to pester their parents for junk food, according to a new report published Wednesday, 17 ...

The Extreme Discomfort of Sharing Salary Information

Th FINANCIAL -- Most Americans who have jobs, according to a report from the employer-review website Glassdoor, “wish they had a better understanding of what fair pay is for their position and ...

3 Strategies to Deliver on Brand Promises Every Time

The FINANCIAL -- Less than half (46%) of B2B customers strongly believe that the companies they do business with always deliver on their ...

EBRD Launches Trade Ready, a New Support Initiative in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- Trade Ready, a new EBRD trade support initiative, was introduced in Georgia to benefit the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working to improve their ...