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Nigeria businesses are holding off on issuing new debt, creating a quiet spell in the corporate bond market, waiting for a more favourable borrowing environment. With interest rates at their highest levels in decades, the cost of servicing new debt has become expensive for many firms. Consequently hoping for a series of rate cuts that

SINGAPORE — More companies are set to freeze wages over the next year as business confidence weakens because of ongoing economic uncertainties, a Singapore Business Federation (SBF) survey released on Aug 28 (Thursday) found. Business satisfaction with the current state of the economy has slipped to 33 per cent, from 35 per cent the previous year;

An article from Dive Brief The Business Roundtable sees opportunities to solve the labor gap on a large scale. A technician and a trainee work together on an AC unit repair. Members of the Business Roundtable are collaborating to boost skilled trades as a career choice among young people. Hiraman via Getty Images First published

This week, I have a new story out about Quaise, a geothermal startup that’s trying to commercialize new drilling technology. Using a device called a gyrotron, the company wants to drill deeper, cheaper, in an effort to unlock geothermal power anywhere on the planet. (For all the details, check it out here.)  For the story

Auto companies are feeling the hit from recent Chinese export controls on rare earth magnets.Read more...

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Changes to account filing rules could help worsen the industry’s skills crisis, according to industry bodies. Companies House emailed businesses last week to warn them that all accounts filings made from April 2027 must be filed using commercial software, with web and paper options no longer available. The body said this would allow "more efficient

Skip to content Post Post Share Annotate Save Print by Courtney Rickert McCaffrey and Oliver Jones Geopolitics, and how to manage its potentially seismic risks, is an increasingly pressing concern for business leaders. References to geopolitics and political risk in corporate public documents skyrocketed 600% three years ago and remain three to four times higher