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Airbus to start sales drive for larger A220 jet, sources say
Business, Tim Hepher & Padraic Halpin, Published on 31/01/2026
» Airbus is poised to start offering airlines and leasing firms a larger version of its A220 regional jet with a view to launching development later this year, industry sources said.
Is there a case for IMF gold sales?
News, Tim Hirschel-Burns & Marina Zucker-Marques, Published on 14/10/2025
» With developing countries facing intense financial pressure and developed countries slashing foreign aid, it can be tempting to dream of stumbling across a pot of gold. Dream no longer: The International Monetary Fund is currently sitting on 90.5 million ounces of the metal.
Chokepoints could cripple trade
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 16/01/2024
» When traffic through the Suez Canal ground to a halt in 2021, the extraordinary cost and disruptions to global commerce seemed overwhelming. But 8,000 kilometres from the canals of Suez and Panama lie even more important shipping lanes, chokepoints that could cripple global trade should any disaster befall them.
Fragile supply chains will rebuild
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 27/12/2023
» Pick a single item from an array of shocks and you can see just how fragile global supply chains truly are. But combine climate change, decoupling from China, unprecedented technological development, wars, rising costs and labour shortages, and we now have an amalgam of catalysts that will change global trade for the better.
You too, may one day have your own satellite
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 20/12/2023
» The Space Race, launched more than 60 years ago, kickstarted an unprecedented boom in travel and communications beyond our planet. But it was a realm only available to national governments with multibillion-dollar budgets. Private industry has now taken over the sector, making personal satellite ownership a fast-approaching reality for consumers.
ICRC head's statement on Ukraine
News, Peter Maurer, Published on 28/02/2022
» This new phase of the fighting in Ukraine has sent an ominous chill down my spine. The intensification and spread of the conflict risk a scale of death and destruction that are frightening to contemplate, given the immense military capacities involved.
Some Companies Are Ready for Libor's Demise, but Not All
Business, Sebastian Pellejero & Mark Maurer, Published on 03/01/2022
» Wall Street's shift away from the London interbank offered rate takes effect at the start of the new year. Some companies are more prepared for it than others.
Healing the scars of a 40-year war
Oped, Peter Maurer, Published on 10/09/2021
» The scars of war last generations. Destroyed buildings can one day be rebuilt, but shattered limbs do not regrow. Children re-live trauma long after the bomb blasts subside. Family members killed leave a permanent void.
Apple's Move to Block User Tracking Spawns New Digital Ad Strategies
Business, Patience Haggin & Tim Higgins, Published on 29/03/2021
» As Apple Inc. moves ahead with long-promised plans to make it harder to target certain iPhone users with ads, advertising companies and software developers are preparing for major disruptions to the $400 billion digital advertising industry.
The vaccine revolution comes inside tiny bubbles of fat
Tim Loh of Bloomberg News, Published on 04/03/2021
» NEW YORK: If messenger-RNA vaccines are the breakout medicine of the pandemic, then the tiny lipid spheres that bring them into people’s cells are the unsung heroes.