Rare earths miner Lynas turns to US as its Malaysian licence is withheld
The new joint venture will start processing operations in the US...
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Freedium announces commodity-centric digital currency at Dubai Blockchain Forum
Freedium has partnered with Wanchain, VAPHR and Bitsapphire to support the establishment of its first digital currency...
Japan’s online brokerage firm Monex to buy crypto exchange for US$33.5mn
Japanese online brokerage firm Monex Group Inc has stated that it would purchase hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc, acquiring full ownership of the Tokyo-based firm for US$33.59mn...
IIFM and WGC collaborate to facilitate gold market access for Islamic investors
Bahrain's International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) and World Gold Council led the IIFM-WGC Industry Consultative Meeting on Gold Documentation and Products Standardisation in Istanbul, Turkey...
The resurgence of Atlantis
Post-apartheid, the town lost its industries, but is now becoming a key manufacturing hub for the renewable energy sector in South Africa Miriam Mannak Situated 50km north of Cape Town, on the southern edge of the West Coast, lies Atlantis. Developed in the 1970s as a self-contained industrial backwater annex residential area for people of...
Time for a multi-dimensional analysis of the H1 visa
Immigration expert analyses the problem from a business point of view Steven Riznyk March 20, 2017: The H1b visa has made it to the news through the recent halt to Premium Processing. The impact has created an opportunity for analysis that will hopefully create some positive changes for the H1b visa (usually referred to as...
University of Bath student aces ICAEW 100 competition
Almost 5,000 students from 150 universities had entered the competition to discover the most promising student to attend the One Young World Summit 2017 in Colombia March 20, 2017 : 100 of the top university students from across the UK attended the Grand Final of the ICAEW 100 at Chartered Accountants’ Hall in London on...
VistaJet completes 100,000th flight as whole and fractional aircraft purchases decline
Global aviation company records 40% of new business from former aircraft owners as customers shift toward sharing economy models March 14, 2017: VistaJet, the first and only global aviation company, announced that it has safely performed over 100,000 flights in its history, recording significant growth as corporations and UHNWIs continue using business jets to travel...
Why more women enroll in Business Master’s than MBA programs
New white paper examines motivations and the biggest challenges women face in the business school application journey March 8, 2017: Globally, women represent a greater share of the applicant pool than men in many of the business master’s programs, such as marketing, accounting and management. Women, however, are still underrepresented in MBA classrooms in the...