Explainer: Russia could work around SWIFT ban but with high costs
Western sanctions banning several Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments network with the potential threat of more to come if there is no end to the Ukraine conflict is likely to push Moscow to seek alternatives.
Exclusive: China drafts rules to ease property developers’ cash crunch
China is drafting nationwide rules to make it easier for property developers to access funds from sales still held in escrow accounts in its latest move to ease a severe cash crunch in the sector, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
Corporate law’s partisan gulf widened in 2020, analysis finds
Lawyers and staff at major law firms donated nearly six times more to Democrat Joe Biden than to incumbent Republican president Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to a new analysis of campaign contributions by University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller.
Analysis: Vaccinated Singapore shows zero-COVID countries cost of reopening
Few are left to inoculate in wealthy Singapore after a vigorous campaign achieved a level of coverage envied by many nations battling the coronavirus pandemic, but a record surge in deaths and infections gives warning of risks that may still lie ahead.
University-industry collaboration at the heart of knowledge-based economic growth
By Brajesh Panth, Shanti Jagannathan The Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China offer 4 lessons for developing countries to strengthen their higher education systems and innovation capacities. Educated and skilled human resources are the backbone that help to build innovative capacities in economies as they move from factor-driven to efficiency-driven and then to knowledge-driven […]
