Goldman Sachs, Houlihan Lokey Top M&A Advisers in 2024
Goldman Sachs and Houlihan Lokey have emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers by value and volume, respectively, for 2024 in the latest Financial Advisers League Table, which ranks financial advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised, by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database has revealed that...
Six Points of Wisdom to African Women in Economics
The World Bank: Recently, TAP and AAAWE hosted a webinar on “African Women in the Economics Profession” for the mentees of their joint Female Mentorship Program. This featured wise advice from speakers, including Pan-African feminist and Director of Nawi – the Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective, Crystal Simeoni, who encouraged many mentees in their paths. She shares more of her testimony including...
WHO updates guidelines on treatments for COVID-19
WHO has updated its guidelines for COVID-19 therapeutics, with revised recommendations for patients with non-severe COVID-19. This is...
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Minister Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission,...
Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity
(ILO News) – Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those...
Jobs in Asia and the Pacific record modest recovery
while future growth prospects remain challenging
BANGKOK, Thailand (ILO News) – Asia-Pacific labour markets have recorded a...
Building Green Investment Pipelines with the support of IFC and C40
Climate change is one of the greatest development challenges of our time: left unchecked,...
Three Defining Tech Moments That Have Helped Middle East Businesses Face COVID-19
The last twelve months have generated high levels of economic, political, and social...
Travel and Tourism Industry Fully Recovering to Pre-COVID-19 Levels
The global travel and tourism sector is bouncing back after the hardest two years in its...
China continues to lead global e-commerce market with over $2 trillion sales in 2022
China’s e-commerce market, the world’s largest, is expected to register a...
Dubai Chamber of Commerce supports growth of Chinese logistics company
With the support of Dubai Chamber of Commerce, Chinese logistics company J&T Express has expanded...
India startups raise US$6bn VC funding in first two months of 2022
India remains the second biggest market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for venture...
Pfizer is the 4th most admired company in 2022
Pfizer is one of 2022’s most admired firms globally. That’s according to a StockApps.com data presentation. The site’s...