Giorno: 15 Marzo 2023

Contextualizing Taiwan’s Role in Central and Eastern Europe: A Global Taiwan Institute Event

Read MoreContextualizing Taiwan’s Role in Central and Eastern Europe: A Global Taiwan Institute Event MENU save icon MY LIST March 15, 2023 EpochTV Live ●  Watching Live now Live chatFriends Watch FreeExpand

Samsung to Invest $300 Billion in Construction of South Korean Chip Center

Read More Samsung Electronics will invest 300 trillion won ($227 billion) over the next 20 years to build five new chip plants in South Korea as part of the government’s goal to establish “the world’s largest” chip center by 2042. The plans were unveiled by the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy on […]

Cape Town taxi body backs EFF shutdown call but won’t take part

Read More The South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape says it supports the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) planned national shutdown on Monday, 20 March, but will not participate in it. The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Western Cape says it supports the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) planned national shutdown […]

Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was predictable

Read More People queue up outside the headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank to withdraw their funds on March 13, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Liu Guanguan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) The run on Silicon Valley Bank — on which nearly half of all venture-backed tech start-ups in the United States depend — […]

Umgeni Water board fired again

Read More Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu is considering pursuing criminal charges against the outgoing Umgeni Water Amanzi board over millions of rands it blew on the unsuccessful search for a chief executive late last year. Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu is considering pursuing criminal charges against the outgoing Umgeni Water Amanzi board […]

‘The Roaming Chef’ Dennis Ombachi protects his sauces

Read More Illustration: Wynona Mutisi Few would have thought that a balcony in an unremarkable Nairobi apartment block could become one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks. Yet this is now the case, thanks to the social media success of Dennis Ombachi: the former rugby sevens star turned amateur chef, father of two and winner […]

Harvard legend Samuel Huntington was not an apartheid advisor

Read More Historian Professor Samuel Huntington, author of such books as The Clash of Civilisations and Political Order in Changing Societies. I was frankly amazed to read the downright untrue and unethical opinion article, “When PW Botha listened to the Harvard man”, written by Sazi Bongwe about the late Professor Samuel Huntington and published in […]

Credit Suisse shares plunge to record low as top shareholder rules out investing more – business live

Read More From 2h ago Credit Suisse shares have plunged 30% to another fresh all-time low, of 1.56 Swiss francs. Andrew Kenningham, chief Europe economist at Capital Economics, has outlined the issues: First, Credit Suisse is in principle a much bigger concern for the global economy than the regional US banks which were in the […]

Budget 2023: will it lift Britain’s economic gloom? Our panel give their verdict | Miatta Fahnbulleh and others

Read More Miatta Fahnbulleh: No proper plan to kickstart the economy After a lost decade during which economic mismanagement has led to the biggest squeeze in living standards for generations, the chancellor had two big jobs to do today: insulate people from the cost of living crisis, and jump-start the economy to reverse the decline […]

Budget 2023: what it means for people on a range of incomes

Read More Single Low income 2022/23 James, 24, works 35 hours a week for a cafe and is paid the minimum wage of ?9.50 an hour, or ?332.50 a week. From his annual wage of ?15,960 he is left with ?14,761, after tax (?678) and national insurance (?521) are both deducted. 2023/24 From April the […]