Business

Two years ago, we wrote about how it was simultaneously the best and worst of times for decision makers in senior management. Best because of more data, better analytics, and clearer understanding of how to mitigate the cognitive biases that often undermine corporate decision processes. A survey we conducted recently with more than 1,200 managers across a…

A British flying car company has won the support of American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic in securing one of the largest preorders of aircraft in the nascent “air taxi” industry to date. Vertical Aerospace said Thursday it has secured preliminary commitments for the purchase of up to 1,000 of its five-seat, electric-powered aircraft from the two major…

The year-over-year U.S. inflation rate came in today at nearly 5%, the fastest pace of higher prices since 2008. Some context is necessary around this number. A year ago the economy was still slowly waking up from its pandemic slumber. Beyond keeping your lifestyle inflation under control and increasing your pay, the best way to hedge…

Beijing’s protracted dismemberment of Jack Ma Inc. continues. “Bridle on the horse” hardly describes this orgy of value destruction. This “horse” has suffered multiple amputations, performed without finesse by the Chinese government. The Ma empire is worth half what it was 9 months ago. The process is not over. Beijing is now doling out some…

According to an analysis of data from the WTO the EU-27 countries are – by some margin – the countries with the most trade agreements in the world.The U.S. was only part of 14 trade agreements as of May 2021, twelve being bilateral agreements mainly with countries in Latin America and the Middle East. After its exit from the…