Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why. ...

Andrew Young is an influential leader in the biotechnology sector, serving as the CEO and Managing Partner of Conjugate Group, a renowned biotech staffing and business development firm based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Born on July, 1970, Andrew’s career has been ...

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will instruct the national wealth fund (NWF) and the Office for Investment to coordinate their efforts with regional mayors for the first time. The plan is part of a series of measures designed to boost local ...

CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of Barclays, could see his maximum pay rise by 45 per cent to £14.3 million under a pay overhaul being considered by the lender’s board. The proposal would reduce his fixed salary nearly by half, from ...

Sir Len Blavatnik, Britain’s second-richest man, has injected an additional $827 million into DAZN — the self-styled “Netflix of sports” — despite the London-based streaming service recording widening losses. The billionaire’s latest funding, delivered in 2023 through his investment group ...

Google has committed to stronger safeguards against fake online reviews in the UK by promising to clamp down on misleading practices and penalise businesses and individuals found boosting their star ratings fraudulently. The agreement comes in the wake of an ...

The number of UK businesses in critical financial trouble jumped by a record 50.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 46,853 in the final three months of 2024, according to new data from insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor Construction and consumer-facing companies are ...

It is well-known that Murray Rothbard and Ralph Raico could not be characterized as fans of Keynes, but it turns out that they were mistakenly too easy on him on one issue, giving him some credit he does not deserve. ...

Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen sharply to its lowest point in over a year, according to the latest GfK data, suggesting that households are pessimistic about both personal finances and the wider economic outlook. Figures for January show ...

Simon Swan, co-founder of Manchester-based digital recruitment platform Hiring Hub, has announced he is leaving the company after 14 years. Swan launched the firm in 2011 to connect businesses with specialist recruitment agencies, helping them find top-tier talent in a ...