US millennials a popular but elusive target for brandsAmerican millennials -- the generation of people aged 17-35 -- are a popular target for advertisers and brands, but companies risk missing out by approaching them as one homogenous population. From Gi...
To fight off unemployment, Iraqi youth plant start-up seedsStuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. The first murmurs of t...
Profit estimates may be adding in too much cost riskAs Wall Street braces for the first quarterly decline in earnings in nearly three years, some investors are wondering if the market is factoring in a bigger erosion in profit margins than will actuall...
In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humorIt's said that history often repeats itself - the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the same time as their country navigates its way out of...
Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board: reportA Nissan Motor governance committee will recommend the appointment of an external director as board chairman, a role distinct from company chairman, in a move to decentralize power at the top level, t...
Hong Kong economy stalls amid trade dispute: finance chiefHong Kong's economy stalled last year as the ongoing China-US trade dispute and retail woes dragged down local business, the city's financial chief said Sunday. Beijing and Washington have already imp...