Topic: Bloomberg

Several high-profile malefactors have been re-elected to parliament. Ramaphosa needs to keep them out of his cabinet.

America’s elite colleges are more selective than ever before. They also remain disproportionately populated by the wealthy – in part because many qualified students from poor backgrounds do not even apply.

Business leaders have a long tradition of supporting global engagement, through both their work and philanthropy. Bringing chief executives around a table with heads of state carries benefits for both groups.

The final figure will be more a matter of politics than accounting. Britain’s strategic position is weak, so it will have to give more ground than it would like — and the sooner it gets used to this idea the better.

Indiana’s Thomas R. Marshall, who was America’s vice president 100 years ago, voiced – he plucked it from a Hoosier humorist – one of the few long-remembered utterances to issue from that office: “What this country needs is a good 5-cent cigar,” which would be $1.11 in today’s currency. A century later, what the country needs is a $12 twelve-ounce cup of coffee.

The Chartered Financial Analyst Society held a screening of a video highlighting the needs and rights of investors, at Regal Cinema at Camana Bay on May 31.