Algeria was silent during the Arab Spring. Now its streets are erupting in protest
Cities across Africa’s largest country have been flooded for the past two weeks with protesters opposing their ageing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fifth re-election bid after 20 years in power.
Geneva Motor Show: What’s the quirkiest car on display?
Theo Leggett looks at which vehicles are trying to stand out from the crowd at the Geneva Motor Show.
Amazon can be a ‘necessary evil’ for small retailers around the world
The visibility and accessibility offered by e-commerce and tech giants comes at a price for global retailers.
CEO: ‘Companies have a fiscal responsibility’ to push for more women in leadership
Companies with more women in leadership positions are likely to experience better financial performance, according to Alaina Percival, CEO of Women Who Code.
International Women’s Day: ‘I started a business accidentally’
A new report suggests more female-run businesses could give the UK economy a £250bn boost.
Stocks post 5-day losing streak, notch worst week of 2019 after anemic jobs report
Stocks fell after the U.S. government released jobs data that badly missed expectations, adding to fears of slower economic growth.
The worst is ‘conclusively’ over for India’s troubled public-sector lenders, minister says
India has massively reformed its public sector banks over the last five years, Jayant Sinha, the country’s minister of state for civil aviation, told CNBC on Friday.
Goals Soccer Centres warns on profit after ‘accounting errors’
Goals Soccer Centres warns on profits and says it will delay the release of its results.
Shanghai stocks plummet more than 4%: ‘China’s trade recession has started to emerge’
Shares in mainland China crumbled on Friday after Chinese trade data missed expectations.
Meet the woman who won over Google, Apple and Intel to get more girls into tech
Tara Chklovski, the founder of nonprofit start-up Iridescent, was stunned into action after arriving in the U.S. from India to find gender inequality was rife.