- 208 results for dollar
The Briefing, episode 175
We ask if Europe is turning a corner with the euro surging against the dollar, and we preview the upcoming Mexico election.
The Globalist, episode 94
The business in Toronto, we ask should Iceland embrace the Canadian dollar? Plus, the latest from our man in Berlin.
Affairs / Urbanism
Africa/Middle East Briefing
The Middle East's premium advertising rates targeting Ramadan fasters, the new Neighbourhoods market becoming the latest in Johannesburg's city centre gentrification, and Zimbabwe's management of their scrapping of their…
The Briefing, episode 323
Fawaz Gerges explains whether the latest instability in Egypt could mean a new revolution is on the way, we find out why Burma is getting a half-billion dollar loan, and ask what happens next in Mali?
The Globalist, episode 166
Tyler Brûlé discusses how Greece’s election will affect the eurozone and we learn the story of the US dollar as part of our currency series.
Midori House, episode 175
The run-up to Iceland’s presidential election, is the euro’s spike against dollar a good sign? And Orlando Figes on his new book about Russian gulags.
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Monday 23 January
Apple’s e-book will take the joy out of reading
And so Apple continues its onward march towards world domination - the multi-billion dollar company is now focused on the lucrative e-book market.
Affairs / Automotive
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 December
2010: A look under the bonnet
At the beginning of 2009 pretty much every industry commentator was predicting auto-armageddon for the world’s car makers, but a combination of gadzillions of government dollars and wildly successful cash for clunkers…
Affairs / Society
Korean Golf
With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea - and business is…
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 April
Serbia, Libya and internet gossip
Serbian pilots are “dive bombing” Libyan protesters and Serbian mercenaries are being paid tens of thousands of dollars to fight for Gaddafi. You have to have to pity the poor Serbs here.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 December
Forecast 2011: Embattled euro to face another turbulent year
The euro ended 2010 with panic subsiding about a break-up of the 11-year-old currency region, but it still faces stiff tests in 2011 over the long-term viability of the EU dream of breaking down economic barriers and cre…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 7 January
A wary Christmas for Arab Christians
While Abu Dhabi’s most famous hotel put up an extravagant Christmas tree worth millions of dollars during the holiday period – demonstrating a certain degree of religious openness, many Orthodox Christians and Copts who…
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 February
It’s back to the 80s with massive state sell-off
After spending much of his first term taking a cautious approach, New Zealand prime minister John Key has finally raised a very unpopular idea indeed.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 February
Why the US is so interested in Venezuelan corruption
A Venezuelan securities regulator sits in the dock, charged with demanding a $750,000 (€553,000) bribe from the owner of a brokerage under government receivership.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 13 August
A reminder of the ‘Jewish catastrophe’
Just a month after playing host to a Russian-American spy swap, Vienna’s international airport was again last week the stage for a surprising secretive manoeuvre.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 25 August
Smoke with fire in the bush
It doesn’t take much to keep a bushfire going in Victoria, Australia’s south-eastern state.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 September
Flagpole diplomacy
Fledgling nations have an understandable urge to spend the early stages of their independence over-compensating.