On May 6,  2023, tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders from around the world lined up outside the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, for its annual shareholder meeting.

Inside the minds of Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger

De-dollarisation has been making waves again of late, especially after China and Brazil, the world’s second-largest economy and Latin America’s biggest economy respectively, made a pact to trade in their respective currencies — the Chinese yuan and Brazillian real —  instead of using the US dollar as an intermediary.

Talk of de-dollarisation gaining momentum

Malaysia recorded a total of 10.07 million tourist arrivals and RM28.2 billion in tourist receipts in 2022 — the highest recorded since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world.

Malaysia gears up for tourism recovery with VMY2025

Given increasing concerns about inflation and the cloudy macroeconomic climate, consumers are changing their shopping habits and adopting cost-cutting behaviours. Here are some key observations on how consumers are responding to the cost-of-living crisis across various product categories such as groceries, fashion, luxury products and travel, based on the Malaysian results of PwC’s Global Consumer Insights Pulse survey.

Insights into consumer spending in leaner times

In a time of talent shortages, layoffs to control costs and economic pressures, recruiting has become increasingly challenging.

Rise of generative AI in recruitment signals new era of hiring

Margie Ong, CEO of sustainability consulting firm Thoughts In Gear, has compiled a 40-point checklist on what businesses can do to improve their sustainability reporting. Businesses can decide if they want to aim for a minimally compliant report or one that is universally understood.