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Mar 5, 2025 | ippmedia.com | Joseph Prosper

Jan 13, 2025 | ippmedia.com | Tom Wall

Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month By Tom WallA new payment system brought in by YoungOnes, which supplies “freelance” retail assistants to many well-known high street stores, charges gig workers 4.8 percent of their earnings to be paid in one minute or 2.9 percent to be paid in three days. If they decline, they typically have to wait 30 days.

Jan 13, 2025 | ippmedia.com | Irina Slav

This year in oil has been marked by chronic trader pessimism about Chinese demand and an equally chronic downplaying of supply disruption risks. This has made for a rather stable year in prices—and the stability could continue in 2025, on a few conditions. By Irina SlavBrent crude and West Texas Intermediate appear set to end the year at nearly the same levels that they started. WTI started 2024 at a little over $70 per barrel and is about to end a little below that.

Jan 13, 2025 | ippmedia.com | Nikhil Sanghani

Central banks are no longer the only game in town. Fiscal policy is becoming an increasingly important driver of economic and financial market outcomes amid growing sovereign debt across the advanced and emerging world. By Nikhil Sanghani Here are five fiscal themes to look out for throughout 2025. Are the bond vigilantes returning? Tax cuts are coming in the US. Yet, at this stage, the scale that will be passed by US president-elect Donald Trump’s administration is unknown.

Jan 13, 2025 | ippmedia.com | Chris Crowe

The recent expansion and shifting objectives of the BRICS bloc suggest an escalating rivalry between its members and Western liberal economies – and a potential threat to the status of the US dollar within international trade. By Chris CroweBRICS – originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, but expanded in 2024 to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – met for its 16th summit in Kazan, Russia, in October.