Caracas / AFP Julio Ribas suffers from high blood pressure. If only Venezuela’s currency were as high, he might be able to afford some medicine for it.Venezuela is short of drugs, and to buy some from abroad, Ribas needs dollars — but those are in desperately short supply too. Ribas is just one of the countless casual victims of …

  Tel Aviv / DPA A young woman sits at a long wooden table in front of her laptop, headphones on, absorbed in her work.She’s got a single space in the sleek co-working office Mindspace, located in the centre of Tel Aviv. The Israeli business has been very successful — its co-working office fills three storeys of two buildings on …

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business When a Dublin-born gentleman runs his business in Dubai, with a typical Irish-hospitality stance, you get an exotic property that is a perfect blend of style, class and comfort. This is the perfect way to define Bonnington Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) that has carved its unique niche by outshining other city hotels in the …