Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Glowork was formed in 2011 by young entrepreneurs who aim to enable women and increase diversity in the workforce. As it is the first dedicated organisation where its online portal considered being a platform that links female jobseekers and employers, it also has a system that allows women to work virtually from home that has …

  EMIRATES BUSINESS In 1986, Pret A Manger opened the doors of its very first shop, in London, UK. Pret’s founders Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham were on a mission to create handmade, natural food, avoiding the obscure chemicals, additives and preservatives common to so much of the ‘prepared’ and fast food on the market. A fresh and healthy menu …

  Among the world’s major economies, America’s is “the least ugly,” as Adam Posen, head of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, puts it. So it is. The American economy is plodding along at about a 2 percent annual growth rate, which is much slower than most past periods, but compared with most other economies, looks stellar. Peterson economist Paolo …