The increase in the number of houses for rent on the market, seen as a key to lowering the price of rents, does not seem to be working, with no sign that this goal is being achieved by either the public or private sector according to the newspaper Público. In January alone, rents shot up … Read more
José Neves, the founder, chairman and president of Farfetch, the luxury goods platform company that he founded in 2007, has been removed by Bom Kim the Korean tycoon who has absorbed the company into luxury goods rival Coupang. The move, which happened on Thursday, comes two weeks after Coupang, an Amazon-style shopping platform and a dominant … Read more
The company that manages Portugal’s airports, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, says that the arguments from the Portuguese environment agency APA not to extend an environmental impact statement (DIA) on the proposed Montijo airport site for a further four years does not justify the decision. The APA’s decision not to renew makes it difficult for … Read more
History is littered with disagreeable people who won elections on the back of election pledges that promised to resolve national insecurities, with Churchill and Kennedy just two examples. This was one of the conclusions of a debate into the US primaries organised by the American Club of Lisbon that took place at the Luso-American Foundation for Development (FLAD) in … Read more
