People buy insurance to protect themselves and their families from financial risk, especially risks that are too big to cover with savings, like car accidents, house fires, or death. When times are tough, you’d expect people to […]

Located in the heart of the Algarve, Faro is a popular choice for expats and tourists alike who find the city highly desirable to live in. From the narrow alleys of the old town to […]

Fed up with bumping elbows with the stranger in the next seat? We love to grumble at the shortcomings of our regular airlines. But it ain’t easy tinning up 200 passengers and carting them through […]

Slang words and phrases emerge locally — but those that feel right in the imagination or on the tongue have the potential to spread globally. The phenomenon is most visible online. Always-on international connectivity (some call it the ‘internet’) […]

The impact of online shopping on the environment is huge.  In 2021 e-commerce companies in the U.S. shipped a mind-boggling 16.6 billion packages, according to global shipping giant Pitney Bowes.  Almost all were delivered by […]

An index is a group of companies that reflect the performance of a certain sector. Thus an ESG index includes companies that meet certain criteria for “environmental, social, and governance” standards and reflect that sector. […]

Usually, you are required to show two years’ worth of employment and income on a mortgage application. Lenders use the information on a loan application to evaluate a borrower’s risk based on a number of […]

Ever been woken up in the night by the sound of hippos at a watering hole? Or seen the exhilarating (yet slightly terrifying) sight of bear tracks through your camp? Then you haven’t been camping […]

Who says that nobody reads anymore? Some four out of five 18-25-year-olds use subtitles when watching TV shows, even though only one in ten of these say they are deaf or hard of hearing. Subtitles-on has become […]