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Weinstein Company Can't Avoid Bankruptcy But Will Find Relief In Collapse

Four months after denying it would restructure or sell assets piecemeal, The Weinstein Company said Sunday that it would file for bankruptcy

28 февраля 2018 5 мин. 8023

The Syrian Time Bomb

The ongoing conflict in Syria has much in common with the Thirty Years’ War, which devastated the heart of Europe – particularly the German city of Magdeburg, the Aleppo of the time – from 1618 to 1648. Viewed from a distance, the war was a succession of conflicts that visited immeasurable suffering upon Europe’s population, ending, with the Peace of Westphalia, only when all of the parties involved had become utterly exhausted

27 февраля 2018 3.8 мин. 8132

Kate Hudson On Why Being Yourself Is Good For Business

“If you want people to trust your brand and what you are selling, then you can only do that if you are being authentic,” says Kate Hudson, who co-founded Fabletics in 2013 after spotting a gap in the activewear market

26 февраля 2018 3.1 мин. 6148

The Eurozone Island of Stability

Market volatility has surged lately, apparently vindicating those who have warned of lofty equity valuations. But, even as the US stock market suffered one of its worst weeks since the financial crisis, the eurozone’s public-debt market has remained relatively stable, with risk spreads – which have usually increased amid market volatility – scarcely changing, even for the peripheral eurozone countries

23 февраля 2018 4.8 мин. 8466

What South Korea's Olympic Games Mean For Investors

This may be the best, boring Olympics ever. And for South Korea, that's good news. There will be no post-Olympics fallout like there was in Rio de Janeiro. The economy doesn't need anymore drag than it already has

22 февраля 2018 6.6 мин. 9027

The Promise of Telemedicine

In low- and middle-income countries, insufficient access to medical care undermines health outcomes and disadvantages entire generations. But, in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach communities, technology is revolutionizing patients’ engagement with modern medicine. In a remote corner of Ghana, one “telemedicine” program illustrates just how effective digital care can be when coverage is extended to those on the medical margins

21 февраля 2018 3.7 мин. 7327

Melinda Gates: 'I Get Angry For All The Women All Over The World That This Has Happened To'

Melinda Gates has a lot of pressing questions that demand attention – and answers

20 февраля 2018 7.3 мин. 8935

The Ethics of Fighting Drug Resistance

In 2014, the World Health Organization reported that drug resistance – especially resistance to antibiotics – is a growing threat to human health, food security, and “the achievements of modern medicine.” Far from being an “apocalyptic fantasy,” the WHO said, a post-antibiotic era “is instead a very real possibility for the twenty-first century”