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Full List: The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2017

The biggest sports stars on the planet had another banner year with the 100 top-earning athletes banking $3.11 billion combined over the past 12 months

13 октября 2017 6 мин. 9086

PROMESA’s Dangerous Premises

Puerto Rico’s economy is in deep trouble. More than a decade of recession has made the public debt unsustainable and is fueling migration outflows to the United States mainland, affecting the lives of thousands of families and imposing a higher burden on those who stay. Reversing this destabilizing dynamic will require a debt restructuring that provides the relief needed to implement pro-growth policies. Unfortunately, what is being offered isn’t nearly enough

12 октября 2017 0 5331

Five Ways To Market Your Startup With Little Or Zero Budget

So you’ve finally launched your startup. It’s a dream come true, and you are undoubtedly excited. You may even have a customer or two already

11 октября 2017 0 4383

Counting What Counts in Development

To most people, “development” is best measured by the quantity of change – like gains in average income, life expectancy, or years spent in school. The Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure of national progress that my office at the United Nations Development Programme oversees, combines all three statistics to rank countries relative to one another

10 октября 2017 0 4553

Operating Costs Killing Jumbo Jets As Airlines Profit From Smaller Planes

Pilot skill helped a packed Air France A380 survive an engine explosion and emergency landing last week

09 октября 2017 0 4995

Trump’s 3% Growth for the 1%

US President Donald Trump has boasted that his policies will produce sustained 3-4% growth for many years to come. His prediction flies in the face of the judgment of many professional forecasters, including on Wall Street and at the Federal Reserve, who expect that the US will be lucky to achieve even 2% growth

06 октября 2017 5 мин. 5871

How To Make Your Startup Global Without Breaking The Bank

We all want our startup to be global, but unfortunately, few of us have a global budget. Most startups tend to put off global expansion until they see their next round of seed funding, or have a strong revenue flow

05 октября 2017 0 4342

Nobel Prize Laureate: Winning the War on Child Abuse

With every new crisis that the world faces, humanity’s differences appear increasingly intractable. Religion, ethnicity, history, politics, and economics have all become tools to denigrate and demean. People seem to be drifting apart, and no country is immune from divisive discourse