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Five steps to S.E.E.D.S. a Successful Start-up

Many investors, businesses and even governments around the world chase after innovative business ideas from young and not so young people and provide all kinds of support (often free) to incubate start-up ideas and projects

25 февраля 2020 6 мин. 8407

When Viruses Turn Political

OXFORD – Before the coronavirus exploded into the news, a report by the World Health Organization warned that the world was not prepared for “a fast-moving, virulent respiratory pathogen pandemic” that could kill 50-80 million people, cause panic and instability, and seriously affect the global economy and trade

24 февраля 2020 5 мин. 7855

If Bloomberg Wins, Here’s Who Might Pay The Estimated $60 Billion For His Company

Bloomberg LP’s closest peer, Refinitiv (the former data arm of Thomson-Reuters) was acquired by the London Stock Exchange for $27 billion last summer, at about 13 times earnings, and serves as a guide for how Bloomberg LP could be sold, according to a report from Burton-Taylor International Consulting

21 февраля 2020 3 мин. 7956

Europe Must Recognize China for What It Is

MUNICH – Neither the European public nor European political and business leaders fully understand the threat presented by Xi Jinping’s China

20 февраля 2020 4 мин. 15196

Trump’s “Currency Manipulation” Con

WASHINGTON, DC – Would you believe the following story if you heard it? Imagine a small, rural town with one general store that sells to, and buys from, the farmers living in the surrounding area

19 февраля 2020 5 мин. 8449

The James Bond Of Wine

How Jean-Charles Boisset built a $450 million oenological empire in California and Burgundy

18 февраля 2020 6 мин. 16854

The Biometric Threat

NEW DELHI – Around the world, governments are succumbing to the allure of biometric identification systems. To some extent, this may be inevitable, given the burden of demands and expectations placed on modern states. But no one should underestimate the risks these technologies pose

17 февраля 2020 5 мин. 23916

Pandemic Panics

SEATTLE – Every few years, humanity succumbs to mass hysteria at the prospect of a global pandemic. In this century alone, SARS, H1N1, Ebola, MERS, Zika, and now the coronavirus have all generated reactions that, in retrospect, seem disproportionate to the actual impact of the disease