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By Parag Khanna - Nov 01, 2014 - Last updated at Nov 01, 2014 22:26
The increasing ability of people to exchange goods, services and labour directly, via online platforms, is transforming how modern economies ...
By Pekka Nykänen - Oct 30, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 30, 2014 22:16
It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions — often quickly and brutally.
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By Oleg Chestnov - Oct 28, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 28, 2014 22:38
Parents, take note: there is a serious health risk lurking in your homes to which your children are being exposed daily — a commonplac ...
By Merit Al Sayed - Oct 25, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 25, 2014 22:05
If macroeconomic indicators are to be believed, Egypt’s economic growth has ground almost to a halt over the past three years.
Inflow ...
By Jiang Qiping - Oct 21, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 21, 2014 22:19
It is a story that has played out worldwide.
Internet adoption reaches critical mass, changing how business is conducted and creating billi ...
By Blaise Cronin - Oct 20, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 20, 2014 22:31
“Cite your sources.”
The admonition rings in the ear of every slapdash undergraduate and corner-cutting postdoc. ...
By Marina Lou - Oct 19, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 19, 2014 22:28
Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, one of the founders of OPEC, once compared the world’s fossil-fuel use to “drowning in the devil&rsquo ...
By Mojmír Hampl - Oct 12, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 12, 2014 23:20
It might seem an unlikely proposition, but central banking has become exciting.
This is not necessarily a welcome development. ...
By Asit K. Biswas - Oct 12, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 12, 2014 23:16
In the early 19th century, Lord Byron wrote in “Don Juan” that “till taught by pain, men really know not what good water&r ...
By Katharine H. S. Moon - Oct 12, 2014 - Last updated at Oct 12, 2014 23:14
North Koreans relish the element of surprise when they get to choose the stage and command the theatrics. ...