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Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system

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The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers

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Electric Truckmaker Rivian, Backed By Amazon, Ford, Raises Whopping $1.3 Billion

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Security

Build a human firewall with cyber resilience training

By Max Vetter People are the most important piece in the cybersecurity chain. So, what skills do they need, and more importantly, how can they develop them? In an alarming trend, ransomware […]

As markets soar, should investors look beyond America?

Every week, a new high. Little wonder a sense of unease is settling over markets. Some 40% of global fund managers think that artificial-intelligence (AI) stocks—a crucial driver of the rally—are already […]

First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok

Time served on Wall Street has long smoothed the path to the top job at America’s Treasury. Before he was the first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton could boast, among other things, a […]

Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics

“Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.” So starts Alfred Marshall’s “Principles of Economics”, a 19th-century textbook that helped create the common language economists still use today. […]

How to trade an election

Investors differ in their approach to elections. Some see politics as an edge to exploit; others as noise to block out. Even for those without a financial interest, markets offer a brutally […]

America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking

For five years homeowners have been waging war. They have railed against the extortionate fees charged by estate agents, known as “realtors” in America, which are enforced by anticompetitive practices. They have […]

Why America can’t escape inflation worries

Some hikers believe that the last mile is the hardest: all the blisters and accumulated aches slow progress at the very end. Others swear that it is the easiest because the finishing […]

Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment

A radical monetary-policy experiment has all but come to an end. On March 19th officials at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that, with inflation of 2% “in sight”, they would scrap […]

How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and Ebrahim Raisi, his Iranian counterpart, have several things in common. Both belong to a tiny group of leaders personally targeted by American sanctions. Even though neither travels […]

Security

Future-Proofing – Network Security With Unified Solutions

By Jonathan Wright As digital transformation accelerates, so do the avenues for business growth. Yet, amidst this promising landscape, there’s a less glamorous truth often overlooked – the simultaneous rise in cyber-attack […]

Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST