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| Apr 11, 2024 | Самые счастливые страны мира имеют лучшие условия труда и жизни для женщин | В странах с высоким уровнем счастья, как правило, отсутствует гендерное неравенство. Исландия, Финляндия, Швеция, Норвегия и Новая Зеландия входят в топ-10 сразу двух рейтингов: списка самых счастливых стран мира Всемирного доклада о счасть... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by getting pet rocks | Economy South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by getting pet rocks
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2024-03-19T10:04:58Z
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| Mar 14, 2024 | Источники для анализа данных — огромная подборка для количественного и качественного анализа | Большой список ресурсов, которые помогут собрать данные для аналитики, количественного и качественного анализа. Пригодится для построения стратегии, планирования проектов или запуска продуктов, при проведении SWOT-анализа и много где ещё
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| Feb 24, 2024 | Ожидаемая продолжительность жизни в России достигла исторического максимума | Как передает «Интерфакс», данный показатель — исторический максимум ожидаемой продолжительности жизни в стране. Согласно данным Росстата, ОПЖ в 2022 году составила 72,76 года.
В сентябре 2023 года министр рассказал, что в трех регионах РФ п... |
| Feb 19, 2024 | "The Quiet Whistleblower" Film Exposes Alarming International Adoption Realities, Urges for Justice and Accountability | Documentary's mission to uncover whistleblowers' stories, brings attention to disturbing statistics and legal challenges surrounding international adoptions. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, February 19, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As "The Quiet Whi... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | 4 of the biggest stereotypes about Americans, debunked by a British woman living in Ohio | Travel 4 of the biggest stereotypes about Americans, debunked by a British woman living in Ohio
Charissa Cheong
2024-01-23T19:41:20Z
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| Jan 17, 2024 | Aleph Farms: Israel Awards the World’s First Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Beef | 9 Mins Read Israeli-cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has received the world’s first regulatory approval for cell-cultured beef, marking a milestone in the alternative protein sector.
This makes Israel – still in the middle of regional c... |
| Dec 24, 2023 | The tiny island nation of Iceland has the world's smallest gap between men and women. Women in the country want you to know it's no gender equality 'fairyland.' | Careers The tiny island nation of Iceland has the world's smallest gap between men and women. Women in the country want you to know it's no gender equality 'fairyland.'
Grace Dean
2023-12-24T09:02:02Z
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| Dec 20, 2023 | Morning Rounds: Americans put faith in nurses as overall confidence in health care ebbs | Understand how science, health policy, and medicine shape the world everyday. Sign up for our Morning Rounds newsletter here.
Good morning. Today we take a look at how health care happens outside the exam room: in a kitchen, in politics, in... |
| Dec 19, 2023 | U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined | American taxpayers footed the bill for at least $1.8 trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year, accordi... |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years — six years less than for women, per study | The life expectancy of men in the U.S. is nearly six years shorter than that of women, according to new research published on Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
At least partially as a consequence of over 1 million Covid-19 deaths, life expe... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Tech Talent on the Rise: 4 Reasons to Establish Your Dev Team in the CEE Region | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia ~
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Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has been experiencing a significant transformation in the tech landscape, with an inflow of multinational companies and innovative star... |
| Jun 9, 2023 | The Value-Based Care Imperative—And How Technology Makes VBC Possible | David B. Snow, Jr. | Chairman & CEO | Cedar Gate Technologies. |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Don't Expect Life Expectancy To Explain American Health Care | WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf testifies ... [+] during a Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hi... |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Innovamat tallies up $21M to reinvent math education | When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. A startup out of Barcelona called Innovamat believes it’s come up with an approach that can help on both of... |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Почему Финляндия — самая счастливая страна в мире | Для оценки удовлетворенности жизнью используют «Лестницу Катрила».
Респондентов просят представить лестницу с пронумерованными ступенями: на нижний стоит 0, а на верхней — 10. Верхняя ступень представляет наилучшую возможную жизнь, а нижняя... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | South Korean millennials and Gen Z are raging against the idea of a 69-hour workweek. They are tired, having fewer babies, and are even working themselves to death. | South Korean millennials and Gen Z are raging against the idea of a 69-hour workweek. They are tired, having fewer babies, and are even working themselves to death. PARK JI-HWAN/Stringer/Getty Images
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| Apr 1, 2023 | Французские пенсионеры в международном сравнении | В марте по Франции прокатились массовые протесты, вызванные желанием правительства постепенно поднять пенсионный возраст с нынешних 62 до 64 лет. Несмотря на это, спорная реформа была принята в обход парламента. Президент Эмманюэль Макрон н... |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Where Real Wages Rose & Where They Stagnated [Infographic] | 2022 has been a year where inflation has seriously eaten into or even totally diminished any salary increases workers might have received. For people in some countries, this scenario has actually been a reality for decades. Stagnant real wa... |
| Jan 22, 2023 | Отдыхать нельзя работать: выгодны ли переработки компании | Немного статистики
По данным совместного опроса компании «Росгосстрах жизнь» и сервиса HeadHunter, 7 из 10 россиян трудятся сверхурочно. Чаще всего сверхурочно работают сотрудники частных средних (75%) и крупных (75%) компаний, малого бизне... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 6 things the US should learn about fighting disease from countries like Finland, Canada, and Brazil | Health 6 things the US should learn about fighting disease from countries like Finland, Canada, and Brazil
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2022-12-29T15:22:32Z
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| Dec 19, 2022 | Brexit: European nurses don’t want to work for NHS, report suggests | Brexit-induced migratory hurdles and poor wages have made Britain an unattractive destination for Europe’s nurses. |
| Nov 25, 2022 | Как часто женщины подвергаются насилию | 25 ноября отмечается Международный день борьбы за ликвидацию насилия в отношении женщин. Генеральная ассамблея ООН учредила его в память о сестрах Мирабаль — активисток из Доминиканской Республики, которых насмерть забили сотрудники секретн... |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Всё, что вы хотели знать об экономике «дружественных» стран, но ленились искать | Ёмко и по делу рассказываем о стартапах и инвестициях в Индии, Бразилии и Мексике.
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| Oct 20, 2022 | European countries are shelling out huge sums to deal with the energy crunch. Economists fear it could spark a new financial crisis. | A new debt crisis could be looming as European countries throw huge sums of money at the energy crisis.
"I believe several will struggle to avoid debt problems in the coming years and the result will be painful," a Stanford econom... |
| Oct 9, 2022 | Mexico has quietly become the most popular destination for Americans moving abroad. Here's why expats are happy with their financial situations after moving south of the border. | John Coletti/Getty Images
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A new report looks at how many Americans have moved to a select set of popular countries. That analysis highlighted a large number of Americans headed to Mexico in 2021 compared to 14 other destinations.... |
| Oct 6, 2022 | The new law that could stealthily transform biomedical innovation | Buried deep within the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug-price negotiation provisions is language that could open the way to a new era of biomedical breakthroughs and smarter health spending.
This language does something Medicare hasn’t tried ... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Навигатор для трактора или эмиграция с цифрами в 2022 | Итак, ваш трактор отполирован до блеска, смазан, проведено ТО. Вы в костюмчике с иголочки стоите рядом, позвякиваете ключами и… не знаете толком куда же ехать. Внучатая племянница лучшей подруги двоюродной тети вашей мамы говорит, что лучше... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Florida is suing the Biden administration's FDA for what Gov. Ron DeSantis called 'unreasonably delayed' approval of a state plan to import prescription drugs from Canada | Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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Florida is suing the FDA because it hasn't approved its plan to lower prescription-drug prices.
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| Jul 22, 2022 | Is The World Retracting From Globalisation, Setting It Up For A Fifth Wave? | Fourth wave of globalisation saw China’s increasing role as a global powerhouse. Getty Images |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Is the world retracting from globalisation? | Is the world retracting from globalisation? Image: Adobe stock
Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions and benefits.
This period was... |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Meat, Monopolies, Mega Farms: How the US Food System Fuels the Climate Crisis | 6 Mins Read
By: Amanda Schupak
From a beef-heavy diet to growing crops that don’t feed people – the biggest challenges facing the agriculture industry.
Food and the climate crisis are locked in a tangled web of cause and effect. Globally, f... |
| May 23, 2022 | Inflation! Public enemy number 1 and here’s why | Inflation, public enemy number 1: Image: Adobe Stock
Inflation is a process of sustained increases in the general price level over a period of time, typically 12 months.
In short, people experience inflation as sustained price increases. Pr... |
| May 20, 2022 | Australia’s unemployment rate officially begins with a ‘3’. What now?’ | Source: Shutterstock.
Early in the election campaign, on April 14, we learned that Australia’s unemployment rate had slipped below 4% in March, to 3.95% — the lowest rate in 48 years.
But the Coalition was denied the bragging rights that wo... |
| Apr 26, 2022 | China Holds First Cellular Agriculture Forum To Embolden Cultivated Meat Progress | 4 Mins Read
Food security and a growing demand for protein is on every government’s mind. A new cultivated meat industry association, the China Cellular Agriculture Forum, held its first event last week and was attended by approximately 30 ... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | BREAKING: Alternative proteins ‘will not save the planet,’ report warns | Alternative proteins have been touted as a key answer to greening emissions-heavy food systems and attracted billions in investment over the past years, but a new report published today warns they “will not save the planet”.
Cultured and pl... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | South Korea's incoming president once said people should be allowed to work 120 hours a week | Conservative Yoon Suk-youl of the People Power Party won South Korea's presidential election on Wednesday.
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Conservative Yoon Suk-youl of the People Power Party won South Korea's presidential election on Wednesday... |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Discretionary income: Your available funds to spend on what you want | Once you've taken out taxes and the cost of basic necessities, that money left over is yours to spend how you choose. Rachel Mendelson/Insider
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| Jan 25, 2022 | 'Off to Canada': India's jobs crisis exasperates its youth | With his business crippled, the 31-year-old IT undergraduate this month travelled to Rajpura town in Punjab state to meet with consultants who promised him a work visa for Canada. He brought along his neighbour who also wants a Canadian vis... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | 'Off to Canada': India's jobs crisis exasperates its youth | * India unemployment averaged 7.2% in 2018-2021 vs global average around 5.7%
* India's job participation rate is low and falling
* GDP growth providing fewer jobs than in the 1970s and 80s
* Lack of employment opportunities a risk to PM Mo... |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Can Bitcoin beat inflation? | Many cryptocurrencies have long been professed as a hedge against inflation for investors. With global inflation spiking to the highest levels in a generation we re-examine the merits of this argument. |
| Nov 26, 2021 | Сотрудники из Финляндии смогут узнать, сколько зарабатывают их коллеги | Некоторые группы финских работодателей раскритиковали предложение, заявив, что это приведет к конфликту между работниками. Такое мнение часто высказывают противники прозрачности оплаты труда — концепции, которая до сих пор считается недопус... |
| Nov 23, 2021 | International trade statistics: trends in third quarter 2021 | International trade continued to expand in the G20 in Q3 2021, as services pick up but merchandise trade growth slows
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| Nov 12, 2021 | Hating work is having a moment | Workers are fed up and fighting back against low pay, poor conditions, and the general idea that work is the center of their lives.
That fighting back is taking on many forms, from the performative to the transformative. Posts about standin... |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Japan PM’s touted a ‘new capitalism’ aimed at narrowing income disparities. It drove Japan’s stock market into an 8-day 6.8% slump. | Japan’s Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida speaks as he joins a live interview with news channels individually at the party headquarters on October 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan took to the polls today... |
| Aug 24, 2021 | International trade statistics: trends in second quarter 2021 | Value of G20 merchandise trade at new high in Q2 2021, trade in services growth gaining pace
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Value of G20 merchandise trade at new high in Q2 2021 but signs o... |
| Jul 27, 2021 | Slow recoveries, endogenous growth and macroprudential policy | Dario Bonciani, David Gauthier and Derrick Kanngiesser
Following the global financial crisis in 2008, central banks around the world introduced tighter banking regulations to increase the resilience of the financial sector and reduce the ri... |
| Jul 22, 2021 | FACT SHEET: How the Build Back Better Plan Will Create a Better Future for Young Americans | Although there has been a strong economic recovery under President Biden, young adults have now lived through two historic economic downturns. In 2008, many young workers without a college degree lost their jobs. In 2020, at the height of t... |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Australians are going to pay more tax post-COVID | Source: Australian Tax Office.
The biggest unstated message from the intergenerational report released during the lull between lockdowns is that we will need more tax.
Not now. At the moment it’s a matter of throwing everything we’ve got at... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Australia’s poor R&D performance could be turned around within the decade. Here’s how | Australia’s long run of economic growth from the early 1990s to early 2020 inspired much boasting by incumbent politicians.
But behind the hubris and headlines lies a less flattering story — about Australia riding a wave of dumb luck, with ... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Celebrating Canada’s venture sector | A week ago, Canadians, border to border, celebrated or reflected on Canada Day. We hope your day was filled with maple syrup, Tim Hortons, and passionate discussions about the National Hockey League series. We wanted to highlight why Canada... |
| Jun 30, 2021 | BlackBerry : Launches Cyber. Right. Now. Campaign with Canadian Chamber of Commerce | BlackBerry Launches Cyber. Right. Now. Campaign with Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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| May 25, 2021 | International trade statistics: trends in first quarter 2021 | G20 merchandise trade reaches record high in first quarter of 2021 while trade in services growth appears to moderate
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| Apr 15, 2021 | Germans Believe They Eat Less Meat | If you ask Germans how much meat they believe they consume, they estimate around 92 grams of sausage and meat a day end up on the plate, or 644 grams a week. This is the result of a survey by the Donato Foundation. In fact, however, it is c... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | UK sees record tech investment in 2020 | Despite Covid-19 and the uncertainty of Brexit, investment into tech companies in the UK was at record levels last year, the proportion of foreign investment rose, IPOs gathered pace and seven new companies made unicorn status.
There could ... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Reining in drug patents isn’t a silver bullet against high drug prices | One of the top orders of business for the Biden administration is curbing drug prices.
It’s a laudable goal. High drug prices are a major public health concern; there is broad political support for reining in the cost of drugs; and American... |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Column: Medicare says a procedure is worth $5,869. Scripps hospital imposed a 1,200% markup | Opponents of “Medicare for all” and other single-payer insurance systems routinely decry what they call “socialized medicine,” insisting that private companies can do a better job of providing affordable treatment than a government entity.
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| Jan 8, 2021 | Leading Experts Weigh In On Growing Canada's Economy In 2021 | TORONTO, CANADA - 2017/10/07: Exhibition Place wide angle view. Beautiful colors of the dusk. The ... [+] iconic wind turbine can be seen in the distance. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)LightRocket via Getty Imag... |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Important economic indicators that entrepreneurs should check out! | A nation’s economy has a significant impact on the lives of its citizens and determines its future trajectory. While an average citizen is not necessarily concerned about the health of the economy at all times, an entrepreneur does not have... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Benefits and Resources for Canadian Businesses Interested in Global Expansion | Small businesses in Canada employ 90% of the private sector workforce, make up roughly 97.9% of all Canadian businesses, and highlight the importance of culture and community through their existence in neighbourhoods across the country. Whi... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Beyond Meat Introduces Brand New Beyond Pork™ Product in China | The plant-based minced pork is Beyond Meat’s
latest cutting-edge innovation and the company’s first product developed
specifically for the Chinese market
From Nov. 18-24, Shanghai foodies can be the first to try Beyond Pork at five popular ... |
| Nov 17, 2020 | Beyond Meat Debuts New Product, Beyond Pork™, in China | The plant-based minced pork is Beyond Meat’s
latest cutting-edge innovation and the company’s first product developed
specifically for the Chinese market
From Nov. 18-24, Shanghai foodies can be the first to try Beyond Pork at five popular ... |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Ненаучный эксперимент: инфографика в Telegram | Telegram — самая текстовая площадка из всех соцмедиа. Представить, что картинки станут такими же важными в мессенджере, как, например, в Instagram, сложно. Но может инфографика? Мы начали экспериментировать в прошлом году, сотрудничая с раз... |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Covid-19 Drugs Aren’t Free, But Here Is How They Could Be | WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Walter Reed ... [+] National Military Medical Center on October 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. (Photo... |
| Sep 23, 2020 | Find Opportunities on the Other Side of the Horizon: 4 Expert Tips to Internationalize Your New Business | September 23, 2020 7 min read
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Internationalization is an ambitious but attainable step in any startup’s lifecycle. Once considered to be at the tail-end of a business journey, c... |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Covid Is Hurting Higher Ed’s Bottom Line. Who Should Foot The Bill? | Our system of higher education is internationally admired, but also hugely expensive. getty |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Why It's Time to Pay Attention to Mexico's Booming Crypto Market | Luis Sosa, 39, the creative director at a startup in Mexico City, watched with skepticism as his friends invested in bitcoin a decade ago. Even after they made good on their investments, Sosa kept his distance.
Now, his attitude toward cryp... |
| Jul 7, 2020 | The COVID-19 jobs crunch is already 10 times worse than the 2008 crisis, and a 2nd wave could leave 80 million people unemployed by the end of 2020, OECD warns | The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said that by one metric the employment crunch triggered by coronavirus has been 10 times worse than what was seen during the 2008 financial crisis.
For its 37 member countries, the ... |
| May 24, 2020 | Re-Opening Your Business? Look To Lessons From SMEs In Post-Lockdown China | Jon Newton, China co-founder and Managing Director of Life Solutions, contributed to this story. |
| May 6, 2020 | When Will It Be Safe To Buy Again? | Before the pandemic, Gabriel Bertolo considered buying a home and booking an extended vacation. But the coronavirus outbreak stopped him cold. Now he, and millions of other consumers, wants to know: When will it be safe to buy again? |
| Apr 29, 2020 | Primary care is being devastated by Covid-19. It must be saved | As the U.S. nears 60,000 deaths due to Covid-19, primary care could be among its next casualties.
Half of the primary care practices in America are small businesses, which means they are battling the virus on the frontlines even as they are... |
| Apr 27, 2020 | Permanently raising the childcare subsidy is an economic opportunity too good to miss | The Australian government’s COVID-19 rescue package for the childcare sector provides a lifeline for centres and parents alike.
Childcare centres now have a guaranteed stream of income and support for wage costs, helping them to stay in bus... |
| Mar 15, 2020 | This coronavirus is unlike anything in our lifetime, and we have to stop comparing it to the flu | Getty Images
Covid-19 has often been compared to Influenza, including by US President Donald Trump.
But comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is "dangerously inaccurate," particularly due to the higher death rate associated w... |
| Mar 13, 2020 | What the U.S. gets right about healthcare | Laurent Vandebrouck
The Democratic primary race has been marked by soul-searching over U.S. healthcare — the problems with the current system, the best way to fix it, and especially the costs and benefits of single-payer systems. As a Frenc... |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Why The Future Of Productivity Is At The Intersection Of Well-Being And Performance | Photo:Getty |
| Mar 8, 2020 | In Pay Gap Between Women and Men, Britain Keeps Score
In Pay Gap Between Women and Men, Britain Keeps Score | (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. is the biggest country yet to zoom in on the explosive topic of the pay gap between women and men. For the third year, employers with 250 or more workers in Britain had been set to report “raw” wage data via mandator... |
| Feb 19, 2020 | How much will drug price controls harm innovation? It depends | “It’s clear that if you basically reduce total spending on patent drugs, there will be some effect,” University of Calgary economics professor Aidan Hollis said in a phone interview. “How large the effect is is a questionable issue.”
The U.... |
| Oct 29, 2019 | Fountain, a platform for recruiting gig and hourly workers, raises $23M | Contract, self-employed and temporary jobs are on the rise in developed markets, with some 85% of the global workforce, 2.7 billion people, estimated to be on some form of hourly wage rather than flat salary.
Today, a startup that helps com... |
| Oct 20, 2019 | Why unicorns love recessions | The world economy has entered a period of uncertainty. US business confidence has been on a negative trajectory since early 2018. An increasing number of indicators — such as the inverted yield curve — are signaling that the US economy coul... |
| Oct 20, 2019 | Why unicorns love recessions | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The world economy has entered a period of uncerta... |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Italian university offers degree in how to become an online influencer | Apparently, there's more to being a social media influencer than taking selfies, posting them on Instagram and cashing in. One Italian university suggests that three years of coursework — and roughly $13,000 — are essential for the title, w... |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Fitch says more Chinese are nihao-ing fake meat | Modelling chunks of tofu to look like pieces of chicken? Using seitan (wheat gluten, made from the grain’s main protein) to replace meat for meals during important days of Buddhist festivals and occasions? After all, around 18% of the popul... |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Obama’s advice to Europe’s entrepreneurs | “Entrepreneurial culture starts with societies that invest in their children,” former US president Barack Obama told an audience of startup founders and funders gathered at the annual Bits & Pretzels conference in Munich.
Asked how Euro... |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Census Says U.S. Income Inequality Grew ‘Significantly’ in 2018
Census Says U.S. Income Inequality Grew ‘Significantly’ in 2018 | (Bloomberg) -- Income inequality in America widened “significantly” last year, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report published Thursday.
A measure of inequality known as the Gini index rose to 0.485 from 0.482 in 2017, according to the b... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Hong Kong Meat & Dairy Consumption On The Rise Despite UN Warnings | 4 Mins Read
In the wake of our current biodiversity and climate crisis, which is putting the future of food, health and the environment under severe threat, Hong Kongers are still consuming meat and dairy at a higher rate than ever before. ... |
| Jul 22, 2019 | Syrian Refugees in Turkey Need Better Access to Formal Jobs | Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Eight years after Syrians began to flee en masse from the growing violence in their country, Turkey now hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees. For the fourth year running, thi... |
| May 13, 2019 | A leaf out of Israel’s book: Australia needs to step up, or risk falling further behind | Chief executive officer and co-founder of epifini Anthony Aarons. Source: Supplied.
Scott Morrison’s $100 million Business Growth Fund offers no reassurance for Australia’s startups, and little benefit for most established small businesses.... |
| May 5, 2019 | Is Freelancing The Future Of Employment? | Is freelancing the future of employment? Pixabay, CC BY-SA
BY Anthony Hussenot, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)
Today, freelancers represent 35% of the United States workforce. In the European Union, the rate is 16.1%. Both figures... |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Life-course vaccination can protect adults from infectious disease | Vaccines are an essential part of the care of babies and children, offering protection from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pneumonia, and polio, diseases that once harmed or killed thousands of U.S. children every year and that still ki... |
| Apr 4, 2019 | Don’t let single-payer perfect be the enemy of the universal healthcare good | The healthcare industry doesn’t have a lot of fans among the American public these days. Polling by Gallup last year showed that only 34 percent of respondents have a positive view of it, ranking it near the bottom among industries.
Democra... |
| Feb 11, 2019 | Мы работаем меньше, чем люди в странах с развитой экономикой | Продолжение истории о том, почему четырёхдневная рабочая неделя — это вредная сказка, особенно для России.
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| Nov 30, 2018 | South Koreans Are Sending Themselves to a Fake Jail to Escape Daily Life | Thousands of South Koreans are turning to prison as a means of escape. Since 2013, more than 2,000 people have checked themselves into the Prison Inside Me facility in northeast Hongcheon—a mock jail imitating the mind-numbingly mundane exp... |
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| Jul 26, 2018 | Japan's pinball gambling industry rakes in 30 times more cash than Las Vegas casinos | REUTERS/Issei Kato
A visitor plays pachinko at Dynam's pachinko parlour in Fuefuki, west of Tokyo June 19, 2014.
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Japan spends $200 billion on pachinko, a vertical pinball game, every year.
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| Jan 4, 2018 | Drop in U.S. life expectancy is an ‘indictment of the American health care system’ | The economy may be growing and the stock market booming, but Americans are dying younger — living shorter lives than previous generations and dying earlier than their counterparts around the world.
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| Aug 7, 2017 | Trump Nafta Win May Rest on Helping Mexican Workers Get a Raise
Trump Nafta Win May Rest on Helping Mexican Workers Get a Raise | (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump has gone after Mexicans for stealing U.S. jobs. Now he’s trying to get workers south of the border a pay raise.
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| Aug 14, 2015 | Lessons from Seoul’s Two Sharing Economies | Emily Hong Contributor
Emily Hong covered the sharing economy and startup ecosystem in Seoul, South Korea as a 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar. She is currently a policy program associate at New America's Open Technology Institute.
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