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Treasury Secretary Mr. Tim Geithner, I Support You
Coming on the heels of Joe Biden’s applause-worthy speech to Munich last week, where he assured European leaders and security officials “strong partnerships to meet common challenges” and promised “to […]
Amidst all the economic tumult, a medical revolution is quietly unfolding, moving us a step closer to the age of genetic therapies, a step beyond the era of pharmacology and […]
Pepsi has a new logo, but rather than symbolize the brand’s legacy of youth, the redesign represents the absurdities of the advertising industry. Pepsi reportedly paid New York City ad […]
Though we’re more accustomed to see him in B-list romantic comedies and hosting Saturday Night Live, Ben Affleck reported some encouraging news out of central Africa recently where he has […]
Estonians have branded themselves as the least religious European nation according to a new Gallup poll that lends credence to the notion that faith is closely tied to living standards. […]
Gene sequencing pioneer Jay Flatley of the personal genomics outfit Illumina, predicted that by 2019 it will be a routine measure to map infants’ genomes. With the cost of gene […]
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s announcement yesterday of a non-plan of action on a new banking bailout invited not only immediate criticism, but also its first counter-proposal. Hot off the presses, […]
Globalpost correspondent Jason Overdorf says there is a new concept in the Indian soft drink market: a cow urine-based beverage touted as the elixir of choice for Hindu nationalists. The […]
Wake up Americans! We Are in Three WARS!
Claiming a truly green stimulus package would save the US economy $450 million for every $1 billion spent, the World Resources Institute and the Peterson Institute for International Economics released […]
The Irish government today confirmed that it will be cutting special teacher support for children with mild learning disabilities in 119 schools nationwide. This announcement comes on the same day […]
Everyone knows that they’re supposed to be adapting to a newly lean recession budget, but once you’ve nixed pedicures, Starbucks and the occasional taxi, you may start to feel a […]
Sirius-XM appears poised on the brink of bankruptcy this morning, which should come as a surprise to no one and will present an opportunity for some. The economics of the […]
Marking a coup for digital journalism, those wily upstarts at the Huffington Post got a not-bad seat Obama’s first White House press conference. HuffPo’s question, delivered by one Sam Stein, […]
Newsweek tracked Republican chatter recently over how President Obama’s stimulus bill could push the United States further down the slippery slope toward socialism. Despite a rather loose use of the […]
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The MONOCLE founder fleshes out the next media landscape.
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Monocle founder Tyler Brûlé on his plans for magazine shops.
The MONOCLE founder says all old media is now new media.
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We must empower the preexisting international institutions and make them more effective, says C. Raj Kumar.