Tag: business
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Ashort bureaucratic note from a brutally degraded microstate in the South Pacific to a little-known institution in the Caribbean is about to change the world. Few people are aware of… more ›
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Marvel has filed a series of lawsuits in a bid to retain full control of characters including Spider-Man and Iron Man. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/27/marvel-sues-to-retain-control-of-avengers-characters-spider-man-iron-man more ›
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Chinese state-sponsored hacking is at record levels, western experts say, accusing Beijing of engaging in a form of low-level warfare that is escalating despite US, British and other political efforts… more ›
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The dream of owning a home is increasingly out of reach. Democratic and authoritarian governments alike are struggling with the consequences. It’s a phenomenon given wings by the pandemic. And… more ›
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As a young rapper, Jay-Z once teamed up with Damon Dash to sell CDs of his music out of a car in the Brooklyn projects. Today, the co-founders of Roc-A-Fella… more ›
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The Google data cable, called Grace Hopper, was landed in Bude on Tuesday. Once operational, it would have the capacity to handle “17.5 million people streaming 4K video concurrently”, Google… more ›
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In an exclusive excerpt from The Contrarian, a new biography, the disruption-preaching power broker is revealed as just another rich guy desperate to keep his fortune from the IRS. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-15/peter-thiel-gamed-silicon-valley-tech-trump-taxes-and-politics more ›
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Let’s say you have a thing that generates cash flows of $1 million a year. A business, a rental building, a pile of credit card receivables, whatever. Let’s say you can… more ›
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for microchips has far exceeded supply, causing problems in every industry that relies on computers. And if you’re a Decoder listener, you… more ›
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This is the second part of Betting the Firm. In Part I, we explored why the company of the future will look like a venture fund. In Part II, we… more ›