In what will no doubt go down as battles for the books, Amazon.com and Overstock.com have officially lost their separate cases against New York State, in which they argued that New York’s Internet sales tax law was unconstitutional. The companies, based in Seattle and Salt Lake City respectively, took New York State’s Depart of Taxation…
The idea that America’s growth potential is no longer what it used to be is old news to many. A number of economists believe that the economic crisis itself sabotaged future economic opportunities by denying startups and other companies on the forefront of innovation of financing and staff. However, Mr Obama’s council pose an alternative…
How do currencies compare? Realistically? THE ECONOMIST turns to burgernomics to find the answer. Burgernomics, or the Big Mac index is based on the idea that exchange rates should adjust in such a way that the price of a basket of goods, or a Big Mac in this case, in different locations around the world,…
For every company, it’s a jungle out there… Every day, every moment, you are either the hunter or the hunted. The strong and the skilled survive while the weak get cut from the herd to be killed and eaten – or just fall back and left to die. And the pace gets quicker each and…
The past two decades have seen air temperatures at the Earth’s surface remain fairly stagnant, while the level of greenhouse gas emissions has risen drastically. This conflict between the increasing greenhouse-gas emissions and stagnant temperatures is currently one of the most confusing topics in climate science. This, however, does not mean that global warming is…
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Sustainable development expert Ernesto Sirolli began his aid work career in Africa in the 70s. The 7 years he spent there has served as the lens through which he views all his work to this day. In his humorous yet passionate TED Talk, Ernesto Sirolli insists that, when stepping in to help somebody or solve…
