Curated articles from various sources.
We have all come to hold some knowledge, at least, about the wolves of Wall Street. But as for the barons of high-tech/wolves of the web – these guys tend to think of themselves as very different creatures from the barons of Wall Street. In the words of Steve Jobs, they are “the crazy ones, the…
As the debate rages on about whether an increase in the U.S. minimum wage will boost or hinder hiring, one aspect is more unambiguous: It would almost surely lift consumer spending. According to Bloomberg, while the effect will probably be positive, the magnitude of the improvement remains up in the air. Walmart, for instance, is…
ByTED
The Chief Economist at General Electric, Marco Annunziata is a financial virtuoso with a passion for technology. In this thoughtful TED talk, he explains and elaborates a bit more on the term “Internet of Things”. He takes a look at how technology is transforming the industrial sector, creating machines that can see, feel, sense and react —…
Environmental activists have inflated a long balloon to mock a pipeline – protesting against the Keystone pipeline project during a demonstration in front of the White House. Activists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline are digging deep into a more than 7,000-page environmental analysis to marshal reasons President Barack Obama should reject the project. But finding a…
Reuters reports that Portuguese export firms are buzzing with activity despite three years of economic crisis at home. In the words of one footwear designer, Luis Onofre, “It’s a one-way trip. If we stop growing exports, we dig our own grave.” During the depths of Portugal’s crisis in 2012, his firm raised its foreign sales by…
The building of the first Coke bottling plant in China since the Communist revolution, was part of a series of changes that turned the country into one of the biggest and fastest-growing markets in the world. In some ways, China’s market is still the world’s most enticing, with companies like GM and Apple having made fat…
