When Wheels Fall Off a Gender-Balance Bid by a Wall St Hedge Fund, It Turns to Woman vs Man

Fair Play, screening on streaming service Netflix, shows that entrenched, society-imposed values can be hard for individuals to shake off...…

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Money, Munitions, Military Outlay, and EU’s Plight in War of ‘Catch-up’

There is no more enduring truth than that expressed by Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: ‘The sinews of…

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Binance Teeters as Regulators Close-in on Troubled Exchange

Crypto is having another ‘moment’. Wim Romeijn takes a look for CFI.co... Binance, the largest exchange for trading digital currency…

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Coal, Ja Bitte, Nuke, Nein Danke: Germany’s Other Sort of Nuclear ‘Disaster’ is Unfolding

Coal is a dirty source of fuel, and brown coal is the worst of the lot — yet, as Wim…

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Behind Schedule and Running Out of Ideas: Germany is On-Track for a Homegrown Infrastructure Crisis

A once-immaculate transport system is now underfunded and overstretched, reports Wim Romeijn. The trains in Germany no longer run on…

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The Week That Was… 39

Wim Romeijn looks at the financial talking and turning points of the world over the past seven days. Carbon Emission…

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Accenture on Generative AI: Surfing the Next Wave of Digital Transformation

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and, with suitable caution that should be a good thing, argues Bashar Kilani. Generative…

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The Week That Was… 38

Argentina: The $50-bn-Man Axel Kicillof, 51, is justifiably proud of his reign as finance tsar in the two successive administrations…

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A Coup Remembered: 50 Years Later, Chile Still Split Over Pinochet Legacy

On this day fifty years ago, a pleasant pre-spring Tuesday, democracy fell to armed force in Chile. Absconded in La…

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The American Economy is Holding Strong — and Getting Greater Still

Wim Romeijn's recent analysis indicates that shopping addiction is a primary driver of the American economy. However, other factors contribute…

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