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Back to homepageJoshua Wong: Teenager vs. Superpower
The sharp end of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, student activist Joshua Wong is getting up close and personal with the Chinese powers-that-be who are in no mood to permit or tolerate political dissent. He may be just 21
Read MoreYassine Belattar: Clown of the Republic
The Paris king of comedy likes to make people wince – either in agony or in shock. His jokes and comments frequently unleash a firestorm on social media where the holier-than-thou brigade rules and expresses its faux-indignation in no uncertain
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen: Close Cooperation
The first woman to preside over Germany’s Ministry of Defence, Ursula von der Leyen was appointed by Chancellor Angela Merkel to re-establish order at the demoralised department. Mrs Von der Leyen is one of the longest-serving members of the German
Read MoreJean-Claude Juncker: Gives as Good as He Gets
He is the man eurosceptics, and quite a few others, love to hate – the embodiment of all that is wrong with the European Union and the face of the “faceless bureaucrats” who rule from Brussels. Jean-Claude Juncker (62), a
Read MoreThe Gonzo Papers Anthology
“Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.” For a meticulous dissection of the latter part of the 20th century, without undue embellishment or unwarranted literary liberties, The Gonzo Papers Anthology may be
Read MoreThe Grapes of Wrath
“Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments.” First published in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath still offers a savage
Read MorePostwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
CFI Must-Reads Title Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Author Tony Judt ISBN 978-0-1430-3775-0 link http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&field-isbn=9780143037750 “Post-national, welfare-state, cooperative, pacific Europe was not born of the optimistic, ambitious, forward-looking project imagined in fond retrospect by today’s Euro-idealists. It was
Read MoreZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.” Want to fix something, anything? Get hold of this book. Rather than a shop or repair
Read MoreFMO: Unlocking Scale Potential of Green Bonds in India – Lessons from Global Markets
The global green bonds market has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with issuance for 2017 already exceeding $100bn, some $20bn more than the total issuance in 2016 and the first time this benchmark has been breached. According
Read MoreCFI.co Meets the CEO of Cyprus Cooperative Bank: Nicholas Hadjiyiannis
Nicholas Hadjiyiannis holds a degree in Quantity Surveying from the University of Reading, UK, and a Master’s in Shipping Trade and Finance from City University Business School in London. He holds more than twenty years of extensive international banking and
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