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The ‘Miracle’ Plant Once Hailed as a Cure for Cancer: Tobacco’s Rise … and Fall
We’ve come a long way from the first importation of nicotiana tabacum, through early praise and TV ad campaigns to its eventual unmasking as an addictive drug. Tony Lennox puts that in his pipe… and writes. Aruggedly handsome man stands
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Daniel Lubetzky, Aiming High and Digging Deep to Engender a More Peaceful World
From developing healthy snacks to advancing the Middle East peace process, one entrepreneur keeps biting off as much as he can chew Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Daniel Lubetzky has some timely advice for start-ups seeking funding. Inflation and recessionary
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Alexandre Mars serial entrepreneur and philanthropist
Cash-rich and determined to do good, Alexandre Mars leads the world’s wealthy by example… “My money is my superpower,” says Alexandre Mars, CEO and founder of Epic Foundation and the sustainability-driven venture capital firm Blisce. And the French businessman and
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Chieh Huang, cofounder and CEO of Boxed
Chieh Huang’s dedication and initiative didn’t quite pay off, in the end — but the Taiwan-born entrepreneur hasn’t lost all hope… Boxed CEO Chieh Huang defines retail as “the business of making genuine, lasting connections with customers and creating the
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Ginni Rometty, former IBM boss
It was a Man’s World — but it‘Wouldn’t be Nothing’ Without A Woman like Ginni Rometty… ‘Teaching, hiring and advancing women benefits us all,’ says female tech pioneer Virginia “Ginni” Rometty is, in no uncertain terms, a trailblazer of the
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Ajay Banga, former Mastercard CEO
Never has the role of moral leadership played a more important or challenging role in defining the success of a company’ — Ajay Banga Mastercard’s former CEO Ajay Banga currently serves as vice-chairman at General Atlantic, but the US is
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Is a Life of Luxury a Worthy Pursuit in the Modern Day?
Coco Chanel once said, “Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” She also noted: “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” So, what is luxury? The term
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Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani
Yogurt king Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani, has all his values in the right place Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya never imagined himself as a business leader. He grew up in a semi-nomadic Kurdish family, splitting his time
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Lord Waverley: Central Asian Region Revealed in All its Glory, Mystery, and History
Lord Waverley negotiated Memoranda of Understanding with each of the five parliaments of Central Asia, and was the architect of the Aktau Declaration on Joint Actions. In this first segment of a two-part series, he presents a unique insight into
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Otaviano Canuto: Going Around the Bend? Assessing the Phillips Curve May Be of Help
Unemployment and wage rates are theoretically linked, and may hold a key to our immediate economic future. Current global stagflation may evolve to become a soft landing, a sharp downturn, or a deep recession. It will all depend on how
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