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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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Film Review – Blonde: Is Marilyn Biopic a Bombshell … or a Bust?
“Monroe is more than a sex symbol in new film”, one headlined review of Blonde declares. That must be why actress Ana de Armas spends half of the movie wearing no clothes. Director Andrew Dominik is so passionate about teaching
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UNCDF: COP27 Pledges Biodiversity Finance to Boost Climate-Change Resilience
Forests, coral reefs and populations most at-risk come into focus at 2022 summit in Egypt. “From the beginning, this conference has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and ambition.” These were the words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
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OECD: What Will It Take to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires financial and non-financial investment to discover sustainable development pathways. One of the key elements is securing enough capital. Development finance providers are working to mobilise commercial finance. They are designing blended finance
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Obituary: Vale Pier Luigi Ferrari – The Man and his Legacy
By Alberto & Francesco Ferrari The passing of our father, Pier Luigi Ferrari, President of First Marine Insurance, has been marked by condolences and messages from his friends and peers. “He was a monumental person in the P&I (Protection and
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Oracle CEO Safra Catz
Tech bros beware, there’s a new queen of the cloud. Safra Catz, the head of operations and sales at Oracle, has put the tech world on notice after being announced as the Cloud Wars CEO of 2022 by the Acceleration
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