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Mr Putin Spills His Coffee Reading the Morning Paper

Where is a leader when you need one? He is probably jogging around the White House with his running-mate Joe…

11 years ago

Wit, Knowledge and Intellect: Ronan Farrow Poised to Reassert Primacy of Reason

Family connections, or at least bearing a name of near-universal acclaim, do seem to facilitate the breaking down of barriers…

11 years ago

OECD: Time, Trade and Trade Facilitation

Time is money and a lot of money and opportunities are being lost due to painstakingly long customs procedures, waiting…

11 years ago

Jesse Lauriston Livermore: The Boy Plunger

Playing the stock market in order to make a bundle is not a pursuit deemed suitable for the faint of…

11 years ago

Fata Morgana in the High Alps: Musings on Davos

While currencies crumbled in emerging markets ranging from Turkey to Argentina, the world’s mostly self-appointed leaders and assorted hangers-on gathered…

11 years ago

Warren Buffett: Common Sense Billionaire – Please Tax Me More

The wizard, oracle or sage from Omaha: The world’s richest inhabitant, Warren Buffett (83), has been awarded a great many…

11 years ago

US Political Strife Threatens to Derail IMF Reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been reduced to a bargaining chip. Its request for $63bn (£38.3bn) in additional funding…

11 years ago

Lowell McAdam – A Nimble Behemoth Enters the Golden Age of Innovation

Big numbers don’t scare Lowell McAdam. The Verizon CEO, sitting atop the largest US telecom provider, in September raised almost…

11 years ago

Global Banking Alliance for Women – GBA: Banking the Female Economy

Inez Murray is the CEO of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a global consortium of financial institutions driving women’s…

11 years ago

Stephen Colbert: Laughing All the Way to the Top – Comedian Airs Truth through Jest

Powerful, Authoritative, Patriot, Honourable, Independent, Courageous, Originalist, Strong, Kingmaker, All-Beef, Influential, Sponsored, Star-Spangled, National Treasure, Self-Evident, Ameriwill!, Principled, Indivisible, Constitutional,…

11 years ago