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Infinity Solar: Vision of Transition that Began with a Revolution
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and Infinity Solar started life in 2014 – prompted by the recurrent and numerous electric cuts because of energy shortages following the Egyptian revolution in 2011. The company founders recognised the need
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Book Review by Kenneth Rogoff: Crash Time
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Crashed, by the noted Columbia University historian Adam Tooze, offers a sweeping history of the global financial crisis up
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Nepal Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies: Matrika Prasad Yadav on the Agenda for Prosperity and Catching Global Attention
Nepal should aim for annual GDP growth of at least 7% – and sustain that pace for 12 years – if it wishes to join the growing group of middle-income countries. The World Bank’s most recent Nepal Development Update, released
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Robert Azevêdo: Levelling the Playing Field
In times such as these, with rapidly escalating trade tensions and countries engaging in tit-for-tat spats that can – and do – spin out of control, the job of Roberto Azevêdo, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, becomes nearly impossible.
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António Guterres: Healing a Fractured World
The world is in pieces. No longer the preserve of two competing global powers – or even a single triumphant one – today’s world is nobody’s backyard. Multiple powers have emerged that no longer expect, or strive for, hegemony far
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Instrumental in Rental with CEO Charles Haresnape: Gatehouse is a Shariah-Compliant Bank on the Move
Gatehouse Bank is a Shariah-compliant UK bank, lead by CEO Charles Haresnape, whose operations span residential and commercial property financing and investment as well as retail savings and real estate investment advice. The bank has come to play a major
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Blockchain Technology Proves Its Point
Blockchain is playing its part in the unfolding Fourth Industrial Revolution.But this key technology – that powers and sustains Bitcoin – has yet to gain a solid foothold outside the cryptocurrency domain. The technology’s revolutionary powers and impact have been
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Lord Waverley: Brexit and Trade – The UK Must Now Be Flexible, Opportunistic & Respectfully Machiavellian
The Trade Bill before Parliament is a necessary piece in the BREXIT jigsaw. A question to start with, however, is this: will the bill survive the environment in which it must serve, or will it require amendment once the conditions
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Maserati on Value Creation: Trident Badge and a Heady Rumble Mean Business, On the Road and In the Showroom
How many syllables would you like with your supercar? One? Porsche will do nicely. Two? Bentley, please. Three? Ferrari, of course. Four? Listen for the growl… When a 560 bhp 4.7-litre V8 engine coughs and rumbles to life, forget about
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As Cryptocurrencies Tank: The Future of Blockchain is Hard Asset-Backed
New type Asset Backed Tokens (ABT) ICOs are part of the value creation of the future for blockchain technology. Ridding the market of fraudulent tokens and new regulation is on the horizon. Some immediate questions: Coming Collapse of Major Crypto
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