Category: World

Today Is The 20 Year Anniversary Of The Bank Of Japan Cutting Rates To 0%
12. 2. 2019 No Responses

Today Is The 20 Year Anniversary Of The Bank Of Japan Cutting Rates To 0%

It is a bit of a memorable anniversary for financial markets – it’s the 20-year anniversary of the Bank of Japan cutting rates to 0% and the start of two decades of extreme monetary policy which Japan has not been able...
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Salesforce CEO calls artificial intelligence a ‘new human right’
24. 1. 2019 No Responses

Salesforce CEO calls artificial intelligence a ‘new human right’

Artificial intelligence is a “new human right” that everyone should have access to, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Otherwise, “those with access to A.I. will be smarter, healthier, and rich...
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South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index
23. 1. 2019 No Responses

South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index

South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking. The U.S. moved up to eighth place, a year after...
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1,500 Private Jets To Descend On Davos This Week, Up 50% From Last Year
21. 1. 2019 No Responses

1,500 Private Jets To Descend On Davos This Week, Up 50% From Last Year

Some would call it ironic, others hypocritical but whatever your level of cynicism, here are the facts: as its top global risks for 2018 and 2019 in terms of likelihood, this year’s billionaire boondoggle at the World Economic Forum in...
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Oxfam: The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion – as much as half other people
21. 1. 2019 No Responses

Oxfam: The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion – as much as half other people

  The world’s 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to Oxfam International, as it urged governments to rise taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality. Billionaires around the world, who have...
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Sikkim – To Conduct World’s Largest Experiment In Universal Basic Income
19. 1. 2019 No Responses

Sikkim – To Conduct World’s Largest Experiment In Universal Basic Income

  Sikkim – Indian State With 600,000 People To Conduct World’s Largest Experiment In Universal Basic Income A tiny Himalayan state bordering China is about to embark on the world’s largest experiment in universal basic income. All 610,5...
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China offers Iran $3bn oilfield deal despite US sanctions
18. 1. 2019 No Responses

China offers Iran $3bn oilfield deal despite US sanctions

State-run Chinese energy giant Sinopec has offered Iran a $3-billion deal on further development of an Iranian oilfield the two countries are already working on, the Wall Street Journal has reported.  The offer made by the China Petroleum & Chemical Cor...
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Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has released its annual census showing the number of journalists imprisoned across the world. More than 250 journalists are behind bars for the third consecutive year and the CPJ said that an authorita...
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Saudi-led Coalition Uses Sudanese Child Mercenaries In Yemen War
31. 12. 2018 No Responses

Saudi-led Coalition Uses Sudanese Child Mercenaries In Yemen War

Saudi Arabia allegedly offered approximately $10,000 to families in Darfur, Sudan if their sons joined the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the New York Times reported on December 28th. According to the report, as many as 14,000 Sudanese militiamen have been ...
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