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Berlin Wall

A Saxon firm’s long journey from modular furniture to luxury interiors

A furniture company in eastern Germany can look back at a truly moving history. For some time now, it's been riding a wave of success, and yachts are playing a major role in this, as Hardy Graupner reports from Dresden. "No handshakes please, but we're friendly people all the same,"…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Belt and Road

Mask diplomacy: China tries to rewrite virus narrative

With millions of face masks, low interest loans and teams of medical experts, China is trying to paint itself as a Good Samaritan while deflecting criticism over its initial missteps in handling the coronavirus. Beijing has showered struggling European nations with aid as part of a diplomatic charm offensive. In…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Privacy Concerns

Religious apps to help you go to church while socially distancing

Sanda Stanca / EyeEm / Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Peering into the glowing screen of your laptop, you can't smell the incense from a thurible. But in the face of pandemic, communities of faith around the world are…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Oxycodone

How McKinsey Got Greedy

Dear patient readers, I had gotten most of the way through this post on how McKinsey fell from grace and scheduled it, uncompleted. It auto-launched due to my inattentiveness. But that did impel me to finish it for your delectation. So apologies for the confusion. * * * Why has…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Biased Press Does China’s Bidding on COVID-19

On Wednesday, President Trump held another grim press conference to inform the public he was deploying wartime powers to fight the impending coronavirus threat. Several members of the White House press corps responded by squandering what little time available to them by lecturing the president about what they deem to…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Clearview

NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners – Naked Security

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit looking to force the FBI and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to cough up info about Tatt-C (also known as the Tattoo Recognition Challenge): a tattoo recognition program that involves creating an…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

NATO

NATO expects allies to maintain defence spending despite virus

NATO expects its members to keep up defence spending despite the economic turmoil caused by coronavirus, the alliance chief said Thursday, insisting they must maintain the ability to defend themselves. The global pandemic has forced NATO to curtail or cancel some military exercises but Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said its…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Recycling

100-Piece Art & Cook Food Storage Container Set $15 + Free S/H on $25+

$15 $50.00 Macy's has 100-Piece Art & Cook Food Storage Container Set on sale for $19.99 - 25% w/ promo code VIP = $14.99. Shipping is free on orders of $25+. Thanks savvyshopper7903 Includes:(1) 42-cup rectangular container w/ lid & carrying handle(8) 26.3-oz. rectangular containers w/ lids(8) 24.3-oz. round containers…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Brasilia

Latin America Isn’t Ready for the Virus Onslaught Headed Its Way

(Bloomberg) --For weeks, as the world was gripped by panic over the spreading coronavirus, Latin America looked largely unscathed. Supermarkets were stocked, buses still crowded and, as recently as a few days ago, the Mexican and Brazilian presidents were unabashedly mingling with large crowds.Now, as infections balloon in the region,…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

Virtual Reality

HTC Just Hosted Is Vive Ecosystem Conference In Virtual Reality

As events around the world are starting to get cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, companies are starting to find alternative means of delivering news and updates to their customers. The vast majority of it will probably come in the form of an online event, but HTC might have taken…

bubmagMarch 20, 2020

A Saxon firm’s long journey from modular furniture to luxury interiors

Mask diplomacy: China tries to rewrite virus narrative

Religious apps to help you go to church while socially distancing

How McKinsey Got Greedy

NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners – Naked Security

NATO expects allies to maintain defence spending despite virus

100-Piece Art & Cook Food Storage Container Set $15 + Free S/H on $25+

Latin America Isn’t Ready for the Virus Onslaught Headed Its Way

HTC Just Hosted Is Vive Ecosystem Conference In Virtual Reality

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