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An inside look at the debate around pandemic bonds, which have $425 million hinging on how deadly the coronavirus ends up being Pandemic

An inside look at the debate around pandemic bonds, which have $425 million hinging on how deadly the coronavirus ends up being

AP Images / Kin CheungInvestors holding the World Bank's pandemic bonds stand to either reap massive profits or lose hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on the coronavirus outbreak's lethality. The instruments offer higher-than-average returns, but bondholders will lose their principal in the event of a qualifying pandemic. If certain…
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February 14, 2020
Mike Bloomberg in 2014: “We Should Hope” the NSA Is “Reading Every Email” Times Square

Mike Bloomberg in 2014: “We Should Hope” the NSA Is “Reading Every Email”

In October 2014, on a stage in San Francisco in front of a live audience, Katie Couric asked Mike Bloomberg whether he had ever “sexted on Snapchat.” The former New York City mayor, speaking alongside Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, joked that he “couldn’t…
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February 14, 2020
Friendly rivals Hampton and Norfolk State unravel history together 1619 Slavery

Friendly rivals Hampton and Norfolk State unravel history together

As a historically black institution of higher learning, Norfolk State University teaches students their history, including slavery, as they pursue career tracks such as business, engineering and technology. Founded in 1935, the school is adding the country's first master’s program in cyberpsychology this year — something that faculty members see as another tool in the educational arsenal for teaching African…
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February 14, 2020
Disney is finally finding success in video games after years of failures, and it’s largely due to letting go of control (DIS) Star Wars

Disney is finally finding success in video games after years of failures, and it’s largely due to letting go of control (DIS)

Disney has a long history of trying, and failing, to succeed in the video game business.But the past few years have produced a few notable exceptions in 2018's "Marvel's Spider-Man" and 2019's "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order." Both games were rare smash hits for Disney characters.Those successes were no accident:…
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February 14, 2020