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Silk Road

As trade war bites, China’s Xi preaches openness

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China has a glorious history of being open to the world and it will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tension with the United States spiked last week. Chin…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Alarming study finds plastic ocean pollution harms bacteria that produces the oxygen we breathe

An important new study is raising novel concerns over the effects of plastic pollution in our oceans. For the first time researchers investigated how a common ocean bacteria, responsible for producing over 10 percent of oxygen in the atmosphere, is negatively…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Silk Road

As trade war bites, China#39;s Xi Jinping preaches openness

China has glorious history of being open to the world and the country will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tensions with the United States spiked last week. Beijing and Washington are locked …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Alibaba

When the guru steps down: tech companies face the succession question – Nikkei Asian Review

PALO ALTO, U.S./TAIPEI -- The task of finding a successor to the founder of a big-name American technology company has proved to be one of the most difficult management challenges in business. Apple founder Steve Jobs was replaced twice -- once successfully,…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Silk Road

As trade war bites, China’s Xi preaches openness

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has glorious history of being open to the world and the country will only be more open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, in his first public address since trade tensions with the United States spiked last week. Beijing and W…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Trade War

Trump is reportedly preparing to sign an executive order that would enable a ban on Huawei in the US

As the trade war with China intensifies again, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would make possible a ban on American companies from using telecommunications equipment from Huawei and other companies that the government belie…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Scotland

The Leica Q2 as a travel camera

The rest of that day was spent traveling to Portree, with stops at the Corpach shipwreck, Glenfinnan and Eilean Donan Castle. I broke out the GFX for those shots, so you will have to wait for my Scotland blog post for more about these brilliant locations On t…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Christianity

The Incompatibility of Critical Theory and Christianity

Over the last few years, new terms like “cisgender,” “intersectionality,” “heteronormativity,” “centering,” and “white fragility” have suddenly entered our cultural lexiconseemingly out of nowhere. In reality, these words and concepts have been working their …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Hrant Dink

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which as…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Xi Jinping

Asia Markets: Asian markets mostly rise, following Wall Street’s lead

Asian markets were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street after stocks started the week down on fears of an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed tensions, calling the …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

As trade war bites, China’s Xi preaches openness

Alarming study finds plastic ocean pollution harms bacteria that produces the oxygen we breathe

As trade war bites, China#39;s Xi Jinping preaches openness

When the guru steps down: tech companies face the succession question – Nikkei Asian Review

As trade war bites, China’s Xi preaches openness

Trump is reportedly preparing to sign an executive order that would enable a ban on Huawei in the US

The Leica Q2 as a travel camera

The Incompatibility of Critical Theory and Christianity

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Asia Markets: Asian markets mostly rise, following Wall Street’s lead

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