The pandemic declared by the World Health Organization exactly two years ago is not yet over. Covid-19 is on the wane in most countries and many are learning to live with it. But after killing 6mn people globally, according to official statistics, and more than 18mn, according to a new scientific estimate, some places are…
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At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Iraq, a community called the Ma’dan, or Marsh Arabs, live in floating thatched villages once so numerous they were dubbed the Mesopotamian Venice. Their homes — hand sculpted from qasab reeds — bear little resemblance to their Italian counterparts, but could they hold lessons…
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis…
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Regulators in Europe and the UK have opened an antitrust probe into a deal between Google and Meta on online advertising, in the latest effort to tackle the market power of the world’s biggest technology companies. The move follows US antitrust investigators who are also probing an agreement informally known as “Jedi Blue”. The search…
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Chinese technology stocks are on track for their worst week in a year as concerns over forced delistings from Wall Street and new difficulties for groups planning to sell shares in Hong Kong spur heavy selling by global investors. The Hang Seng Tech index was down 5.6 per cent on Friday in afternoon trading, taking…
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Credit Suisse all at Sea once again. I had promised myself not to mention Credit Suisse this week but last Wednesday’s FT article was too interesting to ignore. The article concerns a request to investors in some of CS’s somewhat more sporty packages to destroy confidential information given to them to help them evaluate the…
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The Ukraine invasion is casting an unflattering light on the role of China’s private technology groups, including Tencent, Sina Weibo and ByteDance, in disseminating official misinformation, posing difficult compliance issues for the companies’ foreign investors. The internet platforms of tech giants in China are promoting content backing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine while…
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Last year, having completed restoration of the peatland behind their homes, a band of 40 crofters on the remote Scottish island of Lewis learnt they might be in for a windfall. The project will trap carbon, making them eligible for carbon credits under a UK government scheme. These can be sold for cash to a…
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Last year, having completed restoration of the peatland behind their homes, a band of 40 crofters on the remote Scottish island of Lewis learnt they might be in for a windfall. The project will trap carbon, making them eligible for carbon credits under a UK government scheme. These can be sold for cash to a…
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