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Revelo's LatAm talent network sees strong demand from US companies, thanks to AI | TechCrunch
The company saw a surge of interest during Covid-19, now it's seeing strong demand for another reason: training LLMs. (2025)
Stockmarkets. The potential listing of Shein is a test of London’s allure
It would also intensify scrutiny of the fast-fashion giant | Britain (2024)
NATO and European defense: Europe is caught between Putin and Trump
Russian aggression and American wavering reveal how ill-equipped Europe is | Leaders (2024)
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's 'bitter griping' after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices | TechCrunch
"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for (2024)
“National conservatives” are forging a global front against liberalism
Nationalist of the world, unite! The alliance may be incoherent, but that does not make it harmless | Briefing (2024)
EB-5 visa program: The Rural Ski Slope Caught Up in an International Scam | The New Yorker
A federal program promised to bring foreign investment to remote parts of the country. It soon became rife with fraud. Sheelah Kolhatkar reports. ... (2024)
Business and geopolitics. Inside the secretive business of geopolitical advice
As multinationals grapple with a fragmenting world, specialist consultants are cashing in | Business (2023)
Redividing the world. Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics”
Special report, the world economy. Introducing industrial policy is a big mistake, argues Callum Williams | Special report (2023)
The global arms bazaar. Meet the world’s new arms dealers
Geopolitics in the war in Ukraine are changing where the world buys its arms. Where to buy drones, fighters and tanks on the cheap | International (2023)
Asia’s new aid diplomacy. Charity closer to home
Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)
Asian integration: What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world
Investing in the neighborhood. Asia’s economies are coming closer together. That will benefit them, and the world. Links between the region’s count... (2023)
Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model
A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)
Latin America could become this century’s commodity superpower
Commodities in the 21st century. A growing, greening world will be ravenous for Latin America’s commodities. Will it deliver? | The Americas (2023)
The next commodity boom. How Latin America could be a commodities superpower
It must not squander the opportunity of the next commodity boom | Leaders (2023)
Industrial policy. Diluted about manufacturing.
An industrial arms race is underway. America, welcomes it, saying the world needs green technologies and a diversified supply of chips. But, Subsid... (2023)
Best ice cream in the world: A global tour | CNN
Get a taste of how ice cream is made and served in different countries around the world. Ice cream may be universally appealing, but many countri... (2020)
Green supply chains; Asia’s battery battlefield.
A battery supply chain that excludes China looks impossible. The outcome will be determined in Asia, where most battery supply chains are based. Th... (2023)
More Countries, More Problems: Selling AI Products Around the World Is Still Too Hard | Andreessen Horowitz
Two primary paths for entrepreneurs to sell their digital-first products globally: Stitch together point solutions or use a Merchant of Record. (2023)
Trade and Geopolitics; enter the investment police. America’s plan to vet investments into China
Citing national security, America’s government considers tighter rules on outbound capital | Business Placing limits on America’s globetrotting ... (2023)
The PGA agrees to team up with its golfing arch-enemy
Saudi Arabia buys membership of golf’s most exclusive club | Business America’s PGA tour and Europe’s DP world tour, the biggest organizing bodi... (2023)
Professional services; PwC has disgraced itself down under
The firm’s employees helped multinationals dodge taxes in Australia | Business The professional services giant is in hot water over allegations ... (2023)
Software power. How India is using digital technology to project power
Narendra Modi sees his country’s digital public infrastructure as an Indian Belt and Road Initiative | Asia Once known as the “India stack”, the... (2023)
Europe can’t decide how to unplug from China
We calculate the continent’s exposure to China | International How should Europe handle China? The continent is trying to decide. After decades ... (2023)
The fight over the future of global payments. Financial fragmentation
Digital payments have transformed domestic finance. Now competition is going global. A challenge to the West’s legacy system, including the Visa-Ma... (2023)
Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates. Asian commerce.
Forget Mumbai. Dubai is the place to be. Why Indian business is flocking to the United Arab Emirates. All of this suggest that the Emirates is evol... (2023)
Fast fashion: Uniqlo’s success mirrors the growth of Japan’s industrial giants | The Economist
Automation and expansion go hand in hand | Business (2023)
Why Apple is betting big on India | The Economist
The country is a growing consumer—and producer—of Apple’s gadgets | Business (2023)
The battle for Europe’s economic soul | The Economist
Policymakers in Brussels ready their response to America’s protectionism | Finance & economics (2023)
How to fix the IMF International Monetary Fund | The Economist
The fund must get tough on obstructive creditors, but save them a seat at the table | Leaders (2023)
As U.S. Tries to Isolate China, German Companies Move Closer - The New York Times
Some are expanding in China, reluctant to leave a huge market they need to finance operations back home. (2023)
Vita Coco: My Billion-Dollar Coconut Water Company
After a chance encounter with two Brazilian women in a New York City bar in 2003 and hearing about the tasty coconut water they missed from back ho... (2024)
The Guianas: South America's Weirdest Countries?
At the top of South America are three small territories. Until about ten years ago, not a single road connected them to the outside world. They are... (2024)
How We Retired Early In Portugal
In many ways, Amon and Christina are your average American couple—they raise two daughters, enjoy foodie adventures and trips to the beach. There’s... (2024)
I Live On $53/Day In Renne, France | Relocated
In 2015 Kesi Irvin, 31, quit her full-time job as a financial analyst on Wall Street to travel the world. After three years of traveling she decide... (2024)
Relocating To Croatia On $47 A Day
Steve Tsentserensky, 35, officially became a digital nomad earlier this year. He relocated from New Jersey to Split, Croatia in January 2021 and ha... (2024)
I Live Better In Thailand Than I Did In The U.S. - Here's How Much It Costs | Relocated
Jesse Schoberg, 41, relocated to Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of 2022. He has been living and working abroad since 2008. He currently makes a... (2024)
How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film
Russian oligarchs and companies have been investing in London for two decades, encouraged by British politicians of all stripes, but critics say th... (2024)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
Why Indonesia's Economy Matters and Its Unexpected Growth | Indonesian Economy
Why Indonesia's Economy Matters and Its Unexpected Growth | Indonesian Economy (2023)
H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada
On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)
Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe
With record seizures of cocaine at Belgian ports, the country has become Europe’s cocaine-trafficking capital. As the flow of drugs increases, loca... (2023)
International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money
Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)
Why Portuguese Food is Hiding Everywhere
Cultures and cuisines inspire each other all around the world, especially in the last few decades. But Portugal seems to be a special case. It's a ... (2023)
NAFTA and Manufacturing in Mexico: How Mexico is Becoming the New China
NAFTA and Manufacturing in Mexico: How Mexico is Becoming the New China (2023)
Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)
France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa
France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa (2023)
Why All Eyes Are On Zimbabwe’s Lithium Industry
Zimbabwe has been mining lithium for 60 years and the government estimates that its Chinese-owned Bikita mine, which is located 300 km south of the... (2023)
Why did the world let India annex Goa? (Short Animated Documentary)
In 1961 the Indian army marched into Portuguese Goa and after two days of fighting formally annexed it into the country. Given that the world large... (2023)
Why Does The Gambia Exist?
You know about The Gambia? That little country in West Africa that looks like it's barely more than a river? That awkwardly cuts off Senegal? Why i... (2023)
Colonization of Africa - Summary on a Map
Let's look at a map and see a summary of the different phases of exploration, conquests and colonization of African territories by European powers,... (2023)
America’s opioid crisis - How the Mexican cartels are making profits now - The Economist
Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)
Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same
Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same (2022)
Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory
Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory (2021)
The dark history of bananas - John Soluri
Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America. --In December 19... (2021)
How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)
Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal at http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverWatch an exclusive behind the scenes video showing how we ... (2021)
Covid-19: why travel will never be the same | The Economist
Covid-19 has devastated global travel and—as the industry recovers from the effects of the pandemic—tourism will be increasingly localised and comp... (2020)
What's the difference between the IMF and the World Bank? | CNBC Explains
CNBC International Published on Oct 12, 2017 The IMF and World Bank hold their Annual Meetings together each fall in Washington. But do you kno... (2018)
What's the difference between the IMF and the World Bank? | CNBC Explains
CNBC International Published on Oct 12, 2017 The IMF and World Bank hold their Annual Meetings together each fall in Washington. But do you kno... (2018)
Nationalism vs Globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari - TED Talks
TED Published on Feb 21, 2017 How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yu... (2017)
The Super League That Wasn’t - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. This episode contains strong language. On Sunday, 12 elite soccer teams in Europe announced the f... (2021)
Semiconductor Shortage and the Global Supply Chain Squeeze - 16 Minutes News by a16z
Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. In this week’s episode of 16 Minutes, our show where we talk about tech trends in t... (2021)
The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money
The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)
Megatrends Defining Travel in 2018 by Skift || SoundCloud
Stream Megatrends Defining Travel in 2018 by Skift from desktop or your mobile device (2018)
History of Trade policy after WWII (podcast) | The New York Times on Spotify
In announcing new protections on steel and aluminum imports, President Trump said he was acting in the interest of national security. But could the... (2018)
The threat to world trade (podcast) | The Economist on Spotify
Our cover this week warns against the damage that will be inflicted by America’s impending tariffs on steel and aluminium. For the first time in de... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Adjusting to Trade… and Innovation – Andreessen Horowitz
Beyond the overly simplistic framing of trade as “good” or “bad” — by politicians, by Econ 101 — why is the topic of trade (or rather, economies an... (2017)
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World from Prehistory to Today by William J. Bernstein
" If the Baldwin book doesn’t convince you of the importance of trade, this account of its historical role should. It is no coincidence that the gr... (2018)
The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization by Richard Baldwin
"An essential book for understanding how modern trade works via global supply chains. An antidote to the protectionist nonsense being peddled by so... (2018)
Eurasia Group
Eurasia Group is made up of highly talented, diverse, and motivated people who are dedicated to defining the business of politics. Headquartered in... (2023)
Oxford Analytica - Geopolitical Analysis and Advisory Firm
An independent geopolitical analysis and advisory firm drawing on a worldwide network of experts to advise on clients on strategies, operations, po... (2023)
EIU - Global Insights & Market Intelligence | Economist Intelligence Unit
EIU is the world leader in global business intelligence & market insights. View our solutions & read our insights today to make strategic & impactf... (2023)
Macro Advisory Partners
Macro Advisory Partners provides clients with the strategic insights to navigate the intersection of global markets, geopolitics and policy. (2023)
GEBG - Global Education Benchmark Group K12
The Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) is a leading non-profit association of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in ... (2023)
GreenLight.ai - Simply Manage & Pay Your Extended Workforce.
GreenLight is the world's first AI-powered worker classification, management and payroll platform. We are the API-layer powering the Future of Work. (2021)
Social Impact Movement – Social Impact Movement
Social Impact Movement improves people & social causes connection by curating, educating, and providing easy access to social-related engagement op... (2018)