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In her latest speech on Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May rejected the prospect of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union’s customs union, on the grounds that the UK wants its own trade policy. This is not in the best interest of either the UK or the EU

16 марта 2018 5 мин. 11127

Why Rex Tillerson's Year In Washington Wasn't A Total Bust

While it's far from ideal to learn that the President of the United States has fired you on Twitter, at least ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has managed to come away from his year in Washington in a better financial position than he started

15 марта 2018 2 мин. 9192

Corporate America’s Health-Care Gambit

In late January, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced plans to create a company that would help their employees in the United States obtain heath care “at a reasonable cost.” While details remain sparse, the potential impact is already known: with a combined global workforce of more than one million people, the partnership could overhaul how health care is organized and delivered in the US and beyond

14 марта 2018 4 мин. 6647

Three Steps To Transition From Waterfall To Agile And Keep Pace With Digital Transformation

The call for digital transformation has led many CIOs at large enterprises to assume they can imitate the archetypal startup path to stardom and embrace a model centered on the delivery of products and services via web and mobile applications. This assumption is only half accurate

13 марта 2018 5 мин. 6331

China's Constitutional Amendments Are All About The Party, Not The President

It's official. As of Sunday evening China time, "Xi Jinping Thought" has been voted into the Chinese Constitution, and Xi himself can stay on as president for as long as he likes

12 марта 2018 5 мин. 7119

The Real Message From Putin's Claim Of Powerful New Weapons: Weakness

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling weapons announcements last week can be regarded as a desperate plea for strategic relevance

07 марта 2018 4 мин. 7039

The Problem With U.S. Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum That No One Is Talking About

The preliminary U.S. decision to apply 25% tariffs on steel imports and 10% tariffs on aluminum imports has been met with widespread apprehension by proponents of the rules-based multilateral trade system.

06 марта 2018 3 мин. 6588

The Cancer Threat to Africa’s Future

One of the most pressing public-health challenges in Africa today is also one of the least reported: cancer, a leading cause of death worldwide. Every year, some 650,000 Africans are diagnosed with cancer, and more than a half-million die from the disease. Within the next five years, there could be more than one million cancer deaths annually in Africa, a surge in mortality that would make cancer one of the continent’s top killers