Articles in English

British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed it. The United Kingdom will, without a doubt, leave the European Union and negotiate new trade agreements. The question is what kind of agreement the EU will accept

17 июля 2017 0 7513

Antarctica Sheds Giant Iceberg, But Scientists Aren't Blaming Climate Change

A trillion-ton iceberg the size of Delaware has calved off of Antarctica, permanently reshaping the Antarctic Peninsula

14 июля 2017 0 9713

The Rebirth of the TPP

When Donald Trump, in one of his first acts as president, announced that the United States would not participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), many assumed that the mega-regional trade deal was dead. But such assumptions may have been premature

13 июля 2017 0 6668

American Banker’s Conference on “Blockchains + Digital Currencies”

A long delay of my last connecting flight Moscow Sheremetevo airport gave me that most needed peaceful hour to reflect on and finalize my thoughts on the conference which I at-tended on June 13th in New York, following a kind invitation from my fellow “American Banker” - the organizer (then I would proceed to Boston, Moscow, Astana/Kazakhstan, St. Petersburg, and now back to Moscow, from where I write these lines, flying finally back home)

12 июля 2017 0 5330

Be A Patient Investor Like Buffett With These Stocks

It's not often that you hear "Warren Buffett" and "lottery winner" in the same sentence, but bear with me

11 июля 2017 0 4327

Trading in Trump’s Lies

In a recent Vox essay outlining my thinking about US President Donald Trump’s emerging trade policy, I pointed out that a “bad” trade deal such as the North American Free Trade Agreement is responsible for only a vanishingly small fraction of lost US manufacturing jobs over the past 30 years

10 июля 2017 0 7258

Making Sense of Mindfulness

At a recent reception, we encountered a “mindfulness guru.” Yes, that is actually the job title on his business card – one bearing the logo of a huge multinational software company. His job is to teach the company’s stressed-out employees the “art of mindfulness,” which has been described as “awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally” and “knowing what is on your mind.”

05 июля 2017 0 11696

Key Aspects of Construction Consortia

Over the past 10 – 15 years, so-called “construction consortia” have established a foothold in the Kazakh market. On the one hand, this is due to new large, unique and complex construction projects. And, on other hand, this complexity requires construction companies to work together due to the different requirements of such projects

04 июля 2017 0 6548