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This Startup Used AI To Design A Drug In 21 Days

Insilico Medicine aims to bring deep learning to the drug discovery process

05 сентября 2019 4 мин. 10192

Boris Johnson Calls For Parliament To Reject Brexit Extension

Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a call for rebel MPs from his party to back his Brexit negotiations with the EU

04 сентября 2019 2 мин. 10863

Could a US Recession End the Trade War?

NEW YORK – The recent inversion of the yield curve in the United States – with the interest rate on ten-year US government bonds currently lower than that on short-term bonds – has raised fears of a possible US recession later this year or in 2020. Yet, paradoxically, a downturn in America could help to improve bilateral economic relations with China and cool the two countries’ escalating trade dispute.

03 сентября 2019 5 мин. 14203

Is Stakeholder Capitalism Really Back?

NEW YORK – For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the United States has been that corporations should maximize shareholder value – meaning profits and share prices – here and now, come what may, regardless of the consequences to workers, customers, suppliers, and communities. So the statement endorsing stakeholder capitalism, signed earlier this month by virtually all the members of the US Business Roundtable, has caused quite a stir. After all, these are the CEOs of America’s most powerful corporations, telling Americans and the world that business is about more than the bottom line. That is quite an about-face. Or is it?

02 сентября 2019 5 мин. 15215

Alibaba, Tencent, Five Others To Receive First Chinese Government Cryptocurrency

China’s central bank will launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and issue it to seven institutions in the coming months, according to a former employee of one of the institutions who is now an independent researcher

29 августа 2019 8 мин. 17678

The World’s Top-Earning Actresses

By taking matters into their own hands, an elite group of actresses are transforming TV and movies—and how women amass fortunes from entertainment

28 августа 2019 10 мин. 14614

The Skype Mafia: Who Are They And Where Are They Now?

Skype is widely regarded as one of the most successful tech companies to come out of Europe, but who are the people that built the company and where are they now?