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Why does Airbnb want to produce TV shows and movies?

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Airbnb is trying to stand out and increase number of customers on the eve of the company’s IPO scheduled for 2020. To do this, this rental service is ready to launch a creative studio. Airbnb intends to expand its business and launch several TV...

737 MAX scandal cuts 13% off Boeing’s profit

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The situation around the ban on 737 MAX aircraft has adversely affected financial results of Boeing. In the first quarter, the net corporation’s profit decreased by 13%, to $ 2.15 billion, and revenues fell by 2%, to $ 22.9 billion. In addition, the...

USA fines Rochester Drug Cooperative for $ 20 million in connection with opioid crisis

USA fines Rochester Drug Cooperative for $ 20 million in connection with opioid crisis
The US authorities filed the first criminal charges and fines for a private company on charges of contributing to a sharp increase in mortality in the United States in recent years due to the use of synthetic opioid drugs. The New York Southern...

Huawei's revenue jumps by 39% for the year

Huawei's revenue jumps by 39% for the year
In the first quarter of 2019, revenue of the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei increased by 39% over the same period last year - to 179.7 billion yuan ($ 26.81 billion), the company said. The net profit margin for this period was...
Markets & Industries

US continues to help South Korea find alternatives to Iranian oil

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The United States will continue to assist South Korea in finding an alternative to importing Iranian oil, Francis Fannon, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, said in an interview to Yonhap. "I think the alliance between...

Chinese economy gets a head start in Q1

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Unexpectedly, the second economy of the planet has surpassed economists' forecasts and added 6.4% in the first quarter, mainly due to a sharp increase in industrial production in March. In recent months, the Chinese economy has been slowing down....

Top 10 largest financial hubs of the world

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According to the 25th annual report of the Global Financial Centers Index, New York has become the largest financial hub in the world. The index ranks cities by parameters such as the business climate, human capital, infrastructure, financial sector...

Revival of Irish whiskey: "Water of life" is growing in price

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Dublin was once the world capital of whiskey. In its heyday in the 19th century, Irish whiskey accounted for about 60 percent of global whiskey consumption. Almost all production was located in Dublin with its world's largest factories. But then the...
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“Wherever we go, we are above all at the service of the local authorities' urban project” an interview with Carmen Munoz, CEO of the French Company Citelum

Citelum, a subsidiary of the French energy group EDF, is a company specializing in urban lighting, which currently generates more than 75% of its revenue from international operations. Its general manager, Carmen Munoz-Dormoy, explains how the company has established itself abroad and how it is involved in local urban development.1. In your last activity report, you stated that you ar...
World & Politics

Europe keeps supporting Iran

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The US State Department refused to extend permits for eight countries to buy oil from Iran. The United States has virtually nullified export of Iranian oil, which is the main source of replenishment of the country's budget. The Iranian economy and...

Analysts: Smaller proportion of middle class threatens global economy

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The middle class share is decreasing in developed countries, and the standard of living of its representatives has been declining for many years, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 30 years...

Sri Lankan authorities are looking for international trail in the terrorist attack

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The Sri Lankan authorities are investigating circumstances of the largest terrorist attack in the history of the country, committed on Catholic Easter Sunday. After the first reports that the terrorist attacks were committed by a little-known local...

Housing crisis makes Berliners think about nationalization

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There is a housing crisis brewing in the capital of the largest economy in the euro zone, Germany. In recent years, rental prices in Berlin began to rise sharply and have more than doubled in ten years. As a result, thousands of Berliners went to...
Management & Strategy

Kraft Heinz to get new CEO

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Heinz, the ketchup producer, is going to get a new CEO. The company has still not recovered from the February collapse of quotations that forced Buffett to admit that he overpaid for Kraft during its merger with Heinz. Kraft Heinz CEO Bernardo Hees...

The Attention Economy pt.I

The Attention Economy pt.I
In today’s business world and owing to the endless array of information available on the internet, it is has become very difficult to win and keep the attention of anyone especially if you have an offer that will require them to let off their money....

Your Mobile App will be obsolete, very very soon!

Your Mobile App will be obsolete, very very soon!
The current trend of website technology is getting complicated for individuals who are not tech-savvy to follow, but as it stands at this moment, one of the significant innovations of the internet is the Progressive Web Applications, PWA....

Seven barriers to promotion

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Your current position is great, but you feel you haven’t reached your limit yet? It is not clear how and where to grow professionally. Routine, stagnation follow you. Here are seven barriers that prevent you from climbing the top of the career...