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Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn arrested over ‘misconduct’
byNissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested over claims of financial misconduct, the carmaker has said. Mr Ghosn, a towering figure in the car industry, will be sacked from the Japanese firm after a board meeting on Thursday, its chief executive said. He has been accused of “significant acts of misconduct”, including under-reporting his pay […]
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Kimora Lee Simmons says she rushed to Kim Porter’s home the day model died
byKimora Lee Simmons recalled rushing to Kim Porter’s home last week only to find out her longtime friend had died. Simmons penned an emotional Instagram post on Monday about Porter, who died Thursday at age 47. “At your homegoing celebration today it became all too real that you are not coming back,” Simmons wrote, in part, […]
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How Come We Keep Buying New iPhones (or any other Phones in particular) Every Year?
byIs it the capitalist overlords or…are we also at fault? Previously I wrote about how longer lasting LED Bulbs makes it harder to sell them and that they should consider switching business model to lighting-as-a-service. While it’s an interesting topic on its own right, I discovered another interesting stuff while looking up about bulbs. If you take search for […]
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The Future Technological Disparity
byTech titans are portraying a future with more equality, but are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes? The technology industry is preparing for an automation revolution as artificial intelligence is becoming the dominant future trend. We are fully committed as 80% of enterprises have started investing in AI while 61% of businesses have already began implementation. Technology companies […]
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Advertising Lessons to Learn from Poker
byOne of the most common misconceptions about advertising is that luck plays the most significant role in whether a campaign is successful or not. Sure, no campaign ever has a 100 percent chance of succeeding from the get-go, but there’s a lot more to making advertising work than good fortune. Just as an ace poker […]
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Malaysia Launches Blockchain Certificate Verification to Combat Degree Fraud
byThe Malaysian Ministry of Education is turning to blockchain technology to combat degree fraud in order to maintain the integrity and reputation of universities in the Southeast Asian country. This has seen the ministry unveil an issuance and verification system for university degrees based on the NEM blockchain. Known as the e-Scroll system, the idea of […]
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Chipotle rethinking firing manager who refused to serve black customers over ‘dine and dash’ fears
byThe restaurant chain Chipotle announced Saturday that it had terminated one of its managers for suggesting in a viral video that five black customers were planning to order food without paying — but on Sunday, the company acknowledged to Fox News that it was considering re-hiring the manager because her suspicions may have been well-founded. In a series […]
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3 Keys To Attracting Your Most Ideal Customers And Clients
byWhen most people think of marketing, they copy what everyone else is doing because they think that’s what works. That’s like the blind and dumb leading the blind and dumb. Far too many people narrowly focus on their own industry, imitate their competitors, and hope for the best without realizing that most of their competitors […]
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Apec summit ends without statement over US-China division
byAn Asian economic summit has ended without a formal leaders’ statement for the first time because of US-China divisions over trade. Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said “the two big giants in the room” had been unable to agree. He said a chairman’s statement for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit would be […]
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Brexit chaos continues as UK’s Theresa May warns against a leadership change
byBeleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May, who is facing a potential no-confidence vote from opponents in her Conservative Party, said Sunday that a leadership change won’t make the faltering Brexit talks any easier. She told Sky News in an interview that “a change of leadership at this point isn’t going to make the negotiations any easier […]
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