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Fukushima Chiefs: The Technology Needed To Decommission China-Syndromed Reactors Doesn’t Exist … Maybe In 200 Years? Updated 4/9/2015 Preface: As you read this post, please keep in mind: The reactors didn’t just suffer a melt down, or even a China syndrome type melt-through, but a series of melt OUTS. Scientists have no idea where…
For every exciting advance we make, there’s someone on the other side that is threatened by it There is no question that Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm headed up by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has become a major force since it was founded back in 2009. The young VC…
The man who broke the Bank of England George Soros. He’s the investor’s investor—the man who still holds the record for making more money in a single day’s trading than anyone. He pocketed $1 billion betting against the British pound on “Black Wednesday” in 1992, when sterling lost 20 percent of its value…
“Warm, sexy and always a little different,” is how perfumer Alberto Morillas describes oud, a pricey oil made from agar wood and its resin. Used for centuries in Arab countries, the perfume ingredient is now also a hit in Europe. If you can afford it With ancient roots that cost more…
Demand For Sex : hidden in plain sight To guard their investment, super nightclub owners take their female employees’ passports and lock the doors of the hotel between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. Lebanon — Twenty minutes north of Beirut, in the Christian heartland of Lebanon is Jounieh, the country’s little…
Chicks: Raising Hens At Home Is Newest Organic Trend In French Capital Getting your own fresh eggs for your morning Parisian omelette doesn’t necessarily require a trip to the local market. More and more French urbanites are finding space for a hen or two in their own homes. PARIS –…
ROME European Jet Set Hot Spot On a December morning, a group of young workers gathered along the via Veneto. The street that was the pulsating center of Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” was slowly waking up: hotels and offices opened their doors, people stopped by for breakfast. The group of workers entered Cafè…
Cheap Money will Help European Banks But Not The People Boris Roessler / AFP / Getty Images A home-made euro sign is attached to the tip of a Christmas tree in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on December 21, 2011. Might the world be witnessing the first…
The Chinese business world has seen several recent examples of how bad management of customer relations can inflict serious damage on the social web. But will the big corporations see the upside in time? BEIJING- Could the ground-level buzz of social media threaten mighty companies like Siemens and Lenovo? Don’t rule it…
Near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, the Country Brand Index’s highest ranked Latin American country Conducting business meetings isn’t easy when people don’t even know you exist. Just ask Eduardo Clari, an investments specialist. Paraguay’s state export and investment promotion agency. “They confuse us with Uruguay. Or else they think we’re part of Brazil,” says…