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Today, 90% of the global container trade still travels by ocean, and that’s what Beijing plans to change. November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province, 300 kilometers south of Shanghai, the first train carrying 82 containers…
The Science Behind Why Facebook Is So Addictive People use Mark Zuckerberg’s social network every day. But why? There are about 7 billion people on Earth. Over 864 million of them check Facebook every day. That’s an awful lot of daily habits, and it’s part of the reason Facebook is worth some $200 billion. So…
There is a widespread belief both in Russia and abroad that the Ukrainian crisis has undermined the system of international relations, which was built after the end of the Cold War at the turn of the 1990s and even since much earlier – after the end of World War II in 1945. This belief is…
To Live By Networking Words The 6 Most Powerful Words In Networking News To Live By DANNY RUBIN, MAY 26, 2014, Hey, did you hear Mark Zuckerberg announced an update to Facebook’s privacy settings? “When?” In May. “Why?” Because people have complained for a long time the settings are too confusing. So the company…
More and more of modern life is steered by algorithms. But what are they exactly, and who is behind them? Tom Whipple follows the trail There are many reasons to believe that film stars earn too much. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie once hired an entire train to travel from London to Glasgow. Tom Cruise’s…
THE GOLD PROBLEM REVISTED Watch for special report soon to publish here on China`s Cornering The Gold Markets Yesterday, Ben Bernanke dedicated his entire first propaganda lecture to college student to the bashing of the gold standard. Of course, he has his prerogatives: he has to validate a crumbling monetary system…