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Trump's 'Ready' to Slap Tariffs on All Chinese Imports
The president, in an interview with CNBC this week, said he's looking to tax every single Chinese good that enters the U.S., which amounts to $505 billion. The tariffs would come at a time when prices for common consumer products,...
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AT&T Taps Into Mixed-Reality With Magic Leap
The wireless company will hold a stake in Magic Leap, which released a demo of its mixed-reality headset Wednesday afternoon. “For AT&T, it makes a lot of sense to invest in this area,” says Ed Baig, personal tech columnist at USA TODAY....
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Former Netflix Exec: Personalization Crucial to Company's Success
Even when Netflix was a DVD rental company, it tried to customize choices for its customers, says Gibson Biddle, former VP product at the streaming giant. That strategy still drives many of the company's decisions today, including the...
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Real Stuff: Finland’s bonds for migrant jobs
Investing in SMEs and infrastructure may be the norm for Europe’s Investment Plan, but in Finland, it is being used to experiment with a social bond. According the European Commission’s Vice President for jobs, growth, investment and...
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Explaining the jargon: Invest EU vs EFSI
Among those that make or cover policy in Brussels, jargon and acronyms can take over conversations. These usually sound like a foreign language to the rest of us in Europe. So #RealEconomy asked Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the...
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It's not (just) about the money
Juan Monzón founded his start-up with two friends. They had innovative ideas about how to use cutting-edge technology for medical purposes but lacked both the funds and the resources to pursue it. Eventually, the company received...
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The Politics of the Travel Industry Becomes Increasingly Relevant
More and more investors and travelers are demanding transparency when it comes to how hospitality companies are connected to political groups and where they stand on policy changes, says Andrew Sheivachman, Skift's Business Travel editor.
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Shareholders Hold Travel Cos. Accountable for Their Politics
More and more investors and travelers demand transparency when it comes to how hospitality companies are connected to political groups and where they stand on policy changes, says Andrew Sheivachman, Skift's Business Travel editor.
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UK's tech industry to receive €2.6 billion boost
Britain's government has announced a £2.3 billion (€2.61 billion) boost to push AI talent, including the creation of over 15,000 jobs, and a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. Major businesses including Ocado, Amazon, Rolls Royce and...
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Trudeau in U.S. to promote investment in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also promoting diversity and feminism, but with NAFTA and the Trans Mountain pipeline in doubt, his bigger challenge will be winning over U.S. investors.
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Why the Female Founders Fund is Focusing on Fintech
Millennials are rethinking their "relationship with traditional banks," which opens up a massive opportunity for fintech companies, says Anu Duggal, a founding partner of the fund that just received an additional $27 million in seed money.
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Canada's BenchSci gets cash infusion from Google parent Alphabet
Tom Leung, co-founder and chief scientist of BenchSci, talks about Google’s parent, Alphabet, investing millions in the Toronto biomedical startup, which uses AI to help scientists sift through research papers for scientific discoveries...
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The Urgent Need For Funds That Invest in Black Women
Black women face a harder time receiving financial support for their start-ups than any other group. The reason is "bias, both unconscious and conscious," says Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, which just launched "diversity...
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Backstage Capital Launches Fund for Black Female Founders
Black women face a harder time receiving financial support for their start-ups than any other group. The reason is "bias, both unconscious and conscious," says Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, which just launched a...
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Equal Pay Will Boost the Overall Economy
When women have more money, they tend to put more of it back into their communities, families, and non-profits, says Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-founder of Ellevest, a female-focused investment platform. "Try to think about something...
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The Flint Crisis Isn't Just About the Water
Jessica Dimmock, Drea Cooper, and Zackary Canepari, directed the upcoming Netflix docu-series "Flint Town". The trio discusses not only the water crisis but the economic struggles and underfunded police department in the Michigan town.
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Real stuff: European Commissioner Cretu’s candle in the wind
Guillaume Desjardins, Euronews: So Commissioner Creţu, thank you very much, it has become a tradition in our show, we ask our guests to bring an object to represent the topic. What have you brought to us to talk about cohesion policy ?...
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Arctic investing
Clint Davis of Acasta Capital Indigenous on investing in infrastructure in the Arctic
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Competition winners
Jamison Steeve on the federal government's investment in tech superclusters
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How can protecting intellectual property rights protect your brand?
Hello and welcome to Business Planet. We are in Malmo, Sweden. We are going to find out why SMEs that invest more in their intellectual property are more competitive. We are here with Ann Charlotte, a lawyer who specialises in...
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Long-Term Investments that Could Change the World
Morgan Simon, author of "Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change," discusses examples of socially conscious investments that investors may want to consider and the sin stocks to avoid.
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Playbuzz CEO Talks Disney Partnership
Playbuzz just got another investment from Disney as part of its latest funding round. Co-founder and CEO Shaul Olmert tells us what the entertainment giant gets out of the deal, and what his company wants to tackle next.
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Go forth and prosper - renewed optimism surrounds 2018 financial forecast
The weather in Davos is finally improving at Davos and this adds even more optimism to the already very good mood among delegates, writes Sasha Vakulina. Chief executives are more optimistic about the economic outlook than they have been...
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Brining Esports and Traditional Sports to the Same Team
Hugh Weber, President of the NJ Devils and the Prudential Center, and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, explains the advantages to having traditional sports teams and esports under the same umbrella.