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UK, EU ‘must urgently agree’ deep science partnership
A new, deep and special partnership in science and innovation between the European Union and the United Kingdom must be agreed upon as a matter of urgency, a policy briefing published by the Centre for Global Higher Education, or CGHE, on 1 November has recommended. CGHE is based at the UCL Institute of Education in…
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Buffett faz 87 anos hoje. Ele tem 47 ações que valem R$ 162 bilhões de dólares. Veja quais são.
São Paulo — Warren Buffett, um dos maiores investidores da história, completa 87 anos hoje. Conhecido como o “Oráculo de Omaha”, o bilionário costuma explicar seu sucesso com alguns hábitos simples. São eles: usar boa parte do dia para estudar, não dar muita importância para a opinião alheia e se aproximar de pessoas íntegras. No universo…
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CEO Expedia assume UBER com missão de resgate
Dara Khosrowshahi: a contratação pode custar até 160 milhões dólares ao Uber (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) O iraniano naturalizado americano Dara Khosrowshahi, presidente do site de viagens Expedia, foi escolhido como novo presidente do aplicativo de transportes Uber nesta segunda-feira. A informação é extraoficial, e espera-se que o Uber oficialize a escolha ainda hoje. Em um…
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IF BORDERS WERE OPEN THE $78 TRILLION FREE LUNCH
Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen A HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL is lying on the ground. An economist walks past it. A friend asks the economist: “Didn’t you see the money there?” The economist replies: “I thought I saw something, but I…
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Salesforce: CRM is smaller than the market for ERP ?
The COO and CFO of cloud computing giant Salesforce talk about their growth and profitability, and how they’re helping industries do “digital transformation,” and refute a claim by Oracle’s Larry Ellison that their market for “CRM” is smaller than the market for “ERP.” Analysts noted the outlook for Salesforce’s “billings” came in a little below…
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Brexit Is Quietly Strangling Science
Illustration: Jack Sachs By Simon Parkin A Nobel Prize winning physicist considers taking his research elsewhere, while applications from foreign researchers have plummeted. For many years Andre Geim was best known for designing an experiment that looked more like a parlor trick than a serious piece of scientific research. One Friday evening, in a moment…
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Capitalism and the absence of creative disruption
NINE straight highs for the Dow Jones Industrial Average might suggest that all is well with capitalism. But on the contrary, they could be a sign that things have been going profoundly wrong with the way the system is working. The main driver for the surge in share prices this year has been the strength…
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Senate approves $4M. budget for US-Israel Energy center
The center is meant to contribute to natural gas deployment in Israel, expand water and energy production in both countries and improve cybersecurity systems for critical infrastructure. Fulfilling a vision that has been three years in the making, the Senate Appropriations Committee committed $4 million on Tuesday toward establishing a Joint United States-Israel Energy Center.…
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$2.5m Innovation Fund Targets Excluded Groups to ‘Leave No One Behind’
Innovation fund, by Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and World Bank, asks for proposals to improve data in poor countries on the disabled, excluded populations such as the homeless and refugees, and on challenges related to climate change and urban resilience. The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) in partnership with the World…
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The Lifeblood of Success: How to Encourage Innovation at Your Company
Image credit: Shutterstock Last month, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked leader of the newly created White House Office of American Innovation, Jared Kushner, held his first conference call to discuss the nation’s state of innovation. Coinsidering that those on the call included leaders such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Marc Andreessen and Elon Musk, Kushner…
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