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The 'living happily ever after' rule is for everyone
Oped, Steve Ammidown, Published on 14/02/2025
» The romance genre has a single set-in-stone rule: The main characters of the story will end up happily in a relationship. The HEA (Happily Ever After) or the HFN (Happy for Now) is the expectation of every reader who picks up a romance novel in the same way a mystery reader waits for a big twisty reveal or a fantasy reader anticipates strange and arcane magic.
The rise of consumer cryptocurrency
News, Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers, Published on 26/02/2024
» Since its inception with the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain technology has gone through numerous cycles of public attention. Over time, growing interest and investment in the best-known cryptocurrencies has led to greater acceptance, as highlighted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) in January. While blockchains and their associated "crypto" assets have yet to be adopted by a truly broad base of consumers, that is starting to change, owing to a shift in how these technologies are being used.
Four trends reshaping IT -- and companies
Business, Steve Van Kuiken, Published on 24/08/2022
» It's dizzying how fast technology trends are flooding organisations. It's almost impossible to keep up. But there are four trends with implications that CEOs and chief experience officers need to pay special attention to, because together they reshape the way leaders must run their companies. I'd put them under the heading "innovation at the edge".
Confronting a new era of supply chain volatility
Oped, Sri Rajan, Raymond Tsang and Gerry Mattios, Published on 08/04/2021
» As Covid-19 threw fragile global supply chains into disarray, many companies were stunned by their own vulnerability. The risk of depending on a supply base that is concentrated in one geographic region has been increasing over the past 30 years, but the pandemic quickly demonstrated how much chaos and pain one unexpected event could inflict.
Reversing reforms a 'grave error'
News, Steve Trent, Published on 12/07/2019
» In the aftermath of the March 24 general election, fishery reform in Thailand has come under threat -- this is potentially a grave error.
Fisheries abuse tied to poor regulation
News, Steve Trent, Published on 01/05/2019
» Thailand's seafood industry has been haunted by illegal fishing and human rights abuse. Following the March 24 general election, the new government must build on the reforms that have already been gained during the past four years.
Coffee, cocoa and the cutting edge
Business, Steve Hollingworth, Published on 01/05/2019
» That morning ritual loved by millions, a simple cup of coffee, may one day be a thing of the past. New research shows that 60% of the world's 124 species of wild coffee face a mounting threat of extinction, mostly as a result of deforestation. This potential loss of genetic diversity would, in turn, limit the ways in which coffee could be adapted to a changing climate and disease threats.
Peeling back the layers of 'Xi Jinping Thought'
News, Steve Tsang, Published on 07/02/2019
» In October 2017, at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC enshrined in its constitution a new political doctrine: Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era. At a time when a rapidly modernising China is a leading global player, it is tempting to dismiss this doctrine as anachronistic "party-speak" from a bygone age. We succumb to that temptation at our peril.
Wild ride in China
Business, Raymond Tsang & Sharad Apte, Published on 29/06/2018
» China has quickly become the world's largest mobility market, as consumers embrace new digital practices arising from the convergence of innovations in the automotive, technology and e-commerce fields. The robust growth will likely continue, fuelled by US$50 billion in investments that took place from 2014 to 2017.