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US antitrust charges are ‘all-or-nothing’ attempt to break up Facebook
Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told his staff last October he would “go to the mat and fight” if the US tried to break up his...
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Dec 11, 20201 min read


Will bitcoin end the dollar’s reign?
When the pandemic hit, the US dollar was as mighty as ever. Despite talk of faltering American supremacy, the dollar ruled as the medium...
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Dec 11, 20202 min read


What Super Productive People Do Differently
In 2018, I came across a meme that was going viral on the Internet. It read, “You have the same number of hours in the day as Beyoncé.” I...
MAP Asia Pacific Ltd
Dec 10, 20202 min read


A flat-tax scheme is luring the wealthy to Italy
Ah, italy! “The school as well as the playground of the world,” as one of E.M. Forster’s characters described it: cities packed with the...
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Dec 7, 20201 min read


India's kirana stores, the original ecommerce play
Let me begin with a story that I heard a little while ago. Nitin Paranjpe, COO of Unilever Plc, a good friend and former colleague,...
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Dec 4, 20202 min read


Goldman Sachs predicts how quickly coronavirus vaccines will be rolled out worldwide
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast that more than 70% of people in developed markets will be vaccinated against the coronavirus...
MAP Asia Pacific Ltd
Dec 3, 20202 min read


Tablet shipments up by 21.7% in Q3
Tablet computer shipments soared to 6.9 million units during the third quarter of the year in China, up 21.7 percent on a yearly basis, a...
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Dec 2, 20201 min read


Airlines face 'mission of the century' in shipping coronavirus vaccines
In cooled warehouses on the fringes of Frankfurt airport, Deutsche Lufthansa AG is preparing its depleted fleet for the gargantuan task...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read


When will the global consumer class recover?
On Black Friday, this year’s shopping will reach its peak. In the exceptional circumstances of 2020, the peak will not be high. The...
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Dec 1, 20202 min read


The history of the gaming industry in one chart
50 years of gaming history, by revenue stream (1970-2020) Every year it feels like the gaming industry sees the same stories—record...
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Nov 30, 20201 min read
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