The Spectator has an endless supply of commentators who chime in on the Windsors and Sussexes. I can barely keep track of all of these writers, especially when half of them seem to have a weekly column devoted to crying about the Duchess of Sussex. Well, Alexander Larman has done his fair share of screaming…
Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when the first snow of the season began to fall in Philadelphia. Just outside the auditorium, the speaker, a 10-year-old boy with a rare inherited…
The ninth in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. When the Dodgers drafted David Lesch in January 1980, they had visions of his fastball lighting up radar guns at Dodger Stadium. He never made it that far. Lesch never climbed above the lowest rung on…
West Bengal’s verdict could reshape not just the state’s politics, but the future trajectory of Modi’s BJP.
CEO Grant LaFontaine explains why the company takes the concept of ‘dogfooding’ so seriously throughout the entire organization. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this…
The technology giant met with administration officials last week to address a growing concern in Washington: insufficient computing power for artificial intelligence.
US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (£41bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay’s board. GameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in eBay, said it was willing to pay $125 a share, split 50-50 between cash…
Key Points Lombard Odier’s Woods sees a rotation story from developed markets into emerging markets Kepler Cheuvreux’s Philippe Ferreira is seeing opportunities in utilities and telecommunications Amundi’s Guy Stear is eyeing opportunities in industrial stocks, because of the AI trend U.S. futures are pointing lower early Monday, after the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq…
Cheap, mass-produced one-way drones have played a major role in the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran since the first attacks on Tehran on February 28. As Iran uses these drones to target energy facilities, airbases and other strategic sites across the Gulf and Israel, the US and Israel use expensive interceptor missiles…
Beijing has told its companies to ignore American sanctions on a major oil refiner, complicating the leaders’ summit next week.
