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>> its complicated. this negotiation has been going on for i believe eight years. it stalled under the trump administration. and so i really consider this an historic achievement, and it is -- it shows that multilateral collaboration can be successful. >> for more on this, lets turn to cnns nina dos santos in london. this tax deal could have huge implications. what more can you tell us at this point? >> reporter: yeah, big implications for countries, big implications for companies as well, many ...

From Alibaba to Tencent, China’s tech giants are facing regulatory scrutiny and public backlash over unfair labor practices and obscene wealth.

China’s innovation dilemma Tech advances have been impressive, but constraints on business productivity and imagination are a major obstacle. A robotic arm arranges dice during the 2021 World Digital Industry Expo in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, 24 March 2021 (Ma Jian/VCG via Getty Images) Published 10 May 2021 12:00   0 Comments   It has long been conventional wisdom that China would strugg...

Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires. Indeed, plenty of other good business news came from Washingtonian’s Tech Titans during the past year. Our 2021 winners—who were selected through both reporting and an informal process of nominations from their peers—managed to...

Is the glass half empty or half full? We are in the wake of another round of trillion-dollar expenditures and folks are talking about devaluing the dollar as China and Russia scheme to unpeg the dollar with their own. What does Wall Street do? What did Nero do while Rome burned? Not sure if folks know if a Trillion =  a million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10 exp12). And we are going to push 7 T’s to 11 T’s real soon. Trump’s Border wall was around $8 billion — $12 billion tops — Tr...

Photo by Ellie Beals. "Call me Swankie or a Tech Titan, whichever you prefer," said Charlene Swankie, who appears beside Frances McDormand in the acclaimed new film Nomadland.  I said OK and launched into my first question. But Swankie wanted to talk Titans. She started to answer my question but stopped and changed the subject. "By the way, I went to Tech High School in Indianapolis." As in Arsenal Tech. It was as if she thought I had missed something when she mentioned the Tech Titans, ...

Contact: 917-803-5827; Why did you decide to run for the Plano ISD board of trustees? AF: The main driving factor was the vacant slots in two places during the first couple of weeks of filing. I have a child in the school district and will have children in it for a long time. The board plays a key role in shaping the school district and I thought I could contribute positively to its growth. My background in public health and international exposure can also potentially add to the diversity and o...

Photo by Ellie Beals. "Call me Swankie or a Tech Titan, whichever you prefer," said Charlene Swankie, who appears beside Frances McDormand in the acclaimed new film Nomadland.  I said OK and launched into my first question. But Swankie wanted to talk Titans. She started to answer my question but stopped and changed the subject. "By the way, I went to Tech High School in Indianapolis." As in Arsenal Tech. It was as if she thought I had missed something when she mentioned the Tech Titans, ...

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A Digital Apartheid Is Upon Us Commentary It started innocuously. It was an acceptable drag coefficient from Facebook: just be careful what you say politically when you post something. The quick and seemingly inexpensive brown boxes from Amazon were addictive, so just accept the sneers and derision of the self-appointed newspaper of record (subsidized by Jeff Bezos, the common owner of both). Tweet away, but be careful next time you’re released from the penalty box. Search all you want with G...