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1) Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick releases in theaters this Friday. Cruise’s 44 films have earned $4.4B in box office sales in… [...]
While network TV has taken a backseat to streaming in recent years, one man is proving there is still money to be… [...]
For years, video games have been stigmatized as “bad for kids.” But a recent review of over ten years of gaming studies… [...]
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Welcome to Screentime, a new series from The Weekend in which tech leaders divulge their personal phone habits. Alex Hofmann has an… [...]
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Impact Investment | Blended Finance
- – The world is undergoing one of the worst refugee crisis since World War II, and Jordan is one of the most affected countries both in absolute and relative terms
- – While many humanitarian relief & infrastructure investment efforts exist, the funding ecosystem under-serves SMEs & entrepreneurs which cater to refugee needs
- – The social impact investment component with a triple bottom-line impact is more than attainable in the refugee context, but until now little has been done outside the pure aid sphere
- – Vehicle is needed to fill the void by institutionalising venture / SME investment & nurture entrepreneurship for one of the most vulnerable demographic segments
- – Given the specifics of refugee finance, in particular if in a hybrid commercial effort, we are looking for interested parties to become cooperating partners in developing this initiative further…
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Emerging Europe
- Turkish Opposition Holds Mass Rally to Demand Justiceon May 21, 2022
While President Erdogan intensifies his crackdown on his opponents ahead of the […]
- Belarusian volunteers join Ukraine's foreign legion as the war passes the three-month markon May 22, 2022
Belarusian fighters have answered President Zelenskyy's call for foreign […]
- Mariupol stands down: Emerging Europe this weekon May 20, 2022
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including […]
- Al Jazeera Svijet: ‘Eksplozija’ korona virusa u Sjevernoj Korejion May 22, 2022
Donosimo priču iz Sjeverne Koreje, gdje se bilježi brzo širenje […]
M.East & Africa
- African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) onboards 30 Broker Firms to Facilitate Cross-border Tradingon May 7, 2022
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Israeli court jails Palestinian jailbreakers for five yearson May 22, 2022
SO LAW-ABIDING IS THAT F/G KHAZMAF, AIN'T IT SO, JUDENMUTTS?
- UNHCR: Record 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwideon May 23, 2022
The Ukraine war and other conflicts […]
- Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinatedon May 22, 2022
Sayad Khodai, a senior figure in the elite Quds force, was reportedly shot dead […]
Caucasus & C.Asia
- Erdogan’s NATO expansion roadblock will only harm Turkeyon May 21, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has sufficiently alarmed Finland and Sweden […]
- Taliban leader says women should be provided with their rights based on Afghan culture, Islamic valueson May 22, 2022
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 23 (ANI): Taliban's senior leader Sher Mohammad Abbas […]
- Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel assassinatedon May 22, 2022
Quds Force Colonel Sayyad Khodaei has been shot dead outside his home in Tehran in what Iran calls a “terrorist act” Read Full Article at RT.com
- Taliban leader says women should be provided with their rights based on Afghan culture, Islamic valueson May 22, 2022
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 23 (ANI): Taliban's senior leader Sher Mohammad Abbas […]
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Real Estate Investment | Property in SEE
Higher than average EU economic drop, but a stronger & quicker recovery. Drop of 10-20% in Zagreb real estate prices in the short-term. 18 month recovery to where Zagreb was in 2015-16 in the property cycle. Zagreb new office & residential space yields to go back to 7%-ish, or a price per sqm of €2.25k+…
Project Finance | Renewable Power in MEA
Clean energy is a popular (and a contested) topic these days, but it also serves as a great showcase for project development / finance in emerging markets regardless of a turbine…
Corporate Finance | Pharma M&A in CACA
A case study for an interesting ‘consolidation cross-border play opportunity’ spanning the CACA region (or even wider). A thesis that would under current market access include country pharma leaders in Kyrgyzstan & Mongolia, as well as one of top players in Uzbekistan & Armenia each…
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- Could Crypto Overtake Traditional Investment?on May 9, 2022
Despite recent volatility, there is […]
- Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – reporton May 22, 2022
Russian mining activities in […]
- Markets at risk of ‘waterfall event’, this is how gold would perform – Lobo Tiggreon May 21, 2022
(Kitco News) - Markets at risk of […]
- Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BNB, XMR, ETC, MANAon May 22, 2022
BTC price continues to encounter […]
- Gold hits over 1-week high as dollar weakenson May 23, 2022
Gold prices touched a more than […]
- Stop Rambling in Meetings — and Start Getting Your Message Acrosson May 20, 2022
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What is startup fundraising actually like as an ethnic minority founder today? And why does so little VC cash flow into startups led by diverse… [...]
Corporate partnerships can fuel startup growth, providing revenue and expertise. So, how do you go about finding a corporate client? How to bag big client… [...]
Forget outsourcing; startups should consider hiring directly in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe isn’t just for outsourcing anymore [...]
The UK's cybersecurity and intelligence agency GCHQ is on a mission — and has appeared to be since the Snowden leaks in 2013 — to… [...]
Plaid and Stripe are now standing face to face, if not already on each other’s toes. [...]
Welcome back to The Interchange, the weekly TechCrunch series that looks at the latest — and what’s ahead — in… [...]
If your company is lacking in terms of basic business fundamentals and burning cash, well, maybe you’re in for a… [...]
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh, human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your… [...]
This week, the Tech.eu (and Webrazzi) team(s) were in Brussels for our inaugural Tech.eu Summit (some imagery here, much more… [...]
Having spent close to a decade documenting the tech industry through the barrel of a lens, or as some of… [...]
Real estate is responsible for 30 percent of CO2 emissions in Germany and currently causes around 115 million tons of… [...]
The pandemic, along with the growing trend for health and wellbeing, has spurred a significant uptick in family cycling. Yet,… [...]
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- Bolster Your Sales By Mastering Your Inner Gameon May 22, 2022
Everything You Want To Know About Monkeypox, But Were Afraid To Ask With the COVID-19 pandemic still fresh in the minds of the people around the world, it comes as no surprise that recent outbreaks of another virus are grabbing headlines. Monkeypox outbreaks have now been reported in multiple countries, and it has scientists paying close attention. For everyone else, numerous… [...]
Gun-Parts Dealer Sues ATF Over 'Secret And Unannounced Policy Changes' Authored by Ken Silva via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Pennsylvania firearms product dealer JSD Supply filed for a temporary restraining order against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on May 19, asking a federal judge to block “secret and unannounced policy changes” that restrict the sale… [...]
Bullwhip Effect Ends With A Bang: Why Prices Are About To Fall Off A Cliff It was exactly a year ago, when Deutsche Bank strategist Luke Templeman said that amid the panicked scramble by US wholesalers to stock up on scarce inventory as a result of snarled supply chains, it was only a matter of time before the US economy… [...]
Turkey's Chief Statistician Quits For "Health Reasons" After Inflation Hits 70% Three months after Turkey's president Erdogan fired his statistics chief as inflation hit a mere 36%, now that inflation has almost doubled since then, the latest official in charge of compiling Turkish inflation statistics has decided to do the smart thing and step down on his own, becoming the… [...]
Bloated Inventories Hit Walmart, Target And Other Retailers' Profits, Trucking Demand By Mark Solomon of FreightWaves There’s little in retailing that Walmart and Target aren’t prepared to handle. So it was jarring that over a 24-hour period the two scions of the trade posted weak first-quarter profits that appeared to blindside management at both. Part of the bottom-line blowup was… [...]
Science
- A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law of Physicson May 22, 2022
By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers […]
- Haptics device creates realistic virtual textureson May 21, 2022
- Your Phone Could be Used to Prosecute For Getting an Abortion. Here's how.on May 21, 2022
Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down precedent […]
- What did ancient Egypt's pharaohs stash inside the pyramids?on May 22, 2022
The ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun was entombed with […]
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Private Investment in Public Equity | Gold Mining in Africa
PIPE investments into gold mining stock: is there still, was there ever, an opportunity to invest in gold?
A hedge against cycles timing; Undervalued listings lacking capital; Leverage on mineral reserves for an upside; Neglected African opportunities; More tangible than bitcoin; …
Central banks can’t print gold: ML/BoA forecasts: ”as economic output contracts sharply, fiscal outlays surge, and central bank balance sheets double, fiat currencies could come under pressure…