A President Trump leads to a lot of important questions and global anxieties in many fields, but let us concentrate on this admittedly minor one: How will China’s outbound tourism develop?
“Gold vs. nominal GDP targeting” would seem like a pretty wonky discussion to most people. So, I will try to put it in different terms: John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon. When John F. Kennedy promised to “get the economy moving again” in the 1960 presidential election, the U.S. was in [...]
BY MARCELLA BOMBARDIERI AND BEN MILLER -- Schools with abysmal graduation rates continue to win accreditation decade after decade.
Fotolia Doug Harris is CEO of The Kaleidoscope Group. Christopher P. Skroupa: Why is gender diversity important in the workplace? Doug Harris: The overall goal of organizations today is to maximize the talent that they have, and many times, a variety of talent allows management to approach things in different ways. The first [...]
When humble light fixtures are outfitted with sensors and connected to the cloud, they can unleash truly brilliant ideas. Intelligent lighting makes cities less congested, more efficient and safer, makes factories more productive and makes commercial buildings more efficient. And that’s just the beginning. As more systems sync up and developers [...]
It’s not only the IRS that has been working to suppress conservative groups and individuals. Several years ago rogue prosecutors in Wisconsin notoriously conducted pre-dawn raids to seize documents of various conservative individuals. They acted like Gestapo agents in Germany or secret police in the Soviet Union. Ken Blackwell—a former Ohio [...]
Hyundai is providing 150 of its all-new Ioniq EV to the free vehicle-sharing service WaiveCar.
Women-led job board Fairygodboss averaged women workers' responses to three questions: overall job satisfaction, whether they feel they're treated fairly versus men, and whether they'd recommend their employer to other women.
You're probably pretty well entrenched after years of using Gmail, uploading photos to Picasa/Google Photos, and adding custom places to Maps. Now, imagine you lost access to all that data. Poof—gone!
Jay W. Forrester, one of the greatest minds of the last 100 years, passed away on November 16, 2016. He was the creator of System Dynamics and a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. This is the story of my interaction with him.
Anybody with power can exercise it. It takes a true leader to accept the responsibility that comes with power.
What is social capital, and why does it cause so many sticky situations? Here's what social capital is, how it works and why it's best to invest your social capital in the right people!
Blizzard's excellent competitive shooter 'Overwatch' gets its first major price drop ahead of Black Friday.
Most organizations evangelize “technology” enabled by an “agile,” “flat” or “responsive” organization without having a true understanding of what any of those mean. I’m relatively new here at Forbes, so this post is going to be a little different. The members of the product team have been evangelizing the truly awesome [...]
Titanfall 2 has been the victim of a bad release date, but is that only part of the problem? Many people may believe the game is only out on Xbox One, despite the sequel expanding to PS4 as well.
In an excellent article Mona Shah, a prominent New York immigration attorney, recently commented on whether the U.S. EB-5 investor immigration program is likely to be renewed in December of this year when it is scheduled to expire. She wrote: To begin with, as a real estate mogul hailing from New [...]
VideoWhile the NFL’s television ratings may have taken a slight dip this season, there is little doubt that the league has seen tremendous growth on and off the field over the last decade. An ever-expanding fan base, which now includes more than 84 million women, has paid tremendous dividends for [...]
As you prepare for the holiday, we’re sharing some of our favorite recipes and memories, as well as what we’re grateful for.
When thinking of robots, the focus is often on the effects of automation on jobs in developed countries. But the higher price could actually be paid by low-skilled workers in emerging markets.
FanDuel and DraftKings have agreed to merge, but do not expect the daily fantasy sports (DFS) companies to close the transaction until the end of 2017 - if antitrust regulators approve it first.
Amazon has just rewritten the streamed picture quality rule book.
MinuteClinic adds walk-in medical clinics in Rhode Island CVS/pharmacy stores. (PRNewsFoto/CVS Health) A friend of mine recently had a very sore throat. She knew how to manage her symptoms–lozenges, warm tea and the like. But she was worried she might have strep and would therefore need antibiotics. That should be a [...]
In January 1979, a snowstorm in Chicago revealed deep fissures between the city’s communities. The public transport system was slowed down to cope, meaning that trains coming into the city were already packed with wealthy suburban residents by the time they arrived in poorer inner-city districts. There was public outcry [...]
