Over his career Thomas Edison garnered more U.S. patents than anyone in his time. Edison profited from his patents, but he was also exposed to the dark side of the patent system. He had to…
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Over the past few months, Twitter took down the account of the then-President of the United States and Facebook temporarily stopped users from sharing Australian media content. This begs the question: do social media platforms…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Dans le cadre de sa stratégie visant à cibler des opportunités de croissance sur des segments bien précis de marché, le commerçant d’articles diversifiés Mr Price Group réalise une nouvelle acquisition, afin…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Il y a quatre ans, les Algériens accédaient à la 4G. Malgré cette relative ancienneté du pays dans le haut débit, la qualité de service demeure mauvaise. Pour les autorités, la priorité…
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© Bloomberg. Building are seen reflected on the exterior of a Bank of America Corp. branch in New York, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Bank of America Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport 2/2 By Jonathan Saul…
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The economic orthodoxy has long been that governments should try to balance their books and leave all the heavy lifting in managing their economies to central banks. We saw this writ large in the years…
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Imagine running on a cement footpath, and then suddenly through dry sand. Just to keep upright, you would have to slow down and change the way you run. In the same way, a walking robot…
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(Agence Ecofin) – La covid-19 a durablement affecté l’activité de nombreux exploitants agricoles africains. Près de 600 000 bénéficieront de manière indirecte d’un appui de l’Export Trading Group qui a conclu à cet effet une facilité…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Il aura fallu plus de dix ans à Liquid Telecom pour relier l’Afrique de l’Ouest à l’Afrique de l’Est par la fibre optique. C’est désormais chose faite et l’entreprise entre dans une nouvelle…
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