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The Archives
Newsweek reported that a coronavirus disease was spreading—one that “begins with fever and dry cough and can end in death” and was first detected in China. But this was severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), not COVID-19. “As this strange new viru
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Life After Lockdown
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS BALLOONING TO 22 million people, the coronavirus lockdown took an uncomfortable turn for state governors in mid-April. Workers and small business owners clogged the streets of Lansing, Michigan, near the capitol, blaring car
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Japan: Triggering Its Next Burst Of Innovation
With the emergence of technologies such as AI, the Internet of Things and next-gen robotics, the world has entered a new era hailed as the fourth industrial revolution (or ‘Industry 4.0’), while at the same time, major advancements being made in the
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Pioneering The Advancement Of Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine – an interdisciplinary field combining engineering and life science principles to promote cell, tissue and organ regeneration – looks set to become one of the greatest developments in the medical industry in the 21st century and
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Aiming To Be A Global Niche Top Company In Healthcare
The spectacular mountain range in Japan’s Hida region, known as the Northern Alps, has long been valued for its rich abundance of native plants and herbs. And it is there where the roots of one of Japan’s leading API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
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ACSL: Mile-high Technology On Auto-pilot
Japan’s reputation for innovation, technology and high-quality has long been underpinned by corporate behemoths like Sony, Toyota, Mitsubishi Electric, tech giant Softbank and robotics manufacturer FANUC. While innovation in the U.S is synonymous wit
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CLASS OF 2020 ALL DRESSED UP AND Nowhere TO GO
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD know about Natasha Nielsen is that she lives in a house with 11 other 20-something women. Not a sorority house—though the 21-year-old University of Michigan senior did pledge Alpha Gamma Delta freshman year, and quickly got
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CLASS OF 2020 Survival Guide
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. WHO BETTER to offer advice to today’s newly-minted B.A.s than career coaches and financial advisors who graduated during the last economic meltdown and emerged with strong careers, solid salaries and their sanity intact? Here a
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SINGAPORE Looking To The Future
Known worldwide as a top business, banking, and investment destination, Singapore has sustained its stellar international reputation for decades: It ranked 2nd out of 190 economies surveyed on the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 Survey, with the ban
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AT Capital Group - Long Term Vision
Ranking second in the world on the World Bank’s ease of doing business index, Singapore has a long-held reputation for being one of the world’s most open and investment-friendly economies. Building on its long history as a trading entrepot between Ea
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Tuan Sing Holdings Rising Real Estate Star
Investor sentiment remains strong despite challenging external headwinds, helping developers like Tuan Sing Holdings make their mark both domestically and abroad. Founded in 1969, Tuan Sing Holdings is a diversified, fast-rising regional investment h
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Soilbuild Group Holdings – At the Forefront
This healthy macroeconomic environment has supported the growth of the construction industry, even at a time of growing international headwinds. In 2019, total construction demand hit a five-year high of $23.9bn, up 9.5% on 2018, according to the gov
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The Giving Pledge: 10 Years After
"THE MAN WHO DIES RICH DIES DISGRACED.” Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, 1889. In 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett started the Giving Pledge, a promise by very rich people to give away half their wealth before they die. The ide
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GIVING BIG A Pocket Guide
Andrew Carnegie, who funded 3,000 libraries, publishes an essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” In 1911 he establishes the Carnegie Corporation of New York with a mandate “to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” John D. Ro
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Philanthropy’s Big Moment
THIS IS PHILANTHROPY’S SHINING moment. The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is exactly the kind of challenge for which philanthropy is ideally suited, and philanthropists realize it. They’re stepping up big time. According to candid.org, which tracks mo
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Q&A: MARK SUZMAN Next Up For The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
MARK SUZMAN WAS APPOINTED CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on February 1. Among other things, he wrote for the Financial Times of London and worked at the UN. Suzman talked with Newsweek about the foundation’s two-decade anniversary, its
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Soothing Gifts for an Anxious Time
IN THESE DAYS OF ISOLATION, ILLNESS, FEAR and the staggering uphill climb of Covid-19 cases and related deaths around the world, many of us are facing stress like we’ve never known. We are desperate for things that will help us feel better. Between o
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Hasan Minhaj
HOLLYWOOD, LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. If there’s one area of entertainment perhaps best suited to tackle a global crisis, it’s comedy talk shows like Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act on Netflix.

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