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Iris Barker


Linkin Park to Launch a Fund with Help of Harvard

The popular rock band Linkin Park turned to Harvard University for help in drawing up a business plan, and then launch its own venture capital fund Machine Shop Ventures.
Published on June 25, 2015
By Iris Barker

Swiss Chocolatiers Come Out With Stable Chocolate

The Swiss company Barry Callebaut announced that they have managed to create chocolate that does not melt from the heat of the hands or hot weather. The company says thatโ€ฆ
Published on June 25, 2015
By Iris Barker

Statistics of Eurozone’s Crisis

The economic crisis is still being felt in the euro area. The figures clearly show which countries with the single European currency suffered the most, and how they are strugglingโ€ฆ
Published on June 24, 2015
By Iris Barker

Internet Giants Ban Confederate Flag

The reason for this was a photograph of the alleged murderer of nine people in the African-American church with this flag in his hands.
Published on June 24, 2015
By Iris Barker

Paris, Frankfurt to Become New Financial Centres

If Britain decides to withdraw from the European Union, Paris or Frankfurt may become new financial centers in Europe, says analysts of Standard & Poor's.
Published on June 23, 2015
By Iris Barker

Wave of Migrants Hits European Oneness

The problem of illegal migrants, sweeping over Europe, has become a real bone of contention to the Old World. Letโ€™s assume how and when European politicians are going to solveโ€ฆ
Published on June 23, 2015
By Iris Barker

Shutterstock to Expand the Business

Shutterstock plans to become a leading supplier of photos to entertainment and high fashion. The player plans to overtake Getty Images by a deal with the owner of Variety magazine.โ€ฆ
Published on June 22, 2015
By Iris Barker

Going to Greece? Stock Up Some Cash!

Experts recommend travelers visiting Greece stock up cash for at least 3-4 days for trouble-free existence, reports Bloomberg.
Published on June 22, 2015
By Iris Barker

North Korea Found Anti-MERS treatment

Pharmaceutical company from North Korea was able to create a drug "Kymdan-2", which is very effective for the treatment of MERS coronavirus and preventing its spread, according to a statementโ€ฆ
Published on June 19, 2015
By Iris Barker

The Chinese Took the First Place Among Foreign Purchases of US Property

Chinese buyers took the first place among the foreigners who buy housing in the United States. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Published on June 19, 2015
By Iris Barker

Countries That May Disappear

Have you ever wondered what a world would live in if some of the countries disappeared?
Published on June 18, 2015
By Iris Barker

Airbus Goes Ahead Boeing

European aircraft concern Airbus Group SE beats its main rival Boeing Co. by the number of orders at the air show in Le Bourget, after signing the contract for theโ€ฆ
Published on June 18, 2015
By Iris Barker

Nestle to Demolish Maggi Stockpiles

The Swiss company Nestle announced its intention to desmolish stockpiles of Maggi instant noodles worth more than $ 50 million after the Indian regulator has imposed a ban on productionโ€ฆ
Published on June 16, 2015
By Iris Barker

Should We Be Afraid of Military Increase in China?

China ranks second in the world in terms of spending on the armed forces (the first is the United States). Last year, Beijing spent 188 billion dollars on the needsโ€ฆ
Published on June 16, 2015
By Iris Barker

Shell Gets Stuck in Seattle

Environmentalists blocked the drilling platform Shell Polar Pioneer, which is going to leave the port of Seattle (USA) to the shores of Alaska to begin drilling offshore.
Published on June 15, 2015
By Iris Barker

US Markets Ups and Downs

The volume of industrial production in the US decreased by 0.2% in May 2015 compared with the previous month, the Federal Reserve System report said.
Published on June 15, 2015
By Iris Barker

A Storm in The Global Energy Market

The consumption of gas, oil and coal in the world has slowed sharply. Developed economies have learned to grow without additional volumes of energy. There is storm in the energyโ€ฆ
Published on June 11, 2015
By Iris Barker

Robin Hood is Getting Unpopular

In the world of inequality, an egalitarian robber always been an attractive character - from the English Robin Hood to the US Jesse James. Many countries like to make heroesโ€ฆ
Published on June 11, 2015
By Iris Barker

Samsung Presented A New Full-Transparent Display

Division of Samsung displays Samsung Display Co. presented transparent and mirrored OLED-displays in the exhibition Retail Asia Expo 2015 in Hong Kong. This was reported in a statement.
Published on June 10, 2015
By Iris Barker

EP to Hold Russia Back

June 10, Wednesday, at the plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs approved a resolution based on the report of the Lithuanian deputy Gabrielius Landsbergis. 494 deputies supported the draft resolution ofโ€ฆ
Published on June 10, 2015
By Iris Barker

Key Advertiser is Leaving Google for Dropbox

Google could not keep one of the main advertisers, who prefer to go to Dropbox. Vice-president of the advertising department was such a valuable employee, that one day he wasโ€ฆ
Published on June 9, 2015
By Iris Barker

Credit Suisse: What to Expect from World Economies?

At the end of 2014, the US was the only bright spot among the world's largest economies. China's economic growth had slowed, Europe was on the brink of deflation, andโ€ฆ
Published on June 9, 2015
By Iris Barker

Moody’s: the Way out of the EU Will Hit Britain

The experts of Moody's rating agency identified the main risks that could result in a downgrade of the UK credit rating in the future.
Published on June 8, 2015
By Iris Barker

Why Uber is Unlikely to Succeed in China

According to the research company Enfodesk, the market of online services for the taxi in China was divided between the two local players: Kuaidi Dache (56,5% of the market) andโ€ฆ
Published on June 8, 2015
By Iris Barker

Why Still Fahrenheit?

In fact, all countries in the world, excluding the United States, measure the temperature on the Celsius scale. This is logical: the Celsius scale is very reasonable defines 0 degreesโ€ฆ
Published on June 5, 2015
By Iris Barker

The US Lifted the Ban from ‘Viagra for Women’

After two taboos and the following strong lobbying campaign, the US officially approved flibanserin - the world's first drug for restoring sexual desire in women. It is reported by Theโ€ฆ
Published on June 5, 2015
By Iris Barker

Chinese Nonconformism

25 years ago, the Chinese authorities brutally suppressed the protests by broke up a demonstration in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Today, non-conformism took new forms - in particular in art.
Published on June 4, 2015
By Iris Barker

Israel’s Ministry of Culture Called on Paris to Dismiss the Head of the Orange

The Minister of Culture of Israel Miri Regev urged France, which owns a large stake in telecom giant Orange, to dismiss the chairman of the company Stefane Richard, after heโ€ฆ
Published on June 4, 2015
By Iris Barker

How Much Will FIFA lose without Sepp Blatter?

So, Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter is going away. Many companies are concerned about corruption scandals that preceded his resignation after the election victory โ€“ after all, they put a lot ofโ€ฆ
Published on June 3, 2015
By Iris Barker

Experiments at Record Power are Launched on LHC

Researchers have begun to receive scientific data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with record energy collisions of protons - 13 teraelectronvolt. This is about twice the previous value, whichโ€ฆ
Published on June 3, 2015
By Iris Barker

Billionaires Problems

Quora A&Q site tells about some of the difficulties faced by billionaires.
Published on June 2, 2015
By Iris Barker

Joint Arab Force – a Dream or Reality?

While some countries in the Middle East such as Yemen are experiencing acute domestic problems and artificially create a crisis, a number of Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia, are activelyโ€ฆ
Published on June 2, 2015
By Iris Barker

A New Greece Representative in the IMF Has Remitted Her Position

Earlier Elena Panaritis was nominated by an informal committee headed by Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis, which includes Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis, Greece Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis andโ€ฆ
Published on June 1, 2015
By Iris Barker

New Supersonic Cruise Missile in China – a Challenge for the United States

According to the results of tests of a new supersonic anti-ship missile YJ-18, Chinese experts have called it โ€œthe best in its classificationโ€. The National Interest writes what the Washingtonโ€ฆ
Published on June 1, 2015
By Iris Barker

What a responsible investor should do to prevent climate change

Institutional investors around the world โ€” including pension funds, insurance companies, charity foundations and universities โ€” fight against a problem of a divestment oil and the coal-mining companies. Of course,โ€ฆ
Published on May 29, 2015
By Iris Barker

EAEU Signs the Free-Trade Agreement with Vietnam

The countries of the Euroasian economic union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed the agreement on free trade.
Published on May 29, 2015
By Iris Barker

IT Giants: Girls are Welcomed

Analysts at Deutsche Bank published a study in which they analyzed the job of high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. It is reported by Business Insider.
Published on May 28, 2015
By Iris Barker

The German Authorities Check the System of Hiring Pilots

Yesterday it became known that the German city of Koblenzโ€™ prosecutors launched an investigation into the staffing agency that hires pilots and deliver them to lease to low-cost airlines Ryanair.โ€ฆ
Published on May 28, 2015
By Iris Barker

FIFA Senior Officials Are Arrested on Charges of Corruption

FIFA officials arrested are today accused of extortion and taking bribes worth more than $ 150 million, it said in a statement of the US Ministry of Justice.
Published on May 27, 2015
By Iris Barker

International Symposium on Climate Change Opens in Rome

The international symposium devoted to problems of climate change, where about 20 experts from the different countries participate, opened on Wednesday in the Italian capital.
Published on May 27, 2015
By Iris Barker

Spain Faces ‘Olive Ebola’

A virus which botanists have already called ยซan olive Ebolaยป threatens Spanish olives, following the Italian plantations. The bacterium for the first time was found in the south of Italyโ€ฆ
Published on May 26, 2015
By Iris Barker

Five Bubbles of QE programme

At the beginning of this year, the European central bank started the program of repayment of assets of 60 billion euros a month. However, with the first signs of turbulenceโ€ฆ
Published on May 26, 2015
By Iris Barker

The Bank of Vatican’s Profit Rose More than 20 Times

The bank connects positive results with reduction of operating expenses, successful trade operations with securities, and increase of transparency, thanks to the carried-out reforms.
Published on May 25, 2015
By Iris Barker

Thailand Sends a Landing Craft to Help Illegal Migrants

Naval Forces of the country will bring refugees to Malaysia and Indonesia who agreed to organize a provisional asylum in their territory.
Published on May 25, 2015
By Iris Barker

Why We Must Not be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is perhaps the most important technologies that we develop in this decade. This is a great opportunity for humanity, rather than a threat. What is AI? Peter Diamandis,โ€ฆ
Published on May 21, 2015
By Iris Barker

Hewlett-Packard Sells Half of its Chinese Business

American IT-company Hewlett-Packard (HP) sells 51% of its Chinese business H3C Technologies Co., dealing with the issue of network equipment, to the Chinese company Tsinghua Holdings, said in a statementโ€ฆ
Published on May 21, 2015
By Iris Barker

Dubai’s authorities Tightened the Rules of the Dress Code for Tourists

Dubai authorities have expanded the measures to comply with the dress code of tourists and visitors in public places, write UAE media.
Published on May 20, 2015
By Iris Barker

The Five Largest Banks in the World Were Accused of Manipulating the Forex Market

The five largest banks in the world are expected to be found guilty of a criminal offense and sentenced to a cumulative fine of more than $ 5 billion forโ€ฆ
Published on May 20, 2015
By Iris Barker

China Overtook France in Vineyards

China overtook France in the vineyards area, taking in the world ranking second only to Spain. In terms of wine production China, however, remains on the 8th place in theโ€ฆ
Published on May 19, 2015
By Iris Barker

Two Sides of Italy

After three years of recession, Italy's economy in the first three months of the year increased by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter.
Published on May 19, 2015
By Iris Barker