by globalpro | Apr 14, 2020 | Finance
U2 singer lobbies South Korean president and corporate bosses to secure equipmentIn the global scramble for medical equipment and diagnostic kits to fight the coronavirus, Ireland has found an edge: Bono. The U2 singer has lobbied South Koreas president, Moon Jae-in,...
by globalpro | Apr 14, 2020 | Finance
Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” that Chegg, a public edtech company, took part in. According to Frank founder and CEO Charlie Javice, previous investors...
by globalpro | Apr 13, 2020 | Finance
Beijing could either take control of other countries assets or forgive debt to boost its soft power, experts say, as economic fallout widensAs the coronavirus pandemic causes global economic devastation, China could take control of debt-struck nations assets at an...
by globalpro | Apr 13, 2020 | Finance
(CNN)Here’s a look at the life of the founder of Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson. Birth name: Richard Charles Nicholas BransonFather: Edward Branson, lawyer Mother: Eve (Huntley-Flindt) Branson, flight attendantMarriages: Joan (Templeman) Branson...
by globalpro | Apr 13, 2020 | Finance
WIRED is usually about solutions, which has been hard in the past few weeks as Covid-19 continued its deadly trek across the world. For a while there, it felt like the biggest questions were: What is going on? And when will it end? This week, the tech and science folk...
by globalpro | Apr 12, 2020 | Finance
The U.K. government, like a number of other countries around the world such as the U.S., has stepped up its pace in providing relief in the form of loans for businesses being impacted by the coronavirus health crisis and the related shutdown that we’ve seen...
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