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Apple stock drop fails to deter Magellan from ‘tech spree’

  Bloomberg The decline in Apple Inc.’s share price over the past year has failed to deter one of Australia’s top performing equities managers from boosting its exposure to the iPhone maker and other technology firms as they embark on an “arms race” that’s set to upend global business. Magellan Financial Group Ltd.’s flagship fund is also betting on software ...

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Reviving frescoes

  AFP Deep in the heart of a medieval monastery in Nepal’s remote Upper Mustang region, the battle to restore sacred murals and preserve traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture is in full swing. Tsewang Jigme is among the artists toiling to safeguard the unique cultural heritage of this former Buddhist kingdom high on the Tibetan plateau, which escaped the ravages of ...

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Open office is here to stay

  Bloomberg The open office plan that everybody loves to hate is here to stay. The ideal seating plan still involves sitting almost on top of your co-workers, according to new research from Harvard Business School in collaboration with Cornerstone OnDemand. What changes, however, is who exactly sits next to whom. For two years, researchers followed the seating arrangements and ...

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