March, 2016

• 12 March

  YPO’s annual EDGE conference concludes in Dubai

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), the world’s premier network of chief executives and business leaders, concluded its flagship event, YPO EDGE, in Dubai, where it hosted more than 2,400 senior business leaders from more than 90 countries. Change agents and industry disruptors from different fields shared innovative ideas and business models at the 2016 YPO EDGE. From ...

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• 12 March

  Trump under fire from rivals for rally violence in Chicago

  

  Chicago / AFP Donald Trump is under fire from rivals who blamed his incendiary rhetoric for a violent outbreak Friday between protestors and supporters at the Republican frontrunner’s rally in Chicago. Trump cancelled the event after demonstrators scuffled with his supporters and police struggled to maintain order, with hundreds of protesters showing up. “When you have a campaign that affirmatively ...

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• 12 March

  Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

  PARIS / AFP Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars’ atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still. ExoMars 2016, the first of a two-phase Mars exploration, will see an orbiter hoisted from Kazakhstan at 0931 GMT Monday on a Russian Proton rocket. ...

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• 12 March

  EU and Cuba sign agreement, normalize ties in ‘historic step’

  

  Havana / AFP The European Union and Cuba signed a deal to normalize relations, including an agreement on the delicate issue of human rights—a breakthrough just ahead of US President Barack Obama’s historic visit to the island. The agreement, the culmination of nearly two years of negotiations, is a further step toward ending the communist country’s status as a pariah ...

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• 12 March

  With Rousseff’s survival in doubt, eyes turn to protests

  

  BLOOMBERG Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians are gearing up to march in Sunday’s anti-government protests, which could tip the balance against President Dilma Rousseff in her struggle to remain in office. As of Friday evening, more than 360,000 people had signed up on a Facebook page pledging to take part in opposition marches, a 20 percent increase from Thursday morning. ...

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• 12 March

  Battle for Aman Resorts spills over to NY

  

  Bloomberg A battle over 27 of the world’s most luxurious resorts spilled over into a Manhattan bankruptcy court the day after a U.K. court approved a settlement involving two former business partners — American entrepreneur Omar Amanat and Russian-born real estate developer Vladislav Doronin. British Virgin Islands-based Aman Resorts Group Ltd., or ARGL, filed a lawsuit in New York blaming ...

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• 12 March

  Shanghai authorities discuss ways to cool property

  Bloomberg Shanghai authorities held a meeting to discuss measures to cool a surge in property prices after recent frenzied residential homebuying, according to people familiar with the matter. The municipal government’s National Development and Reform Commission held discussions with regional authorities from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) , said the people, who ...

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• 12 March

  Manhattan luxury rental prices fall as condo buyers seek tenants

  

  Bloomberg At One Riverside Park, a new luxury-condo tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a never-lived-in four-bedroom apartment is available for rent at $22,995 a month, about $2,000 less than the owner was seeking in January. The 2,830-square-foot (260-square-meter) dwelling, with floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic views of the Hudson River, has competition for tenants. Forty-five percent of the 161 units ...

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• 12 March

  Yahoo CEO confident of new turnaround plan

  

  Bloomberg Marissa Mayer is hopeful of keeping her job leading Yahoo! Inc. even if the struggling Web pioneer changes hands. Under pressure from investors and facing a potential proxy fight, the chief executive officer has pledged to do what’s best for shareholders as Yahoo reviews alternatives for separating its core internet business from a stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ...

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• 12 March

  Amazon to enter classrooms soon

  

  Relaxnews Amazon is working on a platform aimed at teachers and students. According to Techcrunch the platform will enable educators to host and share course materials and the company has already started targeting teachers with something called the Amazon Education Wait List. A message on the site reads –”Someday soon, educators everywhere will have free and unlimited access to first-class ...

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