By Dean Xu
On October 21, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a multi-billion dollar deal with Great Britain on his four-day visit to the country. Despite the magnitude of Chinese investment to finance projects of mutual interests, American and European criticism gave business a grain of salt.
By Issac Greenwood
Since its onset over four years ago, the Syrian conflict has claimed over 250,000 lives and forced 11 million civilians to flee as refugees.
By Sanjana Sethi
Aliceana Belling, 3, perusing the local departmental store for a Halloween costume, walks right past the rows of pink princess dresses straight to the superhero outfits. She asks, “Why can’t girls save the world?”
By Samantha Torre
Sunday, October 25, 2015 may become an influential day in the lives of unionized General Motors workers across the country.
By Isaac Greenwood
During his recent visit to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani encouraged American private investment in the soon-to-be unrestricted Iranian economy.
By Sanjana Sethi
In the wake of the last millennium, the United Nations Millennium Project spearheaded a global concerted pursuit to eradicate poverty. Nations and leading global institutions congregated to commit to a series of quantified and time-bound targets that came to be known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
By Dean Xu
In the 19th century, “Made in Germany” had been introduced by the British to mark inferior goods coming from Germany. However, this label has since evolved into a seal of quality and product reliability.
By Dylan Magee
With the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan decreasing by tens of thousands each year since 2011, the once stable war economy that was headed by over $130 billion donated by countries across the globe since the Taliban’s fall in 2001 is on the edge of a cliff ready to plummet into another period of rampant corruption and depression.
By Hunter Bosson
After nearly a decade in the works, the largest trade deal in history is on track for ratification. Initiated by the Bush administration in 2008, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has evolved, largely in secret, into a vast treaty President Obama seeks to make into his crowning achievement.
By Sang Hyun Park
Taking the first-class seat on her plane to Seoul late last year, Cho Hyun-Ah ‘99 would not have known that an unopened bag of macadamia nuts would cost her a job and a prison sentence.
By Jeffrey Fung
Something that was meant to be a unification of several European nations has now turned into a situation filled with turmoil and confrontations.
By Shohini Kundu
Merely 30 years ago, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone announced his desire to transform Japan into an “unsinkable aircraft carrier”. Three decades later, Japan cannot plug the holes of that carrier fast enough to keep it from sinking. Is there a lesson the U.S. can take from Japan?
By Andrew Billiter
In 2007, in response to widespread discontent over Apple’s refusal to divulge any details about the company’s carbon footprint, Steve Jobs penned a letter promising greater transparency and a shift to more sustainable practices across the corporation.
By Ethan Coy
Navigating the financial markets is all about predicting the future. Yet very few of the brightest minds in finance foresaw the precipitous crash in oil prices that began late last year. Not even Carl Icahn, one of the most respected fund managers in history.
By Paulina Kang
The luxury hotel market is on the rise, creating increased competition that will generate a need for luxury hotel companies to refocus their business strategies according to its dynamic market preferences.
By Reed Boehringer
Current agricultural and food consumption practices are unsustainable, and so a new wave of food-technology startups are hoping to reform the way the world eats.
By Andrew Billiter
Three months after the initial announcement in February by CEO Elon Musk, Tesla Motors recently revealed the Powerwall, a line of rechargeable battery units for residential and commercial use.
By Sang Hyun Park
Google is moving into the $189 billion market for wireless service with Project Fi, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) created in partnership with T-Mobile U.S. and Sprint.
By Sang Hyun Park
In light of a growing fossil fuel divestment movement, banks and investors are limiting their financial exposure to coalmining companies.
By Andrew Billiter
The Chinese economy posted disappointing growth figures again earlier this week, continuing the trend of slowing economic growth reported since 2012.