The 20th Annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders has recommendations from University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business faculty. It includes books about banking, investing, self-improvement, leadership, and sustainability. There’s a biography, an autobiography, a look back at a landmark Supreme Court decision and an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Continue reading
The InnoVEX exhibit for startups at COMPUTEX 2023 will be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall 2 from May 30 to June 2. As a global platform for startups, InnoVEX 2023 will integrate 5G, AIoT, healthcare technology, metaverse and XR, electric vehicles and smart mobility, green technology, and other innovative solutions. A total of 400 participating startup teams from 22 countries and 8 pavilion countries, including France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Brazil, and Israel, will showcase diverse creativity. Continue reading
Los Angeles-based international film company N FILMS has sealed a momentous $100 million deal with an undisclosed Middle East investment fund. This collaboration will provide meaningful funding, covering up to 75% of the budget, for the production of four upcoming feature films. Continue reading
PKO Bank Polski, the largest universal bank in the Central and Eastern Europe, is accelerating its expansion in virtual worlds. Already on 30 May, in its Virtual PKO Rotunda on the Decentraland platform, it will also hold one of the world’s first virtual job fairs in the Metaverse space. Continue reading
Anistatia Renard Miller, University of Bristol
What makes for the ultimate beer drinking experience? Some like theirs in a frosty glass, others with a wedge of lime. But when it comes to froth – or the head as it’s commonly known – what’s the best amount and how can it be achieved?
Too much froth and you’re left with a smear of bubbles across your face and hanging from your nose as you desperately try to get at the beer beneath. But too little will cause problems in your stomach.
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, or as part of other staff monitoring of economic developments. Continue reading
The exhibition Ink. Space. Time. by Wang Dongling, a world-renowned calligrapher and professor at the China Academy of Art, is held at the University of Cambridge from May 25th to August 27th. The exhibition presents the artist’s monumental contemporary Chinese calligraphy work inspired by Prof. Stephen Hawking. Continue reading
Nespresso’s global brand ambassador George Clooney has been joined by Julia Garner and Simone Ashley in Nespresso’s latest TV advert ‘The Bet’. The superstars highlight the breadth of flavours and styles in Nespresso’s Vertuo range, as George Clooney and Julia Garner jovially compete against each other to guess coffee style choices. Continue reading
May 25, 2023 /Sport/ — Ronaldinho is in Zambia to play in an exhibition match against the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations winning squad. The match will be played on May 26, 2023, at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Ronaldinho is a former Barcelona player and one of the most famous footballers in the world. He is expected to draw a large crowd to the match. The match is being organized by Kings of Africa Sports, a company that promotes football in Africa. The company hopes that the match will help to raise the profile of football in Zambia and attract more investment in the sport. Continue reading
The song “What’s Love Got to Do with It” was written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten. It was recorded by American singer Tina Turner for her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and became Turner’s biggest-selling single. Continue reading