Mark Bristow, the CEO of Barrick Gold, may know a thing or two about political volatility. While the mining company is based in Toronto, he is South African by heritage. “Very clearly the market is telling you there is only…
Capitol Hill has an idea to save money. This year’s National Defense Authorization Act—which designates the Pentagon’s budget and expenditure—suggests that the Army may want to assign a program executive office to gather open-source intelligence. The assumption verges on the…
With almost $10 billion in cash on hand and a voracious appetite for content, Netflix is positioned to inject fresh life into proven genres and rescue flailing productions. The streamer may not have as much gargantuan spending power as Amazon…
No one has more at stake in a degraded Mexican economy than Carlos Slim Helú. The 85-year-old deal maker has earned much of his wealth in the domestic telecommunications industry, while expanding aggressively into consumer goods and infrastructure. His businesses,…
Riyadh wasted little time in setting the tone for bilateral ties with the United States. Just days after the inauguration, Crown Prince Mohammed spoke with President Trump, promising $600 billion in investment over the next four years. The figure is…
The cast of tech titans behind the Trump inauguration podium is broadly interpreted as a sign of new-found alignment between Washington and Silicon Valley. Given legacy hostilities, the theatrics of Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Musk showing their deference to the incoming…
El Segundo, California is trend forward in the innovation business. The near-LAX city is an unlikely spigot for the next generation of American startups. Venture capitalists find fresh opportunity there in military-related projects, channeling patriotism. Silicon Valley once considered investing…
Sado Island offers nostalgia for many Japanese. It is the site where workers for the Tokugawa Shogunate achieved almost perfect purity in its gold production through handicraft methods. In the 1600s, the mines were responsible for as much as ten…
Walmart shuttered its health clinics and sold-off its telehealth business in recent months, amid widespread industry surprise. The convention was that the retail giant had deep enough pockets to make the business strategy work. Apparently, it was unwilling to hemorrhage…
Some international investors seem oddly troubled at prospects for India with a chastened Modi at its helm. There should be relief in the election results. Fresh economic reform may address the severe unemployment that is a curse on the Indian…