A friend of mine whose family emigrated to the United States from Argentina when he was a child recently told me that he would never have been able to start his small business in his country because he was not born in the right class. No one in the United States cares about his origins, he said. They cared about what he could do.My friend isn’t rich, but he’s comfortable, with a full-time job and a solid furniture reselling business. It’s a story worth telling as Forbes magazine released its annual list of 400 richest Americansa record number of 42…
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It’s not often like that George Clooney is overshadowed, but the veteran star was overshadowed by his pregnant wife Amal Friday evening in Paris. The couple, who wait twinswas at the forefront of glamor as a host of stars walked the red carpet at the 42nd Cesar ceremony at the Salle Pleyel in the French capital. But it was human rights lawyer Amal, 39 years oldwho inevitably claimed the spotlight thanks to her growing baby bump as she greeted photographers shortly before heading inside. Source: dailymail.co.uk Learn more here. RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, The Greek…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit E-mail There is never a shortage of fascinating studies in the field of digital news and social media. This year, we’re highlighting 10 of the most compelling academic articles and reports published in 2017, which tackle important topics like venture-backed startups, artificial intelligence, personal branding, and propagation misinformation. We spoke with a small group of academics to choose the ones we think you’ll want to know about – and remember, this is just a sample. Many thanks to everyone who contributed their suggestions. on Twitter. This article was first published by Niéman Laboratory. ———————————————— “Paying for…
Wine industry organizations gear up for battle as .wine domains are approved. © Fotolia/Wine-Searcher | . The international wine industry and the French are preparing to launch a battle against the Internet over the domain name suffixes “.vin” and “.wine”. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said that after a 60-day review, it found no problems with the process that gave preliminary approval in March to the opening of new areas. An ICANN statement, referring to the process of launching new domain names, said that “parties with standing were given the opportunity to file formal objections… In…
In today’s world, where even the most basic facts are distorted and disputed based on partisan viewpoint, disinformation is rife on social networks. And there is no subject for which this is more true than most partisan question of everything in the United States today: climate change.This week, a false claim about volcanoes posted on Twitter went viral. The tweet claimed that the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia on Tuesday “released more CO2 than any car driven in history. Climate change is natural.” This volcano released more CO2 than any car driven in history. Climate change is natural. Calling…
Domingos Fezas Vital, Portuguese Ambassador to the United States Loretta Brennan Glucksman’s great-grandparents all emigrated from Ireland. They were coal miners, brewers and bakers, and all four ended up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anthony Tamburri, on the other hand, grew up in a very Italian neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut. And Eleni Kounalakis is the daughter of a Greek real estate developer from the village of Rizes. Today, Glucksman directs the American Ireland Fund and co-chairs the Glucksman House Ireland at New York University. Tamburri is the dean of Calandra Italian-American Institute at Queens College in New York. And Kounalakis is the…
We have come to this.Because of debt ceiling crisis, a corner of the financial markets sees the American government as a riskier borrower over the next month than Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Mexico, the Philippines and a host of other countries that have never been considered pillars of the modern global financial system.Do not mistake yourself. I hold Treasuries in my personal portfolio and, with one notable exception, there is no indication so far that investors around the world are abandoning Treasuries – or the US dollar or the US stock market, for that matter. elsewhere. The United States is at…
Greek Ambassador to Washington Katerina Nasika, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield. Photo source: Ministry of Culture Actions to go further to strenghten cooperation between Greece and the United States in the field of culture and heritage, was at the top of the agenda of the talks between the Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni and Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield in Washington this week. Mendoni informed Satterfield of the 2nd workshop on the protection of cultural heritage of the effects of climate…
Wine-Searcher is delighted to introduce its new Wine Director, who has three decades of experience in the wine trade. How did you get into wine? I spent a summer working at an unlicensed business before going to college – it was across the street from my family’s house. It was an old school chain called Gough Brothers. When I returned home at Christmas to look for work, the store had become a Oddbins. The year was 1988 and Oddbins was the most exciting place to work in the wine business then. I had a wonderful manager, Susan Hodge, who made…
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