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A quarter-century after the handover, is Hong Kong still attractive as a business hub?
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 29, 2022
Crackdowns by Beijing and severe COVID restrictions have undermined its status. Friday marks the anniversary of the transfer of control.
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Why Nicaraguan businesses can't take PayPal
by
Molly Wood
Apr 16, 2015
“Pay securely. Here, there, anywhere.” That’s the slogan currently on PayPal’s website, and one of the central promises for digital payments of all kinds. But so far, the promise isn’t accessible “anywhere.” For instance: Nicaragua. On the country’s Pacific coast, in a remote beach town, there is a Spanish school called Pie de Gigante. It draws an […]
Narendra Modi's 100th day as prime minister
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 2, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to Sruthijith KK, editor of Quartz India.
The Chinese New Year: A 2 week holiday everywhere?
Feb 6, 2014
When two weeks leads to two months of manufacturing delays.
Don't have a visa to work here? I have some office space to rent you in the ocean
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2013
A new tech venture wants to reel entrepreneurs in as close to Silicon Valley as possible without the need for a visa. The lure is a crusie ship 12 nautical miles off the shore of Half Moon Bay, Calif.