July 2019
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It is surprising to know how many business owners don’t know the difference between profit and revenue. They believe that just because money is coming into their business, they are actually making it. Money coming into your business is not yours until expenses have been paid. Once these expenses are paid, the remaining is the…
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The American market for almost everything is huge, but it’s not large enough for many entrepreneurs. For these growth-minded business owners, the rest of the world is their oyster. Seeking international growth by going global as an importer-exporter offers opportunity aplenty. Some of the specific advantages presented by successfully growing globally include: You can extend…
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A CEO’s schedule is especially important to a firm’s financial success, which raises a few questions: What do they do all day? Can they be more efficient time managers? Professor Raffaella Sadun and his colleagues at Harvard Business School set out to find some answers to these questions. Why did you come in late on Tuesday? Did…
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A U.K. newspaper has published more leaked memos revealing a British ambassador’s blunt assessments of the Trump administration, including one in which the envoy to Washington claimed President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal to spite predecessor Barack Obama. In the May 2018 cable published by the Mail on Sunday, U.K. Ambassador…
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Oby Ezekwesili has described the backlash against President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspended Ruga settlement initiative as definitive proof that he governs over a very divided nation. The Ruga settlements were supposed to be set up in many states to accommodate animal farmers, not just cattle herders, and provide necessary and adequate basic amenities. For years, nomadic…
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Jesus said to know him was to know God. To see him was to see God. To believe in him was to believe in God. To receive him was to receive God. To hate him was to hate God. And to honor him was to honor God. Watching massive crowds follow Jesus, the Jewish Pharisees and Sadducees decided to be…
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Charismatic animals such as tigers and elephants are endangered and their popularity itself may be making the situation worse. Researchers have identified the ten most charismatic animals worldwide, and all of them are endangered. And, paradoxically, popularity could be making their chances of survival even worse. Previous studies have found that ‘charismatic megafauna’ such as lions,…
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Four thousand Nigerian refugees mostly from Adamawa state are due to be repatriated from Cameroon, media reports confirm. Arrangements to evacuate the Nigerians who fled their homes due to Boko Haram insurgency were concluded on Monday. The planned repatriation is facilitated by a Technical Working Group for Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon. Sadiya Umaru…
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Millions of Africans were forcefully taken from their homes and sold into slavery during the years of the Transatlantic slave trade. Unfortunately, it is hard to trace every single African who found themselves in the Caribbean, America or Europe mainly because white slave traders had not kept names in documents. Moreover, the names of Africans…
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To varying degrees, we act in ways that are opposed to God’s ways. Just take a quick scan of the news on any given day…racism, murders, sexual abuse, lies, greed, corruption, terrorism, wars, etc. As people we have a great way of messing up our lives and the lives of others. God sees us as…
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The paper, titled ‘A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa?’ stated that countries in the region tended to lag behind those in most other regions in the world in terms of governance and corruption. Eighty per cent of sub-Saharan African countries (36 out of 45) score below the global average in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions…
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Roger Lowenstein begins his new biography of Warren Buffett with a disclaimer. He reveals that he is a longtime investor in Berkshire Hathaway, the company that under Buffett’s guidance has seen its share price rise in 33 years from $7.60 to approximately $30,000. In reviewing Lowenstein’s book, it is very wise to begin with a disclaimer, too,…
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Since the turn of the 21st century, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the human brain. Neuroscientists’ research helps us now recognize the role of the right and left hemisphere, how males develop more slowly than females in adolescence, the importance of the pre-frontal cortex, and what causes us to both remember…
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What’s the background? After World War II, China went through a civil war. This ended with the communist forces of Mao Zedong forcing the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek to retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Chiang and his supporters took over the island and set up a dictatorship. Since then, Taiwan has claimed its independence…
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The State Department on Thursday cleared a massive arms deal for Taiwan, worth up to $1.3 billion. The move comes as at a time when the Trump administration continues to rely on China to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear weapons program. The potential package includes seven different items sought by the Taiwanese…
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