Humans have been content creators since as far back as the history of humankind goes. Long before the term “content” existed, people produced it in the form of stone carvings and shadow puppetry.
It has since evolved to books, movies, television programs and, most recently, TikTok videos. The snowball ...
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The Blogs
Fitch Solutions sees a brightening outlook for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2022, as the region begins to shake-off some of the worst effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and moves toward greater economic normalisation.
Indeed, as oil production picks up, in line with a recovery in ...
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Private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021. Buyout deal value reached an all-time high of $1.1 trillion, doubling 2020’s total of $577 billion and shattering the previous record of $804 billion set in 2006 during the exuberant run-up to the global financial crisis. Deal size, not deal count, ...
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Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered the statement on behalf of a cross-regional Core Group of France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Qatar, Turkey, the USA, and the UK.
UN Human Rights Council 49: UK cross-regional Core Group statement introduce Item 4 resolution on ...
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Joint Op-Ed by the Ambassador of France, H.E. Ms. Véronique Vouland-Aneini, and the Ambassador of Germany, H.E. Mr. Bernhard Kampmann, on the War in Ukraine
Three weeks after Russia launched its brutal invasion, violence is raging in Ukraine. Three million people have already been forced to flee. France and Germany ...
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A recent tweet by Saudi journalist Khalid Almatrafi contained a thought-provoking article on "How does the Ukrainian crisis end?" An article written by Henry Kissinger in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea. As if the article was written for these days, as expressed by the journalist.
Below is the ...
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The Metaverse Could Shape the Future of the Financial Sector, Suggests Hasan Al Fardan, CEO at Al Fardan Exchange L.L.C
The question ‘Where do you see the future of the industry in ten years’, is one that most business leaders have been asked at some point. And with good reason. ...
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Excessive positivity, also known as toxic positivity, has been defined by the Psychological Group-Fort Lauderdale as the "Overgeneralization of a happy optimistic state that results in the denial, minimization and invalidation of the authentic human emotional experience.”
Toxic positivity is becoming somewhat of a phenomenon that is hypnotizing large groups ...
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Have you ever heard of the success depression? Why do we sometimes feel unhappy after reaching our goals? We all ask ourselves these type of questions after getting promoted, buying a new car or perhaps getting married. In reality, happiness is an end product of chemical reactions in the ...
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Why the advent of decentralized finance (DeFi) and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will usher the dawn of finance 2.0, and how this will affect traditional finance spelling a possible end for commercial banks’ monopoly over money markets.
Can You See What is Happening?
Now, it gets interesting. DeFi will provide ...
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Why the advent of decentralized finance (DeFi) and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will usher the dawn of finance 2.0, and how this will affect traditional finance spelling a possible end for commercial banks’ monopoly over money markets.
Enter DeFi
Decentralized finance, DeFi for short, is a term used to ...
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The shifting perception of "basic necessities" and humans' coping mechanisms that made them irrational consuming-beings.
Since the beginning of time, all cultures continuously create additional needs and classify them as basic, and the more emerging needs there are, the more inflated our understanding of “basic-needs” becomes.
Basic-needs are identified by ...
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Why the advent of decentralized finance (DeFi) and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will usher the dawn of finance 2.0, and how this will affect traditional finance spelling a possible end for commercial banks’ monopoly over money markets.
For Starters
Innovation is usually thought of as a constructive process that furthers ...
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Many years ago, an influential figure in the management field questioned the significance of asking candidates "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?", and the fact that it was embraced by recruiters as a standard interview question. But what if it’s actually meaningless and bears no realistic answer?For ...
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Understanding what consumers want and how they behave is an essential part of every company's strategy in order to meet expectations . With an increasing number of consumers depending on social media and online platforms to shop around and review products and services, social listening became a crucial skill ...
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While a more traditional approach to work in the past may have been to aim for a career path with one or two companies, things are changing. As the workforce becomes younger and more dynamic, many people opt for working briefly in one position after another rather than staying ...
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One of the most common challenges that marketeers face is convincing executives of the importance of allocating budgets for brand equity-building activities. The reason for this is that chief financial officers (CFOs) or budget owners often measure the feasibility of different non-operating expenses based on return on investment and ...
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As professionals, at some point we all feel pressure and experience desperate times within stressful environments. Therefore, it is important to understand how stress and negativity can stand in the way of achieving something exceptional, why the impacts of stress can be physically and mentally restraining, and how staying ...
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