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The IMF oracle: things slow down
The director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that the growth rate for both 2014 and 2015 is lower than expected and is committed to investment (public and private) as a measure to boost economic activity. Although the data will not be presented by the IMF for another two weeks, Lagarde outlined…
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Yes, touched and sunk! Although not only Gowex
The other day we were echoing the news about the Wi-Fi operator Gowex and the accusations made against this company by a consultant. I don’t know if it was a speculative move on the part of the accusing company or if there was something true in all of it. The news does not stop regarding…
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Can technology solve our big problems?
We bring you here a TED conference that seems very timely in these times of scarcity where it seems difficult to prioritize efforts and direct resources. In it, renowned Anglo-American journalist Jason Pontin takes a detailed look at the challenges we face in using technology effectively… that is, for the problems that really matter. The…
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What is innovation? Innovation is you… Well, your ideas!
Many times we do not know how to describe what innovation is. Its definition always slips through our fingers. Innovation has generated plans, policies, MBAs, academic discussions, public agencies for its promotion… but we have never fully conceptualized it. In this video, which is already a couple of years old, innovation is shown in a…
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Science has no woman’s name
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (former European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science) has presented the report She Figures 2013 on the status of women in science. Once again, the data presented shows that we are far from achieving gender equality in the field of research. Specifically, the report reveals that only three, if three, out of every…
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€uroScam
Our friend Guillermo Cruz, exceptional director and committed person where he finds them, has just released his documentary €uroEstafa. An energetic and forceful review of the causes of the unparalleled crisis that Spain has suffered and is suffering. We may disagree on some issues or miss other ways of understanding what happened, but that does…
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Do they fire me and also pay the Treasury?
After the converted decision of the Spanish Treasury to introduce taxation for severance pay and to plan in its tax reform a minimum exemption of 2,000 euros; the entity itself has initiated a series of contacts with various social agents to press opinions on it. It is expected that this collection of opinions will close…
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The invasion of the robots
As of this month (July 2014), the largest news agency in the United States, Associated Press will make most of the news that it produces about the quarterly results of the companies, stop being written by reporters and be generated through robots. Using technology from the company Automated Insights combined with data from the Zacks…
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Touched and sunk?
Touched. This is how to find Gowex. After several days of speculation about its sharp collapse, its shares have been suspended from trading before the opening of the day. The Alternative Stock Market (MAB) has asked you to detail an action plan in response to the report by Gothan City Research. This action has generated…