eBay opens U.S. platform to Africa with MallforAfrica.com partnership

Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor: Americans can now buy African goods on eBay through the company’s partnership with MallforAfrica.com. Starting this week, products from […]

Will the U.S. Ever Build Another Big Coal Plant? The coal industry is contracting as plants retire and utilities replace them with natural gas and renewables via /r/technology Will the U.S. Ever Build Another Big Coal Plant? The coal industry is contracting as plants retire and […]

How to Bet on Amazon Without Actually Buying Its Insanely Expensive Stock

How to Bet on Amazon Without Actually Buying Its Insanely Expensive Stock It’s hard to knock Amazon, which has disrupted most of retail. Despite a mid-summer slide, Amazon shares are still up more than 30% this year. … at a price/earnings ratio of 207; Grubhub’s P/E […]

We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO This other type of FOMO, the all-news, all-the-time kind, is new enough that nobody has really studied it much, yet of the half-dozen experts in sociology, anthropology, economics, and neurology I spoke to, all […]

L’assassino delle Ramblas ucciso dalla polizia Il suo grido: “Allah Akbar”

L’assassino delle Ramblas ucciso dalla polizia Il suo grido: “Allah Akbar” Barcellona «Abatido», è stato ucciso. Quando le agenzie hanno iniziato a lanciare la notizia, verso le cinque di ieri pomeriggio, c’era ancora incredulità e il sospetto che fosse un altro autogol del sistema d’informazione. Trenta […]