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Aaron Wens on the Lifecycle of Your Ocean-Going Vessel Investments

The Startup Magazine

The maritime business is fully globalized, and a ship will often travel great distances. Some of the best-known shipyards are in China, Japan, and South Korea. Aaron Wens , a marine engineer with 16 years’ experience, explains the life cycle of an ocean-going vessel. Shipbuilding Areas.

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Dog Days of Summer

thebarefootvc

As the United States celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th, several jurisdictions around the world, including South Korea, Bermuda and Malta, passed legislation to support crypto assets and virtual currencies. Of these, South Korea’s appears the most detailed by providing a classification scheme as a framework for regulation.

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[Infographic] How The Digital World Fuels The Physical Economy

YoungUpstarts

And it’s growing rapidly too – global internet use is increasing, which also leads to increased GDP and thus creating jobs and wealth. But India, China and South Korea are poised to take larger slices of the Internet pie with the largest growth in the global web ecosystem.

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[Infographic] Economy And Education: How America Is Falling Behind

YoungUpstarts

In the second half of the 20th century, the United States was the global leader in education, supplying the largest number highly qualified people in its adult labor force of any country in the world. By 2020, the U.S. By 2020, the U.S. In fact, if the U.S. In fact, if the U.S.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Taking his name a little too literally, Awesome decided that he needed fiat currency like that introduced by his distant cousin Kublai in China. Because Iran, North Korea, drug cartels, tax evaders, and money launderers are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions, bank laws, taxes, and pretty much violate every lawful economic law on the books.

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Taking Your Startup Global

ReadWriteStart

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

and China threatens to escalate, 5G wireless technology has emerged as one of the major fronts in the long-term competition between the two superpowers. currently trails China and South Korea in 5G development, a situation which puts America at a disadvantage if it is not addressed. As a tariff war between the U.S.