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Victor Restis – How COVID-19 Has Affected the Global Shipping Industry

The Startup Magazine

What we’ve experienced while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has me thinking about the worldwide supply chain network and our absolute ignorance in not addressing the detrimental, looming effects of global climate change. states that the spread of the virus globally affected both the markets and vessel operations significantly.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. I know that investors must also be aware of the civil unrest in the UK.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Network Up. Prices down.

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Can Ireland Offer Startups Something Silicon Valley Can’t?

ReadWriteStart

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” Ireland Can Help With Going Global. Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. None has succeeded. “Our Enterprise Ireland has a fund of €10 million to dole out.