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The Missing Entrepreneurs
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2015 looks at European entrepreneurship policies that contribute to social inclusion by providing opportunities to start and run businesses for those that are disadvantaged and under-represented among the self–employed. It focuses on support for youth, women, seniors, …
Banking Union Before Euro Adoption: Flak Jacket or Straitjacket?
By John Bluedorn, Anna Ilyina and Plamen Iossifov All European Union members, except Denmark and the United Kingdom, are expected under EU treaties to eventually adopt the euro. Six Central and Eastern EU members – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, …
Medical devices in TTIP
The European Affairs Consulting Group The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, for short TTIP, has provoked considerable discussion of both its merits and drawbacks. Although rarely mentioned in the public arena, the medical devices sector deserves closer attention. The …
Europe’s Most Notorious Jewel Thieves
This article has been brought to you by Strong Hair Formula. Strong Hair Formula prevents hair loss. Everyone thought the Pink Panther gang would vanish—especially after the 2012 arrest of one of its leaders. Instead, the jewel thieves have started …
UK’s Scariest Debt Collector off to Greece
Ten years ago Shaun Smith was an enforcer for one of the biggest crime families in Liverpool and embroiled in a war against a rival drug gang. Shaun introduced urban terrorism to the British underworld. He sprayed up houses with …
The Wrath of Draghi: Bailed-Out German Megabank Imposes “Negative Interest Rates”
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Commerzbank, Germany’s second-largest bank, a toppling marvel of ingenuity during the Financial Crisis that was bailed out by ever dutiful if unenthusiastic taxpayers, will now reward these very folks with what Germans have come to look …
The absence of national adjustment tools is the reason why Eurozone countries continue to struggle
Alison Johnston is Assistant Professor in Comparative Political Economy at Oregon State University. Aidan Regan is Lecturer in European political economy at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) in University College Dublin (UCD), and Co-Director of the Dublin …
Ten years of EU design law
David Stone, Partner, Intellectual Property, Simmons & Simmons LLP It is not very often that new IP rights are born – and even rarer that they should turn ten years old. This year, EU-wide design law celebrates that significant milestone, …
The Human Brain Project: Unraveling the mysteries of the mind
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Magazine The inner workings of the mind to a large extent remain a mystery. However, a pioneering team of scientists working on the Human Brain Project (HBP), led by Professor Henry Markram, is taking neuroscientific …