Andreas RichardsonVenture Capital ‘Never waste a crisis’: inside Saudi Arabia’s shopping spree Financial Times - Andrew England, Arash Massoudi“You don’t want to waste a crisis . . . So for us, definitely we are looking into any opportunities.” That was the message delivered by Yasir al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund,
Andreas RichardsonIcon version of the Flipboard logoHelsinki Crime writer Antti Tuomainen: how to do social distancing the Finnish way thetimes.co.uk - Antti Tuomainen
Andreas RichardsonBusiness (Australia) Australia: has the ‘lucky country’ run out of luck? Financial Times - Jamie SmythIt is eerily quiet on the viewing platform at Scenic World, one of Australia’s most popular tourist attractions nestled high up in the Blue Mountains. Normally, tourists would be excitedly chatting away
Andreas RichardsonLifestyle An economist’s rule for making tough life decisions Quartz - Sarah Todd“You must change your life,” Rainer Maria Rilke exhorts readers in the final line of his poem “Archaic Torso of Apollo.” It’s a surprise-twist ending, meant to capture the sudden nature of epiphanies.
Andreas RichardsonLifestyle We’re about to re-enter an office full of half-baked design prototypes Quartz - Anne QuitoForget the pristine, perfectly designed office. As businesses around the world begin to reopen, many workers will find a mess of masking tape, plastic sheets, police tape, floor decals, and a host of design
Andreas RichardsonFood & Dining Pandemic-Baking Britain Has an ‘Obscene’ Need for Flour The New York Times - Geneva AbdulThis article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article, and an accompanying picture caption, misstated the location of the Wessex Mill. It is in Wantage,
Andreas RichardsonAirlines The New Airline Travel: Fewer Flights, More Layovers, Rules for Bathrooms The Wall Street Journal. - Alison SiderAirports and airlines are rolling out temperature checks for crew and, increasingly, passengers, as well as thermal scans to spot people with elevated body temperatures. Face masks are now de rigueur travelers
Andreas RichardsonTechnology A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robots Come and Go The New York Times - Cade Metz and Erin GriffithIf any place was prepared for quarantine, it was Milton Keynes. Two years before the pandemic, a start-up called Starship Technologies deployed a fleet of rolling delivery robots in the small city about
Andreas Richardson Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage Substack - Ranjan Roy There is such a thing as a free lunch Editor’s Note: As this post has gotten a bit of attention, we wanted to add in the name of my friend’s …
Andreas RichardsonSailing Trip of a lifetime with no end in sight -- life on small boats stuck at sea CNN - text by Diane Selkirk, CNN; video by Channon Hodge, CNN(CNN) — While 38-year-olds Leslie and Andrew Godfrey enjoyed a five-day, 750-mile sailing passage from Sri Lanka to the Maldives, the whole world changed. Without internet access, the couple had yet to
Andreas RichardsonIcon version of the Flipboard logoJames Dyson James Dyson interview: how I blew £500m on electric car to rival Tesla thetimes.co.uk - The Sunday Times
Andreas RichardsonHong Kong While the world wasn’t looking, Beijing re-wrote the rules in Hong Kong at startling speed Quartz - Mary HuiCompared to last year, the streets of Hong Kong over the past few months have been largely quiet. Gone are the massive protests, as people stayed home to stave off the pandemic. But away from the global
Andreas RichardsonWomen's News Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown Financial Times - Edward LuceWhen the history is written of how America handled the global era’s first real pandemic, March 6 will leap out of the timeline. That was the day Donald Trump visited the US Centers for Disease Control
Andreas RichardsonNorthern Cyprus Moscow on the Med: Cyprus and its Russians Financial Times - Michael PeelIt was a rich Russian customer who taught Michalis Constantinou an early lesson about succeeding as a high-end jeweller in Limassol. Not long after he opened in the Cypriot coastal resort two decades she
Andreas RichardsonBill Gates Bill Gates Has Regrets The Wall Street Journal. - Betsy McKayFive years ago, Bill Gates warned that the biggest potential killer the world faced wasn’t war, but a pandemic. The billionaire spent hundreds of millions of dollars to find faster ways to develop vaccines
Andreas RichardsonHertz Running out of road: rental car groups fight for survival Financial Times - Peter CampbellEvery May, as the mercury rises and thousands of tourists descend on Barcelona, car-sharing app SocialCar is typically bombarded with a flood of requests. The start-up, which allows drivers to hire out
Andreas RichardsonIcon version of the Flipboard logo Aldo Kane interview: Expedition Volcano, hunting drug traffickers and ‘functional fitness’ thetimes.co.uk - Ben Machell
Andreas Richardson Coronavirus exam cancellations raise questions of what they are for Financial Times - Andrew HillAbout now, millions of British teenagers ought to be preparing for public exams that normally begin this month. Instead, they are pondering uncertain educational outcomes. In March, as the coronavirus
Andreas RichardsonBusiness Boom in Canned Food Means a Boom in Cans, Too The New York Times - Neal E. BoudetteThe restaurants in downtown Hannibal, Mo., have been closed for weeks because of the coronavirus, but on the town’s western outskirts, its largest employer is buzzing. The big General Mills plant that
Andreas RichardsonEmployment Welcome Back to the Office. Your Every Move Will Be Watched. The Wall Street Journal. - Konrad PutzierMany Americans heading back to the factory and the office as the coronavirus pandemic eases will soon begin to notice that their every move is being watched or recorded. In Midtown Manhattan, thermal will
Andreas RichardsonUK News Italy's desperate receive mafia offers they can't refuse bbc.co.uk - Sofia Bettiza As the Covid-19 death toll grows, Italy's organised crime gangs have been looking to make millions. Many Italians feel they have no option but to accept the lifeline the mob is offering.
Andreas RichardsonTechnology Policy Desperate for Wi-Fi, Many Have Nowhere to Go but a Parking Lot The New York Times - Cecilia KangAs the sun set on a recent evening in Rutherfordton, N.C., the author Beth Revis drove her green S.U.V. into the parking lot of a closed elementary school and connected to the building’s free Wi-Fi. Then,
Andreas RichardsonUK News The boy who mastered the snapshot bbc.co.uk - BBC News Photographs courtesy Jacques Henri Lartigue / 2020 Ministère de la Culture - France/AAJ HL
Andreas Richardson Russia: Pandemic tests Putin’s grip on power Financial Times - Henry FoyThe May 9 military parade was to have been an event of pure pomp and spectacle: a moment for Vladimir Putin to stand in the centre of Moscow’s Red Square and bask in his unchallenged authority. Flanked
Andreas RichardsonEconomics Life after lockdown: welcome to the empty-chair economy Financial Times - Ben Hall, Daniel DombeySpain will be open for business on Monday. But, by appointment only. Having implemented one of the toughest coronavirus lockdowns in the world over the past six weeks, the Spanish authorities will gradually
Andreas RichardsonTransport for London The London bus drivers on the coronavirus front line Financial Times - Robert WrightShortly after he started recording the strange atmosphere in London during the coronavirus lockdown, photographer Seamus Murphy experienced an epiphany. Walking near Westminster Abbey in April, he was
Andreas RichardsonJerusalem How a sacred flame spreads across the world despite the pandemic National Geographic - Kristin RomeyFor more than 1,000 years, Christians have celebrated the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem. Here’s how it continues to bring light to the faithful in dark times of quarantine. Three years ago this weekend,
Andreas RichardsonLifestyle The case for making golf courses public parks during coronavirus Quartz - Hanna KozlowskaWith city parks around the world often closed or crowded due to the pandemic, many are tempted by a simple idea: turn golf courses into public spaces that everyone can enjoy. In San Francisco, authorities
