Quartzadded this to Quartz at WorkAir India Forgotten American smuggler Daniel Walcott's daring Indian stuntsQuartz - Abeer KapoorThe manifest of the Riley 65 that took off from Karachi at 4 am on June 8, 1964, stated that it was going to undertake a short journey to Jask in Iran. On clearing Pakistani airspace, the pilot, captain
Quartzadded this to QuartzyFlying High airfare due to Jet grounding spoiled vacation plans in IndiaQuartz - Niharika SharmaThe grounding of India’s oldest private airline, earlier this year, has crushed many a holiday plan during peak vacation season. Over 40% of the respondents in a recent survey said they held back bookings
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinChina Trump tariffs on Chinese goods could lead to US Bible shortageQuartz - Mary HuiFear is rippling through the Christian bookseller industry in the US. Publishers say that if Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs of 25% or “much higher” on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinScience (India) An Indian VC explains what it takes to work at early-stage fundQuartz - Ankit RuparelThis post was originally published on Quora as an answer to the question “How do I get started as an analyst, associate, or researcher at a VC firm?” I worked at Ankur Capital, an early-stage venture (VC)
Quartzadded this to QuartzyAjay Devgn In Hotstar, Netflix era Bollywood's Ajay Devgn bets on cinemasQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaAfter acting, direction and production, Bollywood star Ajay Devgn is cradling a new venture in the film world: exhibition. Backed by Rs600 crore investment from his own pocket, NY Cinemas—named after daughter
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectUnited Nations UN says Indian fertility rate can't curb population crisisQuartz - Sangeeta TanwarIndia may have successfully curbed its high fertility rate, but it still has a long way to go in overcoming the population crisis. The number of children born per woman in the country still lies in the
Quartzadded this to QuartzyFlorida Florida is ground zero for Trump's re-election campaignQuartz - Tim FernholzNo matter what Donald Trump says tonight at the rally launching his re-election campaign, the US president’s 2020 effort really kicked off right after his inauguration. In fact, it started with a rally
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Huawei Huawei P30 Pro's moon mode at center of China tech spatQuartz - Jane LiHuawei’s P30 Pro, the company’s current flagship smartphone, launched with a unique “Moon Mode” function. It’s software that lets users to take close-up shots of the Moon, capturing surprisingly refined
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Finance The problem with Facebook calling its crypto “Libra”Quartz - Matthew De SilvaOn Tuesday, Facebook announced Libra, its new global cryptocurrency, that the company says could increase financial inclusion for millions of people across the world. The digital unit, expected to launch
Quartzadded this to United Nations General AssemblyDogs Dogs’ facial expressions have evolved to make us do what they wantQuartz - Ephrat LivniOf course your dog is good. All you have to do is look at its expressive canine face to know it. Now, a new scientific study suggests that as humans were domesticating dogs, the animals evolved certain
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinEmployment Indeed: Unlimited vacation policies are getting more commonQuartz - Michelle ChengUnlimited vacation is becoming a less unusual perk in the modern workplace. With technology enabling more jobs to be “on” 24/7 and employees placing greater value on work-life balance, the standard two
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinTechnology Over half of plastic surgery clients in China are under 28Quartz - Sangeeta Singh-KurtzPlastic surgery clients are trending younger globally, and doctors and psychologists are pointing to the rise of social media as playing a role. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, only
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019 Watch: Why Ant Financial has become too big to ignoreQuartz - Quartz StaffThe fintech firm Ant reaches 1 billion users worldwide–and it’s growing. Learn why it’s become too big to ignore in this members-only conversation with membership editor Sam Grobart and Quartz reporters
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectEarthquakes Scientists are turning to space to better understand how to respond to earthquakesQuartz - Chase PurdyOne of the best ways to figure out how to respond to the tremors deep inside our planet is to observe their effects from far away in outer space. Thanks to the use of satellite imagery, organizations with
Quartzadded this to How We'll Win: The Other HalfNASA Trump's White House pressures NASA on climate scienceQuartz - Tim FernholzMany Americans have been subjected to an e-mail thread from septuagenarians upset about climate science. It’s a different story when the recipient runs NASA and the sender is a member of the White House
Quartzadded this to CES 2019WarnerMedia The new WarnerMedia streaming service will take on Netflix by doing less, but betterQuartz - Jenni AvinsWill people really pay for another streaming service? They might if it’s actually good, argued WarnerMedia entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt, onstage with HBO’s Big Little Lies star Laura Dern and Vanity
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionIPOs We hired Fiverr workers to write about Fiverr's IPOQuartz - Alison GriswoldFiverr, an Israel-based startup, is a sort of white-collar TaskRabbit—a freelance platform for services like digital marketing, ghost writing, and video editing that don’t require a physical presence.
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientTariffs Two companies that petitioned for Trump's solar tariffs are out of businessQuartz - Michael J. CorenTwo companies begged the US government to raise tariffs on imported solar panels in 2017. “Stop the bleeding,” implored panel maker Suniva in its petition (pdf) to the US International Trade Commission
Quartzadded this to United Nations General AssemblyCoco Chanel What aspirin, Chanel bags, and Coke bottles all have in commonQuartz - Ephrat LivniYou probably don’t think about intellectual property laws when you go shopping or watch the World Cup or surf the web, if ever. Yet the stuff we covet is governed by rules that have developed over hundreds
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Uber Uber, Bolt face a Russian ride-hailing taxi rival, inDriverQuartz - Yomi KazeemIt’s hard to look beyond Uber and Bolt (formerly Taxify) when discussing ride-hailing in Africa—and there’s good reason. Both companies are multibillion-dollar behemoths and are competing aggressively
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionMeituan-Dianping Meituan CEO to put $285 million in hybrid EV startup CHJQuartz - Echo HuangNearly every Chinese tech giant invested in electric car startups when the industry was thriving. Now the head of a Chinese food delivery giant is making a big bet on one just as a shakeout is coming.
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientEthiopia Ethiopia’s tech startups are ready to run the world, but the internet keeps getting blockedQuartz - Abdi Latif DahirGetnet Assefa shuffled uneasily in his office seat and wondered aloud why he couldn’t connect to the internet on his laptop. It was mid-morning on Tuesday (June 11), and even though he didn’t know it it
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Dishwashing This is the real reason women are "control freaks”Quartz - Gemma HartleyI can’t count the number of times I’ve said this to my husband—while he was dressing one of our children, shrinking my favorite sweater in the laundry, doing our daughter’s hair, making a to-do list for
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Tesla Model S China's ordering EV battery checks after Tesla, NIO firesQuartz - Echo HuangA recent series of fires in China affecting prominent electric vehicle makers like Tesla and NIO has made authorities nervous—the last thing they want to see is people losing confidence in electric cars
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientBiological Species Study animal farts to learn more about climate changeQuartz - Dani RabaiottiWe’re constantly surrounded by doom-and-gloom news about our planet: the best case climate change scenario is looking increasingly unlikely, and animal populations have declined by 50% on average globally.
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientSajid Javid Banking is a meritocracy, says Sajid JavidQuartz - Natasha FrostSajid Javid is one of the six remaining candidates for the UK’s next prime minister. Britain’s first ethnic minority home secretary, Javid came to politics in 2010 after a glittering 20-year career in
Quartzadded this to Quartz at WorkMastercard What does Facebook's crypto coin Libra mean for Visa and Mastercard?Quartz - John DetrixheCould Libra, the Facebook-led cryptocurrency finally announced today, disrupt Visa and Mastercard? On the surface, it sounds like the world’s dominant payment networks are in the crosshairs: The Libra
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionKevin Durant Social media deserves blame for Kevin Durant’s injuryQuartz - Matthew De SilvaAfter rushing back from injury to help his team stave off elimination, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant suffered a torn Achilles tendon in game five of this year’s NBA finals. Though the Warriors
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientEthics The language we use to describe data can also help us fix its problemsQuartz - Luke StarkIt’s the “new oil” that fuels online business. It comes in floods or tsunamis. We access it via “streams” or “fire hoses.” We scrape it, mine it, bank it, and clean it. (Or, if you prefer your buzzphrases
