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...Such a thing might not even be possible, says Bindiya Vakil, chief executive of Resilinc, a California-based supply chain mapping group....
...“I have no doubt they just wish all of this would go away, and they could go back to business as usual. Because there is just no obvious way out.”...
...The government has dismissed suggestions that the link is not necessary as express rail links already exist to Shenzhen....
...“I do sort of have a grander vision for what I thought X.com or X Corporation could have been back in the day . . ....
...Today “Larry” is the undisputed king of Wall Street....
...“The investors, with the exception of Discovery [Inc, which has a significant stake], they all love Nigel Farage, they regard him as huge, a big, big character....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 16, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“As much as I miss Doug, and [his death] almost killed me, sometimes I pinch myself that I’ve led this life for so long. Even on the worst days, I love what I’m doing....
...“While taking a stand can be unpopular with some, doing nothing is no longer an option.”...
...His first job was heading the bank’s cards business, building on more than 25 years of experience at American Express....
...The company’s other interests include a container factory in Shanghai, opened in 1989, and a majority stake in Mariana Express Lines, which it acquired in 2015....
...This gives him a good understanding of the Japanese way of doing business, which benefits Adaro....
...“At Google, we’re not in the business of building roads,” he says....
...Mr Schulman sees it as part of his family heritage too: his parents were social activists, and he recalls his mother taking him to a Martin Luther King rally as an infant....
...In the process he set up a business that was neither pure retailer, such as Net-a-Porter, nor a marketplace such as eBay, but an online “shop front” for bricks and mortar boutiques....
...There was also a cultural shift among young people interested in doing business with their friends and neighbours rather than buying from faceless corporations....
...This week Google announced plans for a £1bn London office in King’s Cross, Apple has commissioned Lord Foster to design a huge headquarters in California, and Facebook is working on plans for its new HQ...
...Luther King...
...There are four flat-screen TVs suspended above a huge mixing desk; in front of it sits Will, hunched over a laptop, his back to me....
...Last June he was named president of American Express’s US Consumer Services business....
...Students with social impact backgrounds have joined consulting firms, banks, large global corporations as well as MBA leadership programmes and some have set up their own businesses....
...like American Express and Microsoft, and people like Burger King and Domino’s, and people like Best Buy and BMW, and people like that, as they need us to be able to service their growing needs on a broader...
...Klein remained as chief executive until it became “obvious” that the business needed a new leader, to take it beyond the start-up phase....
...“I really believe strongly in getting out there and talking to as many of our employees and customers as I can, and then using that as a form of stimulation to say: ‘What are we doing right?’...
...Some carmakers express doubts about the logistics of swapping batteries and other aspects of the company’s plans....
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