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...One of the good but insidious qualities of smart devices is how useful they have become for distracting the kids when parents need to focus....
...So because I was known as a smart student, I thought if I could make myself stand out, I might get a chance in some way. And that basically worked....
...But the kids are only ever sort-of the point. If much of Barbie’s charm lies in refusing to patronise its audience, it achieves that by addressing itself squarely to an audience of smart 36-year-olds....
...“Iwan is like a puppy dog, very excitable, passionate and enthusiastic, while she is considered, quiet and smart,” says one art dealer....
...There was no need to insist: social media and the internet were the seas in which “a group of hungry kids excited at the opportunity to compete with their pompous elders” wanted to swim....
...New kid on the block Smith started Vice almost three decades ago as a counterculture magazine in Montreal....
...And, quite frankly, fools have power for a while and even smart people do dumb things.”...
...There were younger kids there with their parents too, another generation lining up to be influenced....
...(Brooke Masters) Smart read If a company pollutes a town, does it need to clean up the mess after it leaves?...
...And it’s quite a smart move, I suppose, to host it there, kind of a nod to a time when the UK was kind of really at the cutting edge when it came to science and mathematics....
...First, my friends in publishing started telling me about it, and then my friends outside of publishing started telling me about it. And I get why everyone loves it....
...Before publishing its story, the FT asked for a copy of his driving licence, which had an address matching the one on his Bed Bath filings....
...Initial Matter products will be smart door locks, sensors, plugs, thermostats, lights, blinds, smart TVs and garage door openers....
...“Just because you can reach it, doesn’t mean you have something insightful and intelligent and politically smart to say about it.”...
...We will be publishing daily to keep you updated on the key debates. (Patrick Temple-West) Tesla out, Exxon in — what’s going on with S&P’s ESG index update?...
...“I have four kids and I am pulling them out of private school,” he told the FT audience....
...Smart reads Dwindling dynasties The generation that built Japan Inc is running out of heirs, as the country’s rapidly shrinking population creates a national succession crisis and ample opportunity for...
...But his real gift, along with blarney, was playing bridge, the card game that once upon a time was how a kid could get ahead on Wall Street, if he had the goods. And Jimmy Cayne had the goods....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on November 29, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...But with racial pay disparities and unconscious bias against minority groups still major issues in publishing, some retailers are doing their part to keep the momentum going....
...Smart reads Levelling up A hitherto obscure lender, Little Rock’s Bank OZK, has become one of the most prolific lenders to Manhattan property developers....
...“Cook has made these big claims about the smart home, payments, health, television, education and publishing — all these ecosystems they were going to disrupt, but they have been incredibly ineffective in...
...Smart Snacks is one of the new generation of companies that has struggled to find a market....
...I realised that the point was to set up some ‘Jedi’ training camps and get the next generation of kids to be eco-warriors.”...
...Substack enables mini-media empiresThe newsletter publishing service has introduced “Sections”, the ability for writers and readers to choose which bits of a publication are sent to inboxes....
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