During the pandemic, high-net-worth individuals have sought citizenship in other countries, hoping to diversify options in not only investment, but lifestyle Source: Pandemic Fuels Demand by Ultra-Wealthy for Investment Migration,…
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“A Passport of Convenience”
Many countries attract investment from high-net-worth individuals by offering residency and/or citizenship for those making direct investments into the country.
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Global Business
What leads firms to expand internationally? Obviously, seeking new opportunities. But the reasons can come from such things as seeing orders coming from foreign locations, or internally, from internationally savvy staff whose special knowledge helps identify opportunities and can assist in building international business solutions.
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Minor update
I continue to read a 1,000-page college text on international business – about one third of the way through that. Am also reading “Cheese, Wine and Bread” by Katie Quinn….
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Surprising International Connections You Probably Never Knew
Did you know that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was once a U.S. citizen?
Did you know that Sen. Ted Cruz was once a Canadian citizen?
Did you know that Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii and is a U.S. citizen also held citizenship in Kenya and Indonesia in his youth (as dual citizen with the U.S.)?
Fascinating stuff that blew my mind. These examples and more point to the critical importance of having international experience and “global thinking” capability.
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Demand for Bilingual Workers in the U.S.
Demand for multi-lingual workers in the U.S. is increasing. Unfortunately, U.S. public education has among the worst language education of any developed nation.
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Princeton University cancels most study abroad programs for Spring 2022
Study abroad trips set to take place in Czechia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Israel, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom have all been canceled for spring 2022 due to concerns surrounding the…
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I am missing something: How does someone have 3x more “points” than they can use for travel?
Hmmmm…. many experienced travelers boast of traveling for free due to have many points and other promotions. I do not yet understand how this works, or if they are exaggerating.
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National Geographic spent decades as a racist reporter of life – and that is their own conclusion
From its founding in to the 1970s, the National Geographic Magazine portrayed other cultures through the lens of their own racism and developed nation biases, ignoring people of color and portraying “natives” as “exotics”, frequently as some type of “savage”.
And that is the conclusion of their own report back in 2018, not mere random accusations.
There’s more – to this day I am unable to view anything from NGS as a reputable source of information.
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How “map bias” influences your perceptions of the world
Maps all show biases, partially due to projecting a globe onto a flat map, but also due to decisions made on where to center a map, and even choices of color and territorial boundaries.
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