Since 1953 and the release of the novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, the spy with a license to kill has been inspiring wardrobes, drink orders, and the definition of suave. But James Bond’s savvy doesn’t just end with fancy gadgets. In fact, James Bond is a land-mine of brilliant business strategies. This video from […]
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Rolling Jubilee is a non-profit that takes donations to buy debt for pennies on the dollar, and then abolishes it. Banks sell debt for pennies on the dollar on a shadowy speculative market of debt buyers who then turn around and try to collect the full amount from debtors. The Rolling Jubilee intervenes by buying
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1861 – Pakistan Railways opens the country’s first railways line, from Karachi to Kotri. 1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. 1958 –
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