I just spotted a blog by Alan Stapelberg, who is Group Product Manager for Google Wallet. Here’s his opening para: “Imagine starting a vacation like this: You arrive at the airport and breeze through security by tapping your phone to a reader, scanning your boarding pass and ID. While waiting to board, you grab a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An abrupt policy U-turn by Shigeru Ishiba, made within just 36 hours of being formally sworn in as Japan’s new prime minister, has rekindled market bets on the yen “carry trade” and sent the currency … Read more
Los derechos humanos de las mujeres y de las niñas en Afganistán han estado bajo constante y cruel asedio por el Gobierno de facto de los talibanes. En semanas recientes, sin embargo, las restricciones han tomado proporciones insólitas: la Ley para la Propagación de la Virtud y la Prevención del Vicio, expedida en agosto de … Read more
Lee Miller with children, Brittany, 1944. DAVID E. SCHERMAN/LEE MILLER ARCHIVES At last, Lee Miller is back in Saint-Malo! The American artist, a muse of surrealism and an exceptional photographer, deserved to have the city that was so dear to her heart finally honor her talent. The result is “Saint-Malo Assiégée” (“Saint-Malo Under Siege”), an … Read more
With the United States House of Representatives backing a US$1.6 billion anti-China bill, tense bilateral relations are set to get a lot worse. There is entrenched bipartisan consensus that a rising China represents an existential threat to America’s best interests, supported by increasingly negative American public opinion towards China. While agreeing on guard rails against … Read more
