Civics

[New] Certain industries have a clear business case to pool their data to capitalize on far larger datasets than any one company could capture alone without infringing on its customers' rights.
[New] The rising demand for renewable energy led by new technologies as well as cross-cutting external factors, such as climate change and political risk, will shape the current and future operating environment of companies.
Land restoration could attract large private investments in the fight against climate change over the coming decades, if Governments and the United Nations put the right incentives and conditions in place.
E-sports is serious business, with revenues globally - including advertising, sponsorships and media rights - expected to reach $1.1 billion in 2019.
Iran will send a ship to New York City with a nuclear bomb on it, to explode it right next to the United Nations, and that attack will initiate World War 3.
Just as human rights standards have become deeply entrenched as a way of measuring how governments treat their people, human rights are under threat.
Lebrikizumab could generate sales of around 450 million euros per year at peak in Europe where Almirall has marketing rights.
With some 257 million people estimated to be in migration around the world, the persistent assault on the rights of migrants is a significant threat to human rights and a potential catalyst for other attacks on democratic safeguards.
Innovations such as using robotics to inspect and make repairs without digging up the road in the first place the UK could save the economy about £5.5 billion every year through reduced road excavations.
U.S. esports spending by consumers and advertisers - including media rights and sponsorship revenues - is expected to increase from $221.6 million in 2018 to nearly $516 million in 2023.
As demand for skills changes, high-wage jobs in the US are expected to expand and the loss of middle wage jobs evident over the last 20 years is expected to continue.
Plaintiffs allege that the EU's existing target to reduce domestic GHG emissions by 40% by 2030, as compared to 1990 levels, is insufficient to avoid dangerous climate change and threatens plaintiffs' fundamental rights of life, health, occupation, and property.
In 2019, the UK will continue to press for further progress on human rights, including efforts to improve press freedoms, tackle gender inequality, and encourage the reform of discriminatory laws.
In 2019, the UK will continue to work closely with the Federal Government to support Somali-led efforts to strengthen protection of human rights for all Somalis.
If the government grants refugees the right to work, they might contribute more than 3 billion ringgit (around US$724 million) to Malaysia's GDP by 2024 with more than 50 million ringgit in tax revenue increase each year by expanding the tax base.
Embracing the right cloud model has become an important part of core IT strategies in 2019, with an expected spend of $5.6 billion on public cloud services.
Expansive mobile connectivity could add €2.2 trillion to the European economy by 2030 if the right policies are in place to incentivize investment in network deployment and digital transformation across the economy.
Although the Conservative European People's Party will still form the largest faction in the European Parliament, the bigger factions of euroskeptic and populist-right parties will also make governance of the European Union increasingly difficult.
One of the Trump administration's goals from renewed sanctions on the Iranian energy sector is to have an opportunity to help the U.S. energy industry with the imposition of the right policy.
Analysts expect revenues from the global eSports market to reach US$1 billion in 2019, largely driven by advertising, broadcasting rights and league expansion.
Climate change threatens truly catastrophic consequences across much of the globe and the human rights of vast numbers of people will be among the casualties, Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
The United States will face a number of foreign policy challenges in the years ahead, including the rise of transnational right-wing populism, the international consequences of climate change, and ending America's endless wars while avoiding leaving behind dangerous power vacuums.

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Last updated: 17 September 2019