Land rights African Court on Human & People’s Rights finds land rights can be held collectively. African & Indian tribes, Australian aborigines, and US native Americans lived for centuries without dividing land into individual plots Guessed the Word? Series 13 (3/5) [photo: Trevor Cole]
Month: November 2017
Edit Touched up images of models / products should be marked as ‘Edited’. Nearly all commercial photos are enhanced to give false views of perfection. In France, advertisers can be fined up to 30% of ad costs if digital doctoring is not declared on the image. Guessed the Word? Series 13 (5/5) [photo: BonnieHenderson]
Video > 80% of the content on the internet is Video and Audio, none of which is searchable. The goal must be to shed light on this cloudy data and make it easily accessible Guessed the Word? Series 13 (1/5) [photo: 422737]
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 13 starts soon. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as an anagram). Previous answers: Series 12 spelt T-O-Q-U-E (QUOTE) Series 11 spelt B-O-J-S (JOBS) Series 10 spelt H-A-R-K-M-A-L-L (HALLMARK) Series 9 spelt B-U-G-T-E-D (BUDGET) Series 8 spelt…
Export No trade deal?! UK firm, Huntley & Palmers, was one of the 1st global brands, and the world’s largest biscuit maker in 1900. Taken to the South Pole by Capt. Scott, and to Africa by Stanley seeking Dr. Livingstone, the easily-recognized, highly-decorated tins were a powerful marketing tool (and kept biscuits fresh for years) Guessed the…
Ultra-long No repayment in a lifetime doesn’t deter today’s investor. Austria’s first 100-year bond in Sep attracted twice the usual number of investors. Neither lender nor borrower will be around to see the bond repaid. Central bank quantitative easing fixed-income purchases have drained liquidity, dropped yields to record lows and caused risk mis-pricing. Guessed the Word? …
Quantum bit Artificial intelligence, powered by quantum computing, is all down to 0s and 1s. A classical bit can be a 0 or a 1. A qubit can be a 0, or a 1, or both at the same time. 2 qubits can explore 4 states: 00, 01, 10, 11. A 50-qubit quantum computer can explore 1.125 quadrillion…
Oil Data is the new oil, and payment data is the best quality oil in the business. Besides amount/ mode of payment, it reveals consumer preferences & usage patterns. Is your firm’s data equivalent of an oil reserve protected? Guessed the Word? Series 12 (3/5) [photo: neufal54]
Travel Business trips now make up 1/5 of all travel. Top criteria for business travellers: location, convenient breakfast, high-speed wi-fi. Some booking websites have quietly introduced a ‘Business’ option tab Guessed the Word? Series 12 (4/5) [photo: LadyArty]
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 12 starts soon. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as an anagram). Previous answers: Series 11 spelt B-O-J-S (JOBS) Series 10 spelt H-A-R-K-M-A-L-L (HALLMARK) Series 9 spelt B-U-G-T-E-D (BUDGET) Series 8 spelt R-A-T-E-D (TRADE) Series…