Global fintech investment slowed in 2020.1 While this may be primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were signs even before the pandemic that venture capital financing was tightening for early-stage fintech companies.2 At the same time, banks’ interest in fintech continues to grow. If these trends continue, banks of all […]

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Once the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 arrived in the United States early this year, it began to spread seemingly uncontrollably and carries on doing so. The reasons for that are complex, but one answer could well lie in the extent of air pollution across much of the country, according […]

As two older, White, male candidates fought for supremacy in the United States election last month, New Zealand was offering its electorate a more progressive choice: two White women.

North Korea has still not reacted to the United States’ presidential election. Its silence speaks volumes.

What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less When people hear “intellectual property,” they often think first of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Trade secrets are a fourth type of intellectual property that are critical to businesses because they broadly cover various forms of economically valuable information that may […]