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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 9: (L-R) Gareth Bale of Real Madrid, Saul Niguez of Atletico Madrid, Sergio ... [+] Ramos of Real Madrid during the La Liga Santander match between Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on February 9, 2019 in Madrid Spain (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images) Getty The Madrid Derby between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid will be played outside of Europe for the first time ever as part of the 2019 International Champions Cup (ICC). The match, scheduled for July 26 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., is one of the countless dream matchups that comprise the 18-game preseason tournament, now in its seventh season. "W e’re looking forward for the Derby because it’s such a unique experience to play against Atlético Madrid in the United States," said former Real Madrid right back Álvaro Arbeloa at the ICC launch event in New York … [Read more...] about International Champions Cup 2019 Schedule Announced

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin At this fall’s Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bangkok, I asked a panel of wisemen: Where is the transformative national leader of our day, akin to Lee Kuan Yew in 1960s Singapore or (forgetting Tiananmen) Deng Xiaoping in China? Worldwide, I suggested Abiy Ahmed, the peace-and-prosperity young reformer who is prime minister of Ethiopia. Were he to succeed in a country more populous than the Philippines, Africa’s chronically-beset Sahel region would be transformed. The panelists didn’t offer much.  Sinophile Allan Zeman suggested Xi Jinping.  Sorry, Allan, but I meant positive transformations. The implication of this exercise for Asia-Pacific in particular is that in an era when vast new possibilities loom, when widespread affluence has replaced common poverty in much of the region, public governance isn’t up to the raised expectations. The most crying shame is Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, a tragedy of missed opportunity. But … [Read more...] about Asian Review: More $000s Than Heroes Of Late

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tax Notes Capitol Hill reporter Doug Sword discusses the latest national sales tax proposal in Congress, and contributing editor Robert Goulder shares his thoughts on the challenges of implementing the tax. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I'm David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International . This week: supersize sales tax. In the process of organizing the newly elected Congress, proponents of a plan to implement a national sales tax got a commitment to have their plan considered. The so-called fair tax would replace the income tax system and do away with the IRS. Now, this isn't a new proposal, but one that has been given new life. To learn more about it, first we'll hear from Doug Sword, a Tax Notes reporter who's been following this issue in Congress. Later, we'll talk with Tax Notes contributing editor Robert … [Read more...] about A Closer Look At The National Sales Tax Proposal

On Feb. 1, Rep. James Comer’s (R-KY) House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold its first hearing of the year. The committee’s posture and tone in this first meeting will prove consequential for the Republican cause. With party power split among the two congressional chambers, Republican members won’t find many opportunities to legislate this year. What they will find, however, is the opportunity to change minds and policies through their investigatory powers. And for the GOP, no committee holds more keys in this important respect than Comer’s committee. Comer knows it, which is why he promised the “most exciting committee” in congressional history on Friday. With firebrands of the likes of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Paul Gosar serving with Comer, and given that the Oversight Committee can hold hearings on all the made-for-TV issues, like Hunter Biden corruption and President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, it … [Read more...] about LANGER: Here’s The GOP’s Best Bet For Achieving Its Agenda In A Divided Congress

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Fighting in Ukraine has settled into a stalemate reminiscent of the Western Front circa 1916. Lots of artillery barrages and trenches, but little real movement. A favorite adjective of observers for describing the current fighting is “grinding,” as in two adversaries grinding each other down. Short of using nuclear weapons, there are two basic solutions for escaping this kind of attrition warfare. One is to use aircraft to fly over the front lines and attack the enemy’s rear. The other is to use massed armor to drive through those lines. Western nations have now opted for the second option by delivering tanks and other armored vehicles to Kyiv. America will send the Abrams main battle tank, Britain will send Challengers, and Germany will permit the transfer of Leopards. There isn’t much mystery which of these systems is superior in terms of lethality and survivability. It’s the M1A2 Abrams, named for Vietnam-era … [Read more...] about Abrams Is The Best Main Battle Tank In The World. But Improving It Should Still Be A Priority.

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Unterberg Poetry Center at 92NY is holding a star-studded 85 th birthday celebration for playwright John Guare February 6. The program, featuring Guare’s words and music, has been created by playwright Tony Kushner, who said, “So enormous is the esteem in which I hold the Great Guare and his monumentally important body of work. Like Williams, he figured out a way for Americans to do a kind of stage poetry. There are astonishingly beautiful things in his plays.” Among Guare’s theatrical works are Two Gentlemen of Verona (for which he won a Tony Award for best book of a musical and Drama Desk Awards for outstanding book and lyrics), Lydie Breeze , Six Degrees of Separation , The House of Blue Leaves and Landscape of the Body . Among those appearing in the February 6 program will be Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Ato Blankson-Wood, Bill Camp, Paul Dano. Ariana DeBose, Billy Eichner, Linda Emond, Mike … [Read more...] about Tony Kushner Leads Star-Studded 85th Birthday Celebration For Playwright John Guare

Grand Central Terminal, New York, United States. (Photo: David Vives via Pexels) New York City (NYC) is a collection of diverse neighbourhoods scattered among the city’s five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Each neighbourhood of NYC has its own distinctive lifestyle and culture. From attractions such as the Statue of Liberty , the Empire State Building and Central Park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) and the Brooklyn Bridge , the city is bursting with landmarks of historical and cultural importance. Furthermore, when it comes to eating and partying, NYC is where trends are born. As the most populous city in the United States with over 8.5 million people, the city that never sleeps can be a bit overwhelming for first-time travellers. Bookmark this itinerary to experience everything that NYC offers: Things to do The streets of NYC are never boring. No matter the season or time of day, there’s always something … [Read more...] about Insider’s guide to New York City

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Katie is Chief Product Officer at Adjust , a mobile marketing analytics platform trusted by growth-driven marketers around the world. According to management consulting firm Korn Ferry , the global talent shortage is expected to reach $85.2 million by 2030, with companies around the world standing to lose over $8 trillion in lost revenue due to a lack of skilled workers. The main cause is that most organizations’ operations are supported by software despite an overwhelming lack of software developers and engineers. There are a number of ways businesses are overcoming this obstacle. One is by hiring short-term contractual software engineers or freelance developers. But the alternative option—and one that is growing in popularity—is by paving the way for citizen developers. What Are Citizen Developers? According to Gartner , “A citizen developer is an employee who creates application capabilities for … [Read more...] about The Rise Of The Citizen Developer To Accelerate Business Efficiency

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sam Reiman, the director of the $3.4 billion Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation, has given two careful interviews about the circumstances of his childhood. The director of one of the world’s 50 largest foundations, he is also the son of a single mom; he grew up poor and dropped out of high school. But Reiman says he’s never told this particular story to a reporter. It goes to the heart of what it means to be poor in America, the lack of choices, the emotional devastation visited on children and their caregivers, and the narrowing paths for climbing out of poverty. We both get a little bit emotional when he tells it in his well-appointed office, housed in the BNY Mellon tower high above Pittsburgh. The story’s setting is Lancaster, Pa., a down-at-the-heels apartment complex where his mom struggled to pay the rent. Sam was 11 then, one of three children; his parents had divorced when he was young. The only … [Read more...] about The Son Of A Single Mom, He Rose From Poverty To Lead One Of The World’s Largest Foundations

Julien Fournie works with a company called Creations By Shanagar in Mumbai. (Image credit: shanagarofficial/Instagram) Sitting in a lotus position, four men weave glittering beads through gold thread on an organza sheet, carefully constructing a wedding dress that will soon wow crowds at Paris Fashion Week . For once, the French couturier behind the design, Julien Fournie , is determined to put these craftsmen in the spotlight: his new collection, showing in Paris on Tuesday, is entirely made with fabrics from Mumbai . He says a sort of "design imperialism" means that French fashion houses often play down the fact that their fabrics are made outside France. "The houses which don't admit it are perhaps afraid of losing their clientele," Fournie told AFP. But that is absurd, he continued. Read More "India is number one in the world in embroidery. It's ancestral. They've been dressing maharajas in gold-embroidered outfits since the 16th century." … [Read more...] about The secret workshop in Mumbai for Paris Fashion Week