Damir Kaletovic

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Contributor since: 27 Mar 2018

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• A Tweet About Hong Kong Could Cost The NBA $4 Billion

  Published 09 October 2019 | viewed 4,788 times

  The NBA’s got a $4 billion decision to make, and it’s not your traditional draft pick: Instead, they’ve got to decide whether they want to…

• 40% Of Americans Think A Recession Is Looming

  Published 02 July 2019 | viewed 6,280 times

  Despite the fact that the American economy is going strong, with high GDP growth and the lowest level of employment in 40 years, a survey…

• America's Richest Are Begging To Be Taxed

  Published 27 June 2019 | viewed 3,422 times

  The world loves to hear America’s billionaires pining away for higher taxes, and it seems to be a trend that is gaining momentum in this…

• Opioid Producers Face Bankruptcy As Federal Crackdown Accelerates

  Published 18 June 2019 | viewed 3,603 times

  Opioid producers have wreaked havoc on the U.S. for years, and now lawmakers are finally taking note, with a few high-profile drugmakers coming under fire…

• Fake “Made In Vietnam” Certificates On The Rise As China Looks To Skirt Tariffs

  Published 13 June 2019 | viewed 5,597 times

  In addition to the already long list of aftershocks from the U.S.-China trade war, including the number one fear of global recession, or higher prices…

• This Sports Event Makes The Super Bowl Look Like The Pee Wees

  Published 27 May 2019 | viewed 2,506 times

  Americans may find this unbelievable--indeed, impossible--but a single football match (‘soccer’, if you must) between two clubs outside of the English Premier League is worth…

• India’s Wealthiest Set To Hold $23 Trillion By 2028

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 5,342 times

  India's population will overtake China's in 2024, reaching some 1.45 billion people--and it will be the most populous country the rest of the century, growing…

• Billion-Dollar Esports Niche Could Be In The 2024 Olympics

  Published 03 April 2019 | viewed 11,522 times

  Where will obese America be when “playing” sports becomes an exercise in virtual reality? High schools apparently aren’t concerned with this looming disaster as schools…

• Robots Are Taking A Record Number Of U.S. Jobs

  Published 06 March 2019 | viewed 3,306 times

  The latest report from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) has just come out, and it shows that robots are taking over a record number of…

• 13% Of Americans Will Boycott Christmas Spending

  Published 02 December 2018 | viewed 7,510 times

  Online spending on Thanksgiving day reached $3.7 billion, topped by Black Friday sales of $6.2 billion, and Cyber Monday sales of $7.9 billion—it’s a staggering…

• China Mints Two Billionaires Every Week

  Published 03 November 2018 | viewed 3,226 times

  China’s been “minting” two billionaires a week as of last year, and a “new cohort” of Chinese entrepreneurs is challenging Silicon Valley, making the billionaire…

• The Divide Between Italy And The EU Is Growing

  Published 24 October 2018 | viewed 2,223 times

  Worried that Italy’s economic instability will infect the rest of the union, Brussels rejected the draft 2019 budget submitted by the new Italian leadership on…

• China Tightens Internet Controls

  Published 08 September 2018 | viewed 5,551 times

  Last October, at the opening of a Communist Party summit Chinese President Xi Jinping said: "China will build a clean and clear internet space". Without…

• China Tightens Internet Controls

  Published 06 September 2018 | viewed 5,146 times

  Last October, at the opening of a Communist Party summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said: "China will build a clean and clear internet space". Without…

• The Biggest Migration Crisis In Latin American History

  Published 31 August 2018 | viewed 10,502 times

  Comparable only to the massive movement of Syrians into Western Europe in 2015, an estimated 4,000-5,000 Venezuelans are fleeing their country every day in the…

• Telcos Caught Between Big Government And Customer Privacy

  Published 29 August 2018 | viewed 5,190 times

  It's a long-running open secret that governments demand that commercial entities disclose data about their customers in connection with criminal investigations, regulatory enforcement and issues…

• New Deal Boosts Uber Valuation By $10 Billion

  Published 29 August 2018 | viewed 5,155 times

  Toyota’s pact to invest $500 million in Uber to expedite the push to get self-driving cars on the road, improve safety and reduce transportation costs…

• Russia Raises Pension Age For First Time In 88 Years

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 2,188 times

  After 88 years--almost a century after Stalin established retirement ages in the then-Soviet Union—Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to change legislation that will raise…

• Money Talks As China Reacts To Taiwan’s Global Tour

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 2,172 times

  Amid the U.S.-China trade war, Taiwan’s global tour has prompted a diplomatic war with Beijing, with reverberations across continents, and markets. When communist forces defeated…

• The Changing Demographics Of Higher Education

  Published 21 August 2018 | viewed 6,517 times

  Women beat men in all degree categories of higher education, and they have for decades—and worldwide. Men, it seems are slowing enrollment at an alarming…