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Oct 5, 2023
How “age tech” is creating opportunities for older adults
Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Growing numbers of entrepreneurs and their financial backers are starting to see aging as an opportunity for innovation and profit.
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Sep 26, 2018
A melting Arctic could be key to faster global internet
Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace
With the rise of big data, the internet of things and automated factories, existing internet infrastructure's getting clogged.
Nov 3, 2017
How “Brand America” is perceived as Trump travels to Asia
President Donald Trump leaves today on an 11-day trip to Asia, by way of Hawaii. It will be his longest foreign trip as president and the longest visit to the region by any U.S. president in 25 years. The schedule includes stops in five countries and two international summits. Other Pacific leaders will get a […]
Feb 9, 2017
TPP is dead, but US-Japan trade lives on
Prime Minister Abe will meet with President Trump tomorrow.
Jan 5, 2017
China sees opportunity as TPP fades
Alex Wong/Getty Images
With TPP's demise, China promotes it's own agenda therous called R-CEP.
Jul 11, 2016
How trade and technology changed the textile industry
Tracey Samuelson/Marketplace
Many jobs were lost. But manufacturers have reinvented themselves to compete.
May 19, 2016
The TPP’s economic impact
David McNew/Getty Images
The numbers are big. But also small. We explain.
Feb 15, 2016
The stakes as Obama hosts an Asian summit
The challenge for southern states is aligning political and economic goals.
Nov 7, 2014
Free trade on the agenda for Obama’s Asia trip
A deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be seen by many as a win.
Apr 21, 2014
President Obama travels east, still pledging a ‘pivot’
The President will visit East Asia this week – stopping in Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea.

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