Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - March 16, 2014
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This week:
China's Twitter plans a US stock-market listing
Interestingly, so does China's Google
The case for Putin-as-rational-strategist
Rather than Putin-as-barely-contained-madman, which is a more convenient way to paint him, but probably not as accurate
Vaccinate your children. Celebrities can be idiots.
Business planning for the long term
A BBC report observes that the lack of quarterly reporting by Chinese companies may free their managers to concentrate on the long term. But the decision whether to build ultra-long-term business plans isn't really shackled by whether the SEC requires the filing of paperwork on a regular basis.
Violent flare-up in Venezuela is a reminder we've ignored Latin America for too long
China crackdown on social messaging
A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have
California starts work on driverless-car regulations
Smart move; they're coming soon, and governments rarely act quickly