INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
10 May 2016
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Profits almost tripled last year at the world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba. The Chinese firm, which handles more transactions than Amazon and eBay combined, reported a net income of 71bn yuan ($11bn; £7.6bn) for the year to 31 March, up 193% on the previous year. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Schools should put a greater emphasis on teaching digital technology – as millions of jobs could be swept away by automation, says former education secretary Lord Kenneth Baker. He warned that many white collar and professional jobs will be under threat from artificial intelligence. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – The European Central Bank (ECB) says it will no longer produce the €500 (£400; $575) note because of concerns it could facilitate illegal activities. Peter Sands, former chief executive of Standard Chartered bank, said the high-denomination notes were favoured by terrorists, drug lords and tax evaders. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The team behind Sendy, an on-demand delivery service, are using all the advances of the sharing economy to try to transform delivery services in their home city, Kenya’s capital Nairobi. By launching the service, though, they are taking on the big established players of the delivery world like DHL and UPS. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Five young people describe their dream internet>>
BBC – Cambridge and Oxford universities slip in world rankings>>
BBC – Apple loses trademark fight over ‘iPhone’ name in China>>
BBC – WhatsApp Brazil: Judge blocks access to messaging service>>
BBC – Mobile phone roaming charges cut within EU>>
BBC – China: What’s in a name?>>
BBC – Now you can keep your streams on Periscope using #save>>
The Huffington Post – The language learning struggle of bilingual children>>
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