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Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees

Harvard Business Review

One study suggests that, in 2015, most Syrian children worked for more than eight hours per day nearly every day. of all new companies in 2015. Syrians no longer feel as welcome as they did when the Turkish border first opened to give them safe harbor. Child labor is on the rise.

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Stopping Data Breaches Will Require Help from Governments

Harvard Business Review

Although the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 provided some protections, they are narrow and have not resulted in a material increase in information sharing. While we are not challenging that it makes sense to impose some cybersecurity obligations on individual companies, those obligations should be reasonable and clear.

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The EU Privacy Ruling Won’t Hurt Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Officials are even reviewing the Safe Harbor agreement, which enables the transfer of personal data from the EU to companies in the U.S., If it goes into effect by 2015 , the stakes will be even higher. and pressing for more robust enforcement on U.S.

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?Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

Harvard Business Review

Apple’s stated intention was to carry out this $130 billion distribution of corporate cash to Apple shareholders between August 2012 and December 2015. That was on top of a $60 billion buyback program authorized a year earlier, along with up to $40 billion in dividends.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. A 2015 survey by Wayra , a startup incubator, last year found that over a fifth of startup talent in the UK came from other EU countries. billion as compared to $4.4 Decision-Making Will Be Held Hostage to Uncertainty. Digital Talent Will Be in Shorter Supply.

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Clinton’s Proposals on Stock Buybacks Don’t Go Far Enough

Harvard Business Review

It has spent almost $90 billion on buybacks and almost $33 billion on dividends from 2012 through the third quarter of 2015. In April, its board increased the amount that could be used for buybacks by the end of March 2017 — to $140 billion from the $90 billion it had authorized in 2014.