NASA may not be sending anyone to Mars anytime soon, the exploration of space and beyond - though on a much smaller scale - is being spearheaded by folks like Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. (Maybe you've heard of them.) Though Bezos and Blue Origin continue to work under a veil of secrecy in Texas, Virgin Galactic keeps humming along in the Mojave having recently scored a major milestone for the sub-orbital space tourism arm of Branson's Virgin empire.
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Dubai art market's 'false dawn' forces it to shift gears
16 Jun
Reblogged from Financial Post | Business:
DUBAI — Dubai has discovered there really are some things money can’t buy.
After a decade of petrodollar-driven success that has established it rapidly as a regional financial, trade, tourism and retail centre, the emirate has hit a speed bump in an unexpected arena — art.
Burgeoning enthusiasm for collecting art convinced many that Dubai was about to become an overnight sensation in the international market, putting a gloss of sophistication on the cultural life of the emirate.
Birthday Honours: Who is the odd one out?
16 Jun
Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera lives on with the announcement today that Prince Charles is to be made Field Marshall, Admiral of the Fleet and Marshall of The Royal Airforce - the highest military ranks.
The luvvies are doing their best to see who can be the most self-deprecating about their 'Honours'... the BBC reports
The British Empire Medal makes a come back.
CEO Supper Club: Meet America's Lone Phablet Owners
16 Jun
Theoretically someone is buying the Galaxy Note, but who would have thought it was actual tech snobs doing it?
Following up on Andrew's story about the surprising return of the stylus, we bring you a sighting of the Galaxy Note "phablet" in the wild.
This video is part of a new thing we're trying at PandoDaily. Semi-regularly, we'll get four CEOs, entrepreneurs or thought leaders together.
Photos by Maersk Line
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