by Aseem Gupta | Mar 31, 2016 | Business, Industry & Innovation
Reading Time: 19 MinutesFor millions of people, breakfast is one of the most predictable parts of the day. They wake up, pour cereal into a bowl, add milk, and eat almost the same thing they ate yesterday. It is a routine so familiar that few people question why...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 30, 2016 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 17 MinutesA diamond engagement ring is a remarkably small object to carry such an enormous price tag. A polished stone smaller than a fingernail can cost thousands of dollars, and that is before accounting for the metal, craftsmanship and...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 28, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 58 MinutesDwight D. Eisenhower commanded the largest amphibious invasion in military history, helped defeat Nazi Germany, and became the thirty-fourth president of the United States. He led the Allied armies through some of World War II’s most...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 21, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 23 MinutesOn the morning of June 20, 1963, Stig Wennerström was walking across Riksbron, a bridge in central Stockholm, on his way to work at Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The retired Air Force colonel had spent decades serving his...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 20, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
Reading Time: 27 MinutesIn Amsterdam, a neighbourhood east of the historic city centre contains streets named Balistraat, Sumatrastraat, and Borneostraat. Their names refer to islands thousands of kilometres away, in what is now Indonesia. They are reminders of a...
