İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 42 – Ticaret Savaşları

İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 42 Ders - Ticaret Savaşları

According to Donald Trump, “trade wars are easy to win.” Fakat, as usual, reality appears to contradict Trump’s claims. In the current dispute between the U.S. and China, it doesn’t look like a winner will emerge any time soon. As CNN notes:

The Trump administration made good on its threat to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports from 10% için 25%, marking a sharp rise in tensions between the world’s two largest economies. After months of talks aimed at ending a year-long dispute that has already hurt global growth and rattled stock markets around the world, the latest US salvo risks triggering a new wave of tit-for-tat responses.

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İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 41 – Veri gizliliği

İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 41 - Veri gizliliği

The digital age has brought unprecedented access to information and new online services. And in exchange, people have proven very willing to provide personal information and to have their online activities monitored. But is it worth it? As Wired reports, more and more people are questioning this trade-off:

The US has found itself in the middle of a data privacy awakening, and you can credit the recent spate of headline-grabbing scandals as the kick-starter. Cambridge Analytica illicitly took the personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users and turned it into targeted political ads. And Equifax let slip the sensitive details of 148 million Americans because it couldn’t be bothered to patch a known vulnerability.

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İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 40 – Yenilenebilir enerji

Business English News Lesson 40 - Yenilenebilir enerji

Early energy sources were simple; fire was discovered to heat things, and then along came conversionsuch as fire under a kettle producing steam. But times have changed, and the impact of using non-renewable sources of energy, or fossil fuels, is one that we can no longer afford to ignore. Putting the climate change debate aside, there are real commercial opportunities that businesses and governments can, and should, consider.

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İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 39 – Hindistan Ekonomik Görünümü

İş İngilizcesi Haberleri 39 - Hindistan Ekonomik Görünümü

Emerging markets have been through a lot over the past few years: The oil-price drop in 2014; China’s botched devaluation of its currency in 2015; and India’s bungled “demonetization” in late 2016. Bu yıl, ancak, seems to be putting all that in the past, particularly for India. The BRIC nation has made strides in all areas which has led to a boom in business

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BEN 38 – Otomasyon ve Yapay Zekanın Yükselişi

Throughout the course of history, society has often been hesitant to accept widespread change. A day doesn’t pass without a new technological advance being reported. This has led many to worry about the effects of artificial intelligence, or AI, on our daily lives.

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