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The Mother of all Mixups: The Global Oscars 2017

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In case you missed the global Oscar ceremony 2017, here's BBC's take on it and Time magazine's.

• Oscars error shouldn't overshadow a groundbreaking victory
• Oscars 2017 recap:  Surprise Mistake, Moonlight, La La Land
• Watch the best picture mixup on video

"Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented "La La Land" as the winner of the best picture award, and the celebration began on stage but was quickly ended when one of the "La La Land" winners pointed out that in fact "Moonlight" had won the award." Source: CNN

Architecture At Its Best the World Over

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Brutalist architecture is a movement in architecture that flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, descending from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.

Here's a look at ten brulatist buildings that all tie to a new book, "This Brutal World," by Peter Chadwick.

Today in Global Small Business: Explore New Opportunities to Expand Your Business Internationally on 6/25

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

1. Explore new opportunities to expand your business internationally in Chicago June 25th (Laurel will be there giving a talk - FREE).
2. How to execute a finely tuned exit at your global small business.
3. The week in numbers with BBC's Go Figures images.
4. In case you don't know about, Monocle, a magazine briefing on global affairs.
5. How international investors can be a hidden advantage.
6. How indie rock changed the world.

Slow and Bumpy Ride On the Road to Global Economic Recovery

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According to BBC News, the global economy recovery will be slow and bumpy.

(April 28, 2013):  Last week, data showed that the US economy, the world's biggest, expanded by 2.5% in the first quarter of the year. That's lower than the 3% growth many analysts had forecast.

Learn more here (includes an automatic video so set your volume to low).

Detroit Assumed That Americans Would Never Buy Foreign Cars

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They were wrong. Here's a story that BBC tells on its Global Business repeat (run two years ago and more relevant than ever now), with an insider's commentary on the story from the chairman of Toyota, Fujio Cho.

This story is of interest to people worldwide -- in any industry -- not just car buffs. It's particularly intriguing to anyone who questions whether their business model still works for our current times.

Have you asked yourself lately: Are we relevant? Answer honestly. If you are not, it's time to exit what you are doing or make massive improvements to your existing operation to get with the times.

After all, aren't we all out to change the world?

Read more here.

Added May 8, 2009:
What is an 'American' Car?