IBM has announced the launch of its most advanced quantum computers to date, marking a significant milestone in the pursuit of quantum advantage. The new systems, including the IBM Quantum Heron—the company's first qubit chip with a new design—promise to accelerate...
Ceremony to Take Place on November 25, 2024, at Harvard University's Loeb House Boston, MA, November 11, 2024 —The Boston Global Forum is proud to announce that French President Emmanuel Macron will be honored with the 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award....
Robert Kuttner is Meyer and Ida Kirstein Professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. He is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, and a senior fellow at the think-tank Demos. He was a longtime columnist for BusinessWeek, and continues to...
Name Title 1 Ali E. Adiguze President and COO, HeidelbergCement Trading Group, Turkey 2 Henrik G. Andersin Chairman Evli Bank PLC, Finland 3 Kalpona Akter Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity 4 Nazmar Akter General Secretary &...
Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times, Emmy Award-winning producer for PBS’ show Frontline and author of five best-selling books, Hedrick Smith, explains what happened to America’s economy after WWII in his book Who Stole the...
With all eyes on Bangladesh, it's worthwhile to take a look at safety standards in garment factories in other countries. An International Labor Organization report discloses a disappointing decline in worker safety in Cambodia. Fire safety standards in Cambodian...
In yet another testimony to how the garment industry in Bangladesh is evading reform, Emran Hossain, writing for the Huffington Post, states that the reforms made by the Bangladesh government targeted at the garment industry "barely improve safeguards for impoverished...
In a story ‘Wal-Mart, Gap, Others Agree to Boost Worker Safety in Bangladesh’ published on July 10, 2013, by William Mauldin from Dow Jones, reflects the efforts by Wal-Mart and other leading American retailers to bolster worker safety efforts in Bangladesh, although...