Weekly Digest – 29 May 2015

I come across a number of interesting articles on a weekly basis, and I would like to start sharing some of them. These articles might provide interesting insight, or an alternative angle to a particular topic or issue. Occasionally, one article leads to another, so the dates of publication fluctuate.

Here is what I found interesting in the press this week…

Business

A new Industrial Revolution is coming, Stratfor, Business Insider, 23/05/2015

10 European VCs You Want To Raise Funding From, Ilya Pozin, Forbes 21/05/2015

North Grove Capital, LLC Launches Global Emerging and Frontier Markets Investment Management Business, PR Newswire 21/05/2015

Private equity looks for life beyond the leveraged buyout, Joseph Cotterill, FT 04/05/2015

Грант побери: Каким предпринимателям помогают материально, Нина Важдаева, Деньги 18/05/2015

Economy & Finance

There’s A Reason Robert Reich’s A Professor Of Public Policy, Not Economics, Tim Worstall, Forbes 22/05/2015

Better Than Raising the Minimum Wage, Warren Buffet, WSJ 21/05/2015

Emerging Markets Fund Terms – How and Why do They Differ from Developed Markets Funds?, Peter Olds, EMPEA 26/04/2015

Госдума приняла закон о легализации капиталов, ИТАР-ТАСС 22/05/2014

Границы китайской нормальности, Александр Зотин, Деньги 18/05/2015

Real Estate

Russia needs new top hotels despite economic crisis, 4Hoteliers 23/05/2015

Millennials and their luxury aspirations, Pam Danziger, 4Hoteliers 22/05/2015

4 Chinese travel trends you need to know, Vicky  Tobianah, eHotelier 21/05/2015

St. Regis Moscow Nikolskaya debuts in Russia, eHotelier, 30/04/2015

В Санкт-Петербурге спрос на квартиры сократился на 50% по сравнению с прошлым годом, Дмитрий Синочкин, Ведомости 25/05/2015

Education

The Squeeze on Elite Colleges, Frank Bruni, Time 19/05/2015

 Culture

Обеспеченная бодрость, Александр Зотин, Деньги 25/05/2015