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Reuters -- Euro zone's trade surplus widens on rising exports in February

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) The euro zone's trade surplus widened in February from a year earlier on rising exports with imports unchanged, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Tuesday. Read more

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Reuters -- OECD development aid hits record high in 2013, Europe lags

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) Development aid from rich countries to some of the world's poorest rose to a record high last year, data showed on Tuesday, but contributions from mainland Europe lagged as the region clawed its way out of recession. Read more

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- Tech firms bet on gadgets that monitor our lives, but will we wear them?

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) -- Chris Dancy started measuring his life four years ago. It started with social media, then grew to health monitors, and home devices. Now, on a typical day, 300 to 400 systems are tracking his every move, thought and feeling, and logging them in his Google calendar. READ MORE.

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Fast Company -- How A Stupid Experiment In The Armpit Of NYC Launched Refinery29

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) Five years ago, Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries launched what they call one of their stupidest ideas ever: a one-month pop-up shop at the grimy Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan. Somehow, the oddly placed little shop run by two fashion newbies generated nearly a million dollars in sales, helping add rocket fuel to the Refinery29 brand. It's now the largest independent fashion website in the U.S. with a value of $29 million. Read more

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- Canada is improving its global connections

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) -- The world is less connected than it was six years ago, but Canada has managed to buck the trend, according to the latest Depth Index of Globalization report from the IESE Business School in Spain. Read more

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- In hindsight, maybe forward guidance wasn’t such a great idea

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) -- Justin Bieber isn’t the only Canadian suffering embarrassment abroad this week. Mark Carney has grabbed attention at the World Economic Forum in Davos for admitting that the Bank of England’s forward guidance system might need to be shelved. It was a project that Mr. Carney spearheaded in his first meeting after taking over the helm on Threadneedle Street; confessing its failure just six months later is not just embarrassing, it’s dangerous. READ MORE.