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The Rise of Micro Multinationals

Small Business Labs

This is up from about 30,000 in 2009. trillion by 2025.  A study recently issued by eBay reports that in the last year 190,000 U.S. small businesses that use their platform export to multiple countries and continents. Even more are exporters (meaning they sell their goods or services to at least 1 country outside of the U.S.).

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A quick explainer for COP26 — here’s how climate negotiations work and what’s at stake

Ideas.Ted

Wealthy countries promised in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations, a goal that has not been reached. negotiations, remains hopeful that enough countries will create momentum for others to strengthen their reduction targets by 2025. The cost of failure is astronomical.