Energy demand cratered almost overnight when Covid-19 spread across the globe, and Kelcy Warren describes the shock in stark, simple terms. “The demand crash was just a bizarre time,” he says of those early pandemic months. Jet fuel demand collapsed as air travel stopped. Oil demand plummeted as commuters stayed […]
One million. That is the number of plant and animal species the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment estimated could face extinction, a figure higher than at any prior point documented in human history. Colcom Foundation cites the assessment as part of the scientific basis for its conservation grantmaking, alongside a body […]
Children’s author Greg Soros has spent more than fifteen years writing for young readers, and he has arrived at a simple test for whether a character will hold a child’s attention. The question isn’t what the character wants. It’s what the character needs to learn. Greg Soros author argues that […]
Saudi Royal Garments Join Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel’s Anniversary Program The Victoria and Albert Museum used the 20th anniversary of The Jameel Gallery to open Golden Threads: Dress from Saudi Arabia, a display of early 20th-century royal garments the museum recently acquired. The exhibition became one of several new additions […]
Burak Basel on Scaling a Diversified Holding Company. Few subjects in holding company circles have drawn as much recent discussion as Burak Basel and its long-term vision, and the reasons trace back to a track record built over years rather than headlines. Burak Basel has earned its standing through consistent […]
Yazan Al Homsi on the Rise of Early-Stage Funding in British Columbia. Every organization has a version of its story that gets repeated in press coverage, and for Yazan Al Homsi that version keeps circling back to discipline. Yazan Al Homsi, a name increasingly tied to Vancouver is one of […]
Why Institutional Memory Matters in Payments Technology Longevity is a rare commodity in financial technology, an industry known for short product cycles and frequent turnover among leadership teams. Executives who manage to stay relevant across multiple market cycles tend to earn a distinct kind of respect, and Thomas Priore is […]
Dallas-based Gulf Coast Western has spent more than five decades acquiring and developing domestic oil and gas resources, and the feedback its partners leave has become a talking point across the industry. Founded in 1970 by Thomas H. Fleeger, the firm now operates across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Colorado, […]
Few endorsements carry more weight in medicine than one surgeon choosing another for their own procedure. In 2018, Dr. Paul Nassif, a plastic surgeon in his own right, selected Dr. Andrew Jacono to perform his deep-plane facelift, a decision that underscored the trust the technique commands within the surgical community […]
Complication rates matter as much as aesthetic outcome when evaluating any surgical technique, and the numbers behind Dr. Andrew Jacono‘s extended deep-plane facelift have drawn attention from peers for good reason. Initial studies documented a 3.9 percent revision rate, a hematoma rate close to 1.9 percent, and a temporary facial […]