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Tropical Cyclone Gita is reportedly the most powerful&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205183-1","inline-1205183-2","inline-1205183-3"],"content":"\n<p>The small Pacific island nation of Tonga woke up to devastation after a hurricane-strength storm tore through.<\/p>\n<p>Tropical Cyclone Gita is reportedly the most powerful to ever hit Tonga&mdash;most recently in the spotlight at the Winter Olympics thanks to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/early-lead\/wp\/2018\/02\/09\/the-well-oiled-tongan-from-rio-is-in-pyeongchang-and-still-well-oiled\/\">scene-stealing appearance<\/a> of Pita Taufatofua, the muscular, shirtless, oiled-up flag bearer.<\/p>\n<p>Gita passed just south of the main island of Tongatapu as a Category-4 storm with peak winds of 145 mph. According to the most recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.gov.fj\/aifs_prods\/20021.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a> from the Fiji Meteorological Service, Gita was about 200 km east-southeast Ono-I-Lau, and taking aim at Fiji.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205183-1\"><\/div><p>Gita&rsquo;s eye passed just south of the Tongan islands of Tongatapu and &lsquo;Eua.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tropical Cyclone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gita?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gita<\/a> hit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tonga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tonga<\/a> today with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Himawari8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Himawari8<\/a> geostationary satellite captured the path of the storm over the past 24 hours. Learn more about our international satellite partners in orbit here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMSgTCxp0U\">https:\/\/t.co\/SMSgTCxp0U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oefCA1fzZR\">pic.twitter.com\/oefCA1fzZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NOAASatellites\/status\/963059622918737923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This gif from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), using Japanese weather satellite imagery, shows the size of the storm compared to the islands of Tonga (outlined in pink):<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1205348\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  alignnone zoomable size-medium\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 66.666666666667%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/gita.gif?w=720\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 320px, 640px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Tropical Cyclone Gita passing over Tonga on Monday night (Feb. 12).\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"inline-image-caption\"><i class=\"icon-camera\"><\/i>Tropical Cyclone Gita passing over Tonga on Monday night (Feb. 12).<span class=\"inline-image-credit has-space\"> (NOAA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Though the eye of Gita did not make landfall on Tonga, the storm&rsquo;s impact was especially devastating because the 288-sq-mile island (smaller than New York City) remained in the eye-wall, where the strongest winds and heaviest rains are located, for several hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By evaluating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gita?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gita<\/a> using MIMIC imagery, it looks like Tonga might have been hit by a double eye-wall. The cyclone was undergoing an eye-wall replacement cycle (EWRC). No landfall occurred on the island. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tonga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tonga<\/a> stayed in eye wall for several hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRsshumw4r\">pic.twitter.com\/wRsshumw4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zach Covey (@ZachWPDE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachWPDE\/status\/963102054184050688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the tiny country escaped the most worst of the destruction because Gita hit during low tide, so there was no storm surge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205183-2\"><\/div><p>Forecasters say the storm could strengthen to Category 5 as moves towards Fiji, and could hit the southern Lau islands with gusts as and gusts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.gov.fj\/aifs_prods\/20021.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as high as 295 kph<\/a> (183 mph).<\/p>\n<p>Gita is then forecast to take a turn southward, and track toward New Zealand. Gita must first pass through colder water temperatures, which likely will cause it to lose much of its strength.<\/p>\n<h2>Widespread destruction in Tonga<\/h2>\n<p>Tonga has been without power, so official reports are only just starting to come in. Early reports suggest that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/world\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=11993261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75% of homes<\/a> in the capital of Nuku&#699;alofa have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205183-3\"><\/div><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been involved in disaster responses for 30 plus years and it&rsquo;s the worst situation I have been in,&rdquo; Graham Kenna of Tonga&rsquo;s National Emergency Management Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/news\/pacific\/350257\/gita-debris-downed-power-lines-hamper-cleanup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Radio NZ.<\/a> According to Graham, almost every home in Tonga has been damaged, mostly from fallen trees and flooding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TCGita?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TCGita<\/a> damages so far from Tonga including this Tongan church near my home <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TongaUpdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TongaUpdates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1emgHR3p3\">pic.twitter.com\/O1emgHR3p3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Solomone  Savelio (@SolomoneSavelio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolomoneSavelio\/status\/963113904405729283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Compared to storms at home [in New Zealand], this just doesn&rsquo;t compare. It&rsquo;s like someone screaming out of control, the palm trees are bent over sideways, there&rsquo;s a lot of variables in play. You&rsquo;re completely at its mercy,&rdquo; Barbra Dreaver a New Zealand reporter traveling in Tonga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/one-news\/world\/nervous-1-news-barbara-dreaver-tells-screaming-noise-in-nukualofa-ive-never-experienced-anything-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told TVNZ1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hotel is shaking and can hear screech of metal flying past outside.. rain water coming in sideways to second floor room. Heart with those not in solid structure  this is bad gita <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tonga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tonga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barbara Dreaver (@barbaradreaver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barbaradreaver\/status\/962994330758561792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the weekend, Gita caused major flooding and wind damage in neighboring Samoa. The storm caused major damage to homes and utilities, though there have been no reports of injury or death so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In &#127484;&#127480; Samoa, the Red Cross is checking on people affected by tropical <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cyclone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cyclone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gita?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gita<\/a>, which is now threatening &#127481;&#127476; Tonga, after causing flooding in Apia &amp; downing trees <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TCGita?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TCGita<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iyyIYBenTp\">pic.twitter.com\/iyyIYBenTp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFRCAsiaPacific\/status\/962725311677849600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<hr><p><strong>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1171785\/bomb-cyclone-satellite-images-show-the-yin-and-yang-of-storm-formation\/?utm_source=readnext\">The yin and yang of satellite imagery shows the zen of storm formation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205425,"alt":"Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 4","caption":"Gita now is taking aim at Fiji.","credit":"Japan Meteorological Agency\/Himawari","width":800,"height":450,"aspectRatio":1.7777777777778,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/screen-shot-2018-02-12-at-4.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=800","size":"large"},"kicker":"CYCLONE GITA","seoTitle":"Tonga: Tropical Cyclone Gita could be the most powerful storm to ever hit it","facebookDescription":"Early reports suggest that 75% of homes in the capital of Nuku\u02bbalofa have been 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As always with most election seasons, permutations are underway as to who the major players might be, how campaigns will be run and which candidates stand the best chance. In Nigeria, election season is about to get into full swing.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari, 75, will have the advantage of incumbency which, in Nigeria, is not to be taken lightly. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to civilian rule, a sitting president has lost at the polls only once. It happened in 2015 when Buhari&rsquo;s All Progressives Congress (APC), succeeded in defeating then-incumbent Goodluck Jonathan of the People&rsquo;s Democratic Party (PDP). It was Buhari&rsquo;s fourth run for the presidency and snagging that election win was far from easy. It required a complex and uneasy marriage of several political parties and interests.<\/p>\n<p>One year before the next election, the alliance is holding despite cracks that have since appeared and even though neither president Buhari nor the APC have confirmed his re-election bid, some indicators suggest one might be on the cards. Close allies of the president have began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-nigeria-politics\/nigerias-buhari-re-election-movement-gathers-pace-for-2019-idUSKBN1ES1IB\">talking up his chances<\/a> while APC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/more-news\/256487-2019-apc-asks-okorocha-lead-buharis-re-election-campaign-south-east.html\">began appointing key campaign officials<\/a> in parts of the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204674-1\"><\/div><p>But while the president seems undecided, he&rsquo;s already facing high-profile opposition. In a 3,500-word open letter published in national dailies, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria&rsquo;s president from 1999 to 2007, pointedly asked Buhari <a href=\"http:\/\/punchng.com\/full-letter-obasanjo-writes-buhari-asks-president-to-halt-2019-ambition\/\">not to seek re-election<\/a> citing his weakness in &ldquo;understanding&rdquo; the economy as well as foreign and internal affairs. Some of the opposition to Buhari&rsquo;s re-election bid has <a href=\"http:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2018\/01\/13\/2019-shehu-sani-blasts-buharis-re-election-bid\/\">come from within his party<\/a>. Even closer to home, Aisha Buhari, the first lady, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2018\/01\/aisha-buhari-sets-twitter-abuzz-re-tweets-videos-of-bruce-misau-criticising-fg\">retweeted messages which criticized the president<\/a> and suggested he&rsquo;s not in control of his government.<\/p>\n<h2>Gone full circle<\/h2>\n<p>Three years after becoming president, Buhari appears to have gone full circle and finds himself in the same position as Goodluck Jonathan, his predecessor, during the last elections. Despite enjoying lots of goodwill when he took office, like Jonathan, Buhari&rsquo;s popularity has significantly waned. Buhari will also face scrutiny over his handling of Nigeria&rsquo;s security crises.<\/p>\n<p>But the toughest questions will be about his handling of Nigeria&rsquo;s economy. Under his watch, the economy slipped into its <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/842362\/nigeria-recession-gdp-contracted-again-in-the-third-quarter-of-2016\/\">first recession in nearly two decades<\/a> in the first quarter of 2016 and went on to suffer a full year of shrinkage. Unemployment has also spiked: between the third quarter of 2015 and of 2017, the official unemployment rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/charts\/H1CdyVnmM\">nearly doubled<\/a>. While much of the crisis was triggered by the drop in oil prices, analysts also partly blamed it on Buhari&rsquo;s policies, such as his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationng.com\/2016\/01\/devaluation-will-kill-naira-buhari-tells-nigerians-living-in-kenya.html\">initial stubborn refusal<\/a> to devalue the naira currency <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/707802\/nigeria-has-caved-and-will-finally-devalue-its-troubled-currency\/\">only to do so months later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"S1905wlef\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_S1905wlef.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>The government has recorded some success in making it easier to do business in the country with Nigeria <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1117210\/is-it-really-any-easier-to-do-business-in-nigeria\/\">improving by 20 places<\/a> in the latest Doing Business report. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/919799\/nigeria-is-relaxing-visa-rules-for-foreigners-to-boost-the-ease-of-doing-business\/\">relaxed visa entry rules<\/a> for foreigners and investors, launched <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/988627\/the-key-to-diversifying-nigerias-economy-could-lie-in-fixing-its-ports\/\">reforms at local ports<\/a> to boost trade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1205665\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  alignleft zoomable size-small\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 150.02949852507%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2m16u.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1695\" sizes=\"320px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo attends the World Economic Forum in Cape Town\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"inline-image-caption\"><i class=\"icon-camera\"><\/i>Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Buhari to step down next year.<span class=\"inline-image-credit has-space\"> (Reuters\/Mark Wessels)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>It has also made it <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/829236\/nigerias-corporate-affairs-commission-has-reduced-the-cost-of-registering-a-business-by-50\/\">easier and cheaper to start businesses<\/a>. But the government has not shown a similar appetite for reforms elsewhere. The lack of political will to deliver big-ticket reforms while oil prices were low and provided an incentive to do so, including deregulating the petroleum sector, represents <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1189555\/70-oil-price-is-bad-news-for-nigeria\/\">a missed opportunity.<\/a> To compound the problem, several Nigerian cities have been <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1151111\/nigerias-christmas-fuel-shortages\/\">plagued by intermittent fuel queues<\/a> since December. It&rsquo;s also unlikely that the government will be taking on any risky reforms at the expense of political expediency with the elections around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Like his predecessor, Buhari also faces questions over his handling of security problems. Under his administration, Nigeria&rsquo;s army has markedly gained the upper-hand in the high profile battle against Boko Haram, securing <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/808396\/boko-haram-21-of-nigerias-kidnapped-chibok-girls-have-been-released-a-sign-they-might-all-be-coming-home\/\">the release of abductees<\/a> and wining over vast swathes of territory in the northeast. But elsewhere, other problems have worsened as festering tensions between nomadic herdsmen in Nigeria&rsquo;s north and farmers have <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204744\/nigeria-fulani-herdsmen-clashes-are-redefining-its-geopolitics\/\">violently come to the fore<\/a>. Over the years, a loss of grazing land due to desertification and a lack of rainfall has forced herdsmen to head south for fertile grazing land usually owned by farmers in the region. In January alone, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1178371\/benue-killing-nigerias-fulani-herdsmen-attacks-have-over-surpassed-boko-haram\/\">over 70 people were slaughtered<\/a> in a single incident and last year, rampaging herdsmen were deemed <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/886949\/fulani-herdsmen-are-now-a-bigger-security-threat-for-nigeria-than-boko-haram\/\">a bigger security threat<\/a> than Boko Haram. Buhari has been criticized for a tepid response not at par with the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1205646\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  alignnone zoomable size-medium\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 66.666666666667%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx319vo.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=5184\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 320px, 640px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Protestors gather during a demonstration against Fulani herdsmen killings, in Abuja, Nigeria\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"inline-image-caption\"><i class=\"icon-camera\"><\/i>Protestors gather during a demonstration against Fulani herdsmen killings, in Abuja, Nigeria, last March.<span class=\"inline-image-credit has-space\"> (Reuters\/Afolabi Sotunde)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In contrast, in Nigeria&rsquo;s southeast, Buhari appears to have responded to agitations for secession by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1077801\/biafra-and-nnamdi-kanu-nigerias-army-siege-to-crush-biafra-calls-isnt-winning-much-support\/\">almost too gravely<\/a>. Last September, an army siege in the region reportedly left <a href=\"http:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2017\/09\/14\/biafra-ipob-members-killed-umuahia-police-boss-house-attacked\/\">four IPOB members dead<\/a>. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the group who faces charges of treason, has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulse.ng\/news\/local\/nnamdi-kanus-disappearance-poses-troubling-questions-id7824912.html\">not been seen since the siege<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"Bk-wuTiUx\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_Bk-wuTiUx.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Away from his performance, there&rsquo;s also the question of Buhari&rsquo;s fitness and health. Last year, he spent<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1057953\/nigerias-president-buhari-will-return-home-after-104-days-in-london-on-medical-leave\/\"> over 150 days in London on medical leave<\/a> receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Since returning, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/241949-many-misses-buhari-presides-fec-meeting.html\">has missed  some cabinet meetings<\/a> while the administration remains tight-lipped about the president&rsquo;s health. If he chooses to run again, how he copes with what will likely be a long and tasking campaign schedule will be closely watched.<\/p>\n<h2>New fronts and old faces<\/h2>\n<p>Nigeria&rsquo;s young electorate (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/nigeria-population\/\">median age of the country is 17.9<\/a>) is hopeful of <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1007905\/a-new-poll-shows-nigerians-are-ready-to-vote-for-younger-leaders-in-2019\/\">voting in a younger president (between 40 and 50 years old)<\/a> in 2019. But that&rsquo;s unlikely as even though Nigeria is a multi-party state, neither APC nor PDP, the two most dominant parties appears interested in fielding a young candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"HkCq0E-Xb\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_HkCq0E-Xb.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite PDP&rsquo;s 16-year reign in office, much of its time as an opposition party has been rocked by in-fighting. It took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/236682-supreme-court-sacked-sheriff-pdp-chairman.html\">a court judgement<\/a> in July 2017 to resolve the party&rsquo;s leadership disputes. Regardless, it remains a formidable party with several former and current public office holders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1205643\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  alignleft zoomable size-small\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 108.10810810811%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx1v2cc.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925\" sizes=\"320px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Nigeria's President Muhhamadu Buhari is joined by former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as they attend the Jumaat Prayers after Alhaji Atiku Abubakar returned from medical treatment overseas, in Abuja\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"inline-image-caption\"><i class=\"icon-camera\"><\/i>Friends in 2015. Rivals in 2019? Buhari (L) with former vice president Atiku Abubakar<span class=\"inline-image-credit has-space\"> (Reuters\/Stringer)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Ahead of the elections, PDP could benefit from a culture of political flexibility that has characterized Nigerian politics. In 2015, the party was weakened as several members switched allegiances to APC which had notable momentum at the time. Yet it could benefit from a similar scenario with murmurs of discontent in APC gaining steam. Atiku Abubakar, vice-president between 1999 and 2007 and three-time presidential candidate, has led the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/251290-atiku-joins-pdp.html\">leaving APC for PDP<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari&rsquo;s re-election campaign, like the previous ones, will run on his long-running, well-oiled anti-corruption campaign rhetoric but it&rsquo;s one that has taken a beating with corruption scandals <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1115452\/the-anti-corruption-fight-of-nigerias-president-buhari-has-hit-close-to-home\/\">involving highly-ranked officials<\/a> of his administration. Cheta Nwanze, head of research at SBM Intelligence , an Africa-focused geopolitical analysis firm, says the president will have little choice regardless. &ldquo;He really cannot run based on performance,&rdquo; he tells Quartz. &ldquo;The numbers speak against him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If he chooses to run, a Buhari victory will strongly depend on maintaining an accord with party chieftains in Nigeria&rsquo;s southwest. The president, a northerner, has always been very popular in northern Nigeria, but that alone has never been enough to get into office as he realized in 2003, 2007 and in 2011. In 2015, Buhari had more appeal<em>&mdash;<\/em>and won more votes<em>&mdash;<\/em>largely thanks to the APC&rsquo;s strong national presence especially in the southwest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204674-2\"><\/div><p>Buhari&rsquo;s popularity in the north is such that if he chooses not to contest, he will still play a pivotal role in the elections by throwing his weight and popularity behind APC&rsquo;s candidate. But with his plans for the election still under wraps, presidential hopefuls in the party are keeping their cards close to their chest. Should he choose not to contest however, there&rsquo;s a slim chance vice-president Yemi Osinbajo might be the party&rsquo;s ticket-bearer. He&rsquo;s already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/7dce4472-f515-11e6-8758-6876151821a6\">won plaudits<\/a> (paywall) during his stint as acting president while president Buhari was away on medical leave.<\/p>\n<p>But there are some who have grown tired of APC and PDP&rsquo;s duopoly of political power. Former minister of education and longtime activist, Oby Ezekwesili has started a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/top-news\/254455-agenda-stop-apc-pdp-winning-elections-2019-oby-ezekwesili.html\">red card movement&rdquo; campaign<\/a> to drum support among Nigerians for parties other than PDP and APC while Obasanjo has also <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/obasanjos-coalition-to-open-offices-across-nigeria-this-week\/\">started a Coalition for Nigeria Movement<\/a> looking to present a viable third option. Stanley Azuakola, publisher of The Scoop, a policy-focused news website, says that, like PDP, Obasanjo is &ldquo;betting&rdquo; on bringing disgruntled members from both parties seeking a new platform into his fold. Put another way, the coalition will likely be a new front for old faces.<\/p>\n<p>As elections and permutations go, a lot can happen in a year. In Nigerian elections, that pretty much comes with a guarantee<em>&mdash;<\/em>a lot is bound to happen.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/newsletters\/africa-weekly-brief\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Quartz Africa Weekly Brief<\/a> &mdash; the most important and interesting news from across the continent, in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205555,"alt":"Obama meets with Nigerian President Buhari at the United Nations","caption":"Four more years?","credit":"Reuters\/Kevin Lamarque","width":3491,"height":1968,"aspectRatio":1.7738821138211,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtsomm7-e1518481270960.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=3491","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"PRIMER","seoTitle":"Nigeria&#039;s Buhari mulls 2019 election taking on PDP, Obasanjo Coalition and third forces","facebookTitle":"President Buhari&#039;s stumbles have opened the door for another major shift in Nigerian politics","facebookDescription":"Nigeria&#039;s election season is about to get into full swing.","edition":"africa","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"#nigeriadecides","slug":"nigeriadecides"},{"name":"Nigeria 2019 elections","slug":"nigeria-2019-elections"},{"name":"Nigeria elections","slug":"nigeria-elections"},{"name":"Nigeria presidential elections","slug":"nigeria-presidential-elections"},{"name":"President Buhari","slug":"president-buhari"},{"name":"President Muhammadu Buhari","slug":"president-muhammadu-buhari"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Politics and policy","slug":"politics-and-policy"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Yomi Kazeem","username":"ykazeem","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/ykazeem\/","twitter":"TheYomiKazeem"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204674&text=President%20Buhari%27s%20stumbles%20have%20opened%20the%20door%20for%20another%20major%20shift%20in%20Nigerian%20politics&via=qzafrica","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204674%2Fnigerias-buhari-mulls-2019-election-taking-on-pdp-obasanjo-coalition-and-third-forces%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Yomi%20Kazeem","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204674%2Fnigerias-buhari-mulls-2019-election-taking-on-pdp-obasanjo-coalition-and-third-forces%2F&title=President%20Buhari%27s%20stumbles%20have%20opened%20the%20door%20for%20another%20major%20shift%20in%20Nigerian%20politics&summary=If%20everything%20goes%20according%20to%20plan%2C%20Nigerians%20will%20be%20going%20to%20the%20polls%20to%20elect%20a%20president%20almost%20precisely%20a%20year%20from%20now%2C%20on%20Feb.%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20President%20Buhari%27s%20stumbles%20have%20opened%20the%20door%20for%20another%20major%20shift%20in%20Nigerian%20politics&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204674%2Fnigerias-buhari-mulls-2019-election-taking-on-pdp-obasanjo-coalition-and-third-forces%2F%0A%0AIf%20everything%20goes%20according%20to%20plan%2C%20Nigerians%20will%20be%20going%20to%20the%20polls%20to%20elect%20a%20president%20almost%20precisely%20a%20year%20from%20now%2C%20on%20Feb.%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=President%20Buhari%27s%20stumbles%20have%20opened%20the%20door%20for%20another%20major%20shift%20in%20Nigerian%20politics%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204674%2Fnigerias-buhari-mulls-2019-election-taking-on-pdp-obasanjo-coalition-and-third-forces%2F"},"peer39":[9391,9475,9736,19680,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004]},{"id":1205179,"title":"Amazon is laying people off","slug":"amazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205179\/amazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 20:28:32","updated":"2018-02-13 02:50:50","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Amazon is laying off several hundred corporate employees in a rare shift of resources to other parts of its business, the Seattle Times reports. The&hellip;","inlineAds":[],"content":"<p>Amazon is laying off several hundred corporate employees in a rare shift of resources to other parts of its business, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/amazon\/amazon-laying-off-corporate-employees-in-rare-cutback\/\">Seattle Times reports<\/a>. The layoffs will include people at its Seattle headquarters and across global operations, according to a Times&#8217; source familiar with the cuts, and mainly include folks working in the consumer retail business.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs are relatively modest for a company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2017\/amazon-will-exceed-500k-employee-milestone-new-hq-whole-foods-acquisition\/\">that employs<\/a> 560,000 worldwide, including 40,000 in Seattle, with plans to add another 50,000 at its new second headquarters, dubbed H2Q.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s recent hiring sprees, however, put some units over budget, according to employees interviewed by the Times. &ldquo;As part of our annual planning process, we are making head count adjustments across the company &mdash; small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others,&rdquo; Amazon told Quartz in a statement. &ldquo;For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The company has already notified some employees, according to the Times. The remaining affected employees will be notified in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated to include comment from Amazon.<\/em><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205278,"alt":"Job seekers line up to apply for jobs during &quot;Amazon Jobs Day.&quot;","caption":"Back to square one.","credit":"Brian Snyder\/Reuters","width":6419,"height":3610,"aspectRatio":1.7781163434903,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtx4ntdz-e1518463491399.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=6419","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"MAKE WAY","seoTitle":"Amazon is laying off corporate employees","facebookDescription":"Can Alexa help?","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"amazon","slug":"amazon"},{"name":"Business","slug":"business"},{"name":"online retail","slug":"online-retail"},{"name":"retail","slug":"retail"},{"name":"Technology","slug":"technology"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Tech and communications","slug":"tech-and-communications"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Karen Hao","username":"khaoqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/khaoqz\/","twitter":"_KarenHao"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205179&text=Amazon%20is%20laying%20people%20off&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205179%2Famazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Karen%20Hao","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205179%2Famazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees%2F&title=Amazon%20is%20laying%20people%20off&summary=Amazon%20is%20laying%20off%20several%20hundred%20corporate%20employees%20in%20a%20rare%20shift%20of%20resources%20to%20other%20parts%20of%20its%20business%2C%20the%20Seattle%20Times%20reports.%20The%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Amazon%20is%20laying%20people%20off&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205179%2Famazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees%2F%0A%0AAmazon%20is%20laying%20off%20several%20hundred%20corporate%20employees%20in%20a%20rare%20shift%20of%20resources%20to%20other%20parts%20of%20its%20business%2C%20the%20Seattle%20Times%20reports.%20The%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Amazon%20is%20laying%20people%20off%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205179%2Famazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees%2F"},"peer39":[9456,9736,25613,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004]},{"id":1205327,"title":"Charted: Trump&#8217;s 2019 fantasy budget brings back government cheese and the rhythm method","slug":"trumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205327\/trumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 21:40:07","updated":"2018-02-12 21:40:07","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Donald Trump unveiled the White House&#8217;s radical 2019 budget proposal today, pledging to end &#8220;wasteful spending&#8221; and\u2014surprise!\u2014build a wall on the border with Mexico. Much&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205327-1"],"content":"\n<p>Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/budget-fy2019.pdf\">unveiled the White House&rsquo;s<\/a> radical 2019 budget proposal today, pledging to end &ldquo;wasteful spending&rdquo; and&mdash;surprise!&mdash;build a wall on the border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Much like Trump&rsquo;s proposal last year, the budget takes aim at health and social programs. It also proposes deep cuts into agencies like the Department of Labor and the State Department.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"rJfA-OyPM\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_rJfA-OyPM.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>The budget makes a number of unusual recommendations, including substituting USDA products for some food assistance credits, a move that harkens back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/wn7mgq\/wtf-happened-to-government-cheese\">Ronald Reagan-era distribution<\/a> of government cheese.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy hell, Trump's budget proposal is going to return us to the days of government cheese. This is twisted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MtrgBDJ0a3\">pic.twitter.com\/MtrgBDJ0a3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexHuppke\/status\/963118758440112128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget\">eliminates<\/a> after-school programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, while slashing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-12\/federal-amtrak-spending-would-be-cut-in-half-under-trump-budget\">funding for Amtrak<\/a> in the midst of a US railroad safety crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205327-1\"><\/div><p>The budget also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/budget-fy2019.pdf\">an emphasis on &ldquo;fertility awareness&rdquo;<\/a> (pg. 82), a birth control method also known as the &ldquo;Rhythm Method&rdquo; or &ldquo;calendar method,&rdquo; in which a woman abstains from sex at the most fertile time of her cycle. The method is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/rhythm-method\/about\/pac-20390918\">considered one of the least effective methods<\/a> of birth control, with as many as 24 out of 100 couples that use it becoming pregnant in one year, the Mayo Clinic says.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 budget also nearly doubles the federal deficit over the next decade to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/02\/12\/trump-budget-deficit-404588\">$7.1 trillion<\/a>&mdash;but based on<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205426\"> what happened last year<\/a>, there&rsquo;s little chance any of its proposals will become reality.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205412,"alt":"** FILE ** In this Feb. 16, 1982, file three-year-old Michael Quinones has a little problem handling the free 5-pound package of processed American cheese his mother received as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to support needy persons in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo\/File)","caption":"A boy carries free US government cheese in Pennsylvania in 1982.","credit":"AP Photo","width":2040,"height":1147,"aspectRatio":1.7785527462947,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/ap_8202160134-e1518469753933.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=2040","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"NOT GOING TO HAPPEN","seoTitle":"Trump&#039;s 2019 budget brings back government cheese and the rhythm method","facebookTitle":"Charted: Trump&#039;s fantasy budget brings back government cheese and more","facebookDescription":"It would also eliminate public broadcasting and after-school programs.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"\"America First\"","slug":"america-first"}],"tags":[{"name":"afterschool programs","slug":"afterschool-programs"},{"name":"birth control","slug":"birth-control"},{"name":"budget","slug":"budget"},{"name":"defense","slug":"defense"},{"name":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump"},{"name":"government 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by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205327&text=Charted%3A%20Trump%27s%20fantasy%20budget%20brings%20back%20government%20cheese%20and%20more&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205327%2Ftrumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Heather%20Timmons","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205327%2Ftrumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method%2F&title=Charted%3A%20Trump%27s%20fantasy%20budget%20brings%20back%20government%20cheese%20and%20more&summary=Donald%20Trump%20unveiled%20the%20White%20House%E2%80%99s%20radical%202019%20budget%20proposal%20today%2C%20pledging%20to%20end%20%E2%80%9Cwasteful%20spending%E2%80%9D%20and%E2%80%94surprise%21%E2%80%94build%20a%20wall%20on%20the%20border%20with%20Mexico.%20Much%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Charted%3A%20Trump%27s%20fantasy%20budget%20brings%20back%20government%20cheese%20and%20more&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205327%2Ftrumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method%2F%0A%0ADonald%20Trump%20unveiled%20the%20White%20House%E2%80%99s%20radical%202019%20budget%20proposal%20today%2C%20pledging%20to%20end%20%E2%80%9Cwasteful%20spending%E2%80%9D%20and%E2%80%94surprise%21%E2%80%94build%20a%20wall%20on%20the%20border%20with%20Mexico.%20Much%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Charted%3A%20Trump%27s%20fantasy%20budget%20brings%20back%20government%20cheese%20and%20more%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205327%2Ftrumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method%2F"},"peer39":[9736,1908,19680,22057,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,9391,9561,2735,21363,32893,18899,12625,13793]},{"id":1205165,"title":"The beef industry has fired its first shot in the fight against cell-cultured meat","slug":"the-us-department-of-agriculture-is-being-asked-to-differentiate-beef-from-clean-meat","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205165\/the-us-department-of-agriculture-is-being-asked-to-differentiate-beef-from-clean-meat\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 21:06:01","updated":"2018-02-12 21:06:01","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"A major sector of the American meat industry is finally taking aim at cell-cultured meat, sparking what promises to be a spirited debate over the&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205165-1","inline-1205165-2","inline-1205165-3"],"content":"\n<p>A major sector of the American meat industry is finally taking aim at cell-cultured meat, sparking what promises to be a spirited debate over the future of high-tech meat and how people will buy it.<\/p>\n<p>The US Cattlemen&rsquo;s Association (USCA) has filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscattlemen.org\/Templates\/pdfs_USCA\/2018-PDFs\/2-9-18USCA-AMS-Petition-re-definition-of-beef-and-meat.pdf\">15-page petition<\/a> (pdf) with the US Department of Agriculture, asking it to differentiate conventional meat from the cell cultured&mdash;known in the industry <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1086825\/theres-a-debate-among-the-makers-of-cell-cultured-meat-what-do-you-call-it\/\">as &ldquo;clean meat&rdquo;<\/a>&mdash;by creating a formal definition. As laid out in the petition, the cattlemen say they envision a definition for &ldquo;beef&rdquo; that reads something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[The government] should require that any product labeled as &ldquo;beef&rdquo; come from cattle that have been born, raised, and harvested in the traditional manner, rather than coming from alternative sources such as a synthetic product from plant, insects, or other non-animal components and any product grown in labs from animal cells.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Further, the association asked the department&rsquo;s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to narrow the definition of &ldquo;meat&rdquo; to the flesh of animals that have been harvested in the traditional way. Earlier this month, another large and powerful industry group, the National Cattlemen&rsquo;s Beef Association, listed &ldquo;fake meat&rdquo; as one of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beefusa.org\/newsreleases1.aspx?NewsID=6551\">five main priorities<\/a> for 2018 and vowed to &ldquo;protect our industry and consumers from fake meat and misleading labels.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205165-1\"><\/div><p>In asking &ldquo;meat&rdquo; to be defined, the nation&rsquo;s ranchers are signaling they&rsquo;re ready to force a fight that has, until now, only been whispered about within the broader industry. It marks an important moment, one that promises to pit Silicon Valley foodie futurism against longtime food-industry players.<\/p>\n<p>The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports and lobbies on behalf of meat- alternative companies, questions whether the cattlemen filed their petition with the correct federal agency. It remains unclear which government office will regulate clean meat, but the US Food and Drug Administration&mdash;not the Department of Agriculture&mdash;is the clear regulator of plant-based food labeling. The institute says government food definitions should not be used to police competition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems like they&rsquo;re trying to meddle in the free market,&rdquo; Jessica Almy, policy director at the institute, tells Quartz.<\/p>\n<h2>An industry split over methods<\/h2>\n<p>Battle lines over the issue won&rsquo;t be neatly drawn. The meat industry is as large as it is complex, comprised of farmers, ranchers, feedlots, slaughterhouses, and more. Because of the way the beef, pork, and poultry industries are individually arranged, it is not a given that they will align on the issue of clean meat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205165-2\"><\/div><p>That&rsquo;s because poultry production and much of pork are vertically integrated&mdash;major processors such as Tyson Foods, Cargill, and Pilgrim&rsquo;s Pride own their animals at birth and hire contractors to deliver them up the supply chain to slaughterhouses.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Tyson Foods and Cargill have <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1193161\/tyson-foods-is-investing-in-lab-grown-meat\/\">invested in clean meat<\/a> startups, drawn to the technology for its efficiencies and consumer interest. It is conceivable that pork and poultry trade groups will be less likely to speak out against the technology.<\/p>\n<p>The beef industry, more fragmented, is very different. A constellation of ranchers across the US own their animals. They feed them, raise them, and then sell them at auction to feedlots, which in turn sell the animals to meat packers. Ranchers, less beholden to the interests of the major companies, are theoretically more likely to voice their concerns about the rise of clean meat and its potential threat to their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s too early to say whether pork and poultry producers will fall in with them. The National Pork Producers Council tells Quartz the organization has yet to discuss the issue in a formal way, and that it might come up at its annual meeting later this month in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205165-3\"><\/div><p>&ldquo;We do recognize that this is something that&rsquo;s out there and it&rsquo;s one of those things that, like other issues, we&rsquo;ll want to get ahead of it and not just react to it,&rdquo; said spokesman Dave Warner.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the National Chicken Council has not staked a position, either. &ldquo;This is an issue that is on our radar screen, but we do not have an official policy at this time,&rdquo; spokesman Tom Super wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Clean meat has gotten an increasing amount of attention as startup companies around the world have edged closer to getting a product to market. An analyst at Rabobank, one of the world&rsquo;s largest agricultural-commodity banks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rabobank.com\/en\/raboworld\/articles\/an-appetizing-alternative.html\">published a report<\/a> that said usurping just 5% market share from conventional meat would make clean meat a viable product.<\/p>\n<h2>A question of  free speech?<\/h2>\n<p>Once the US government does sort how clean meat is regulated, any definition of &ldquo;meat&rdquo; should not prohibit a clean meat company from using the term, Almy says, contending it would be out-of-line for the government to interfere with a producer&rsquo;s ability to put labels on packages to clearly communicate to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This new petition&hellip;runs afoul of the First Amendment,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;In some ways it&rsquo;s insulting. It&rsquo;s really clear that it&rsquo;s commercial speech, and it&rsquo;s a lot like the <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/923234\/theres-a-war-over-the-definition-of-milk-between-dairy-farmers-and-food-startups-and-donald-trump-may-settle-it\/\">the soy-milk debate<\/a>. These producers have a First Amendment right to label their products clearly and in a way that consumers can understand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, the debate over labeling and definitions is a compliment to the meat-alternative market because it means they have become imposing enough to get onto the radars of once-unassailable industries. Still, it would be wrong to try and police competitors by asking the government to create restrictive food definitions, Almy says: &ldquo;If they really think their products are superior, then it should sell on its merits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Good Food Institute says it plans to file a formal response to the cattlemen&rsquo;s petition soon.<\/p>\n<hr><p><strong>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1077183\/the-idea-for-lab-grown-meat-was-born-in-a-prisoner-of-war-camp\/\">The idea for lab-grown meat was born in a prisoner-of-war camp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1200593,"alt":"Ranchers push back.","caption":"Define &quot;meat&quot; please.","credit":"Reuters\/Andrew Cullen","width":3998,"height":2248,"aspectRatio":1.7784697508897,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rts1ccp3-e1517961515950.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=3998","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"A BEEF WITH TECH","seoTitle":"The US Department of Agriculture is being asked to differentiate 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And make some dumplings. Welcome to the CPU dumpling&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1196616-1"],"content":"\n<p>If you want to learn how a computer works, you might want to &ldquo;become&rdquo; one first. And make some dumplings.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the <a href=\"http:\/\/taeyoonchoi.com\/teaching\/cpu-dumplings\/\">CPU dumpling workshop<\/a>, where participants role play different parts of a central processing unit (CPU), the &ldquo;brain&rdquo; of the computer, to learn about the fundamentals of computation. The workshop is taught by artist and educator <a href=\"http:\/\/taeyoonchoi.com\/\">Taeyoon Choi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span style=\"font-weight:400;\">I want the participants to feel that they&rsquo;re human computers. They&rsquo;re executing commands just like computers, like chopping, mincing and frying.&rdquo; says Choi, &ldquo;They just happen to be computing dumplings.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1196616-1\"><\/div><p>Choi says the idea came from his experience ordering dumplings in a restaurant. &ldquo;<span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The person behind the counter was sending this note to the chef at the back.&rdquo; Choi recalls. &ldquo;It was like the data travel all across the processes until we had the final output&mdash;the dumplings. &ldquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From there, Choi came up with many dumpling metaphors to help explain some key concepts in computer architecture, from something as simple as input, output, and clock, to more complicated issues like bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<p>Choi first started teaching the workshop at the <a href=\"http:\/\/sfpc.io\/\">School for Poetic Computation<\/a>, which he co-founded. 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Taeyoon Choi and two computer scientists, Darakhshan Mir and Jeanna Matthews, will &ldquo;transform&rdquo; into important units of the CPU and give you a beginner&rsquo;s class on computation.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1198519,"alt":"feature cpu dumpling","caption":"","credit":"","width":1920,"height":1080,"aspectRatio":1.7777777777778,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/feature-cpu-dumpling.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1920","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"KITCHEN MEETS COMPUTATION","seoTitle":"Taeyoon Choi&#039;s CPU dumpling workshops teaches participants how computers work.","facebookTitle":"Learn how computers work by making dumplings from scratch","facebookDescription":"Want to understand how a computer works? 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The fight for gender equality.","published":null},"editions":[{"id":1203299,"title":"India&#8217;s Singh brothers: How to make and break a fortune in 10 years","slug":"malvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1203299\/malvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 06:36:32","updated":"2018-02-12 08:20:48","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Just 10 years ago, they were the poster boys of India&#8217;s booming pharmaceutical industry. Fame peaked for Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh in&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1203299-1","inline-1203299-2","inline-1203299-3"],"content":"\n<p>Just 10 years ago, they were the poster boys of India&rsquo;s booming pharmaceutical industry. Fame peaked for Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh in 2008 when they sold their stake in generic drug maker Ranbaxy to Japan&rsquo;s Daiichi Sankyo for a whopping $2.4 billion. It&rsquo;s only gone downhill from there.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month,<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-01-28\/billionaire-singh-brothers-accused-in-lawsuit-of-siphoning-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg reported<\/a> that the Singh brothers have been taken to Delhi high court by a New York-based investor. The promoters of financial services firm Religare Enterprises allegedly siphoned some $300 million to their privately-held firms. They are also alleged to have funnelled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-09\/indian-tycoons-are-said-to-have-taken-78-million-out-of-fortis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$78 million from hospital chain Fortis Healthcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/healthcare\/biotech\/pharmaceuticals\/delhi-high-court-upholds-daiichis-rs-3500-crore-arbitral-award-against-singh-brothers\/articleshow\/62723186.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high court order<\/a> for the Singhs to cough up Rs3,500 crore ($550 million) to Daiichi Sankyo for allegedly luring the Japanese drug maker into a deal by withholding information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1203299-1\"><\/div><p>Last Thursday (Feb. 08), the billionaire brothers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/fortis-healthcare-s-malvinder-shivinder-singh-step-down-118020900319_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down<\/a> from the Fortis Healthcare board, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/fortis-healthcare-s-malvinder-shivinder-singh-step-down-118020900319_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly decided to distance<\/a> itself from the promoters&rsquo; legal battles as they were hurting the firm&rsquo;s performance. Besides, banks were hesitant to extend even working capital loans to a company associated with the brothers.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2017, Malvinder stepped down from Religare Enterprises&mdash;and both he and Shivinder exited the board, making way for a professional management.<\/p>\n<h2>The Ranbaxy saga<\/h2>\n<p>Ranbaxy in some ways embodied the success of India&rsquo;s generic drugs industry. Valued at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Companies\/ABxz5axWTnk7EmtdNF7GxN\/Six-business-lessons-from-the-DaiichiRanbaxy-deal-fiasco.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.6 billion<\/a> at the time of its sale in 2008, the company was not just a Singh family jewel, it was India&rsquo;s moment of reckoning on the global pharma stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1203299-2\"><\/div><p>The story began in pre-independence India in Amritsar, Punjab. Ranbaxy got its name from two cousins, Ranjit and Gurbax, who started a drug distribution firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/money\/report\/slide-show-1-special-a-look-at-ranbaxys-interesting-and-eventful-history\/20140408.htm#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 1937<\/a>. However, after failing to repay a loan, they had to forego their company in 1947 to a businessman, Bhai Mohan Singh, who had come to Delhi from Rawalpindi in Pakistan following Partition.<\/p>\n<p>Under Bhai Mohan, the company launched its first blockbuster drug, Calmpose, in 1961. His son, Parvinder Singh, took the company abroad, setting up plants outside India. Following <a href=\"http:\/\/epaper.timesofindia.com\/Repository\/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_ET&amp;Type=text\/html&amp;Locale=english-skin-custom&amp;Path=ETM\/2010\/04\/11&amp;ID=Ar00900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parvinder&rsquo;s death in 2000<\/a>, Malvinder and Shivinder expanded the horizons beyond pharmaceuticals. Shivinder was still in his first year of MBA, at Duke University in the US<strong>,<\/strong> when his father succumbed to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Parvinder&rsquo;s brother, Analjit, is a billionaire investor who owns the Max group that runs businesses spanning from hospitals to insurance to real estate. Analjit also owned Vodafone&rsquo;s India subsidiary <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/telecom\/analjit-singh-sells-stake-in-vodafone-india-for-rs-1241-crore\/articleshow\/33563107.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until 2014<\/a>, right around the time the telecom industry went into a spiral in India.<\/p>\n<p>An uncanny knack to exit businesses at just the right time seems to run in the family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1203299-3\"><\/div><p>Malvinder and Shivinder, too, sold Ranbaxy at its peak. Just days after the deal, Daiichi got a rude shock from the US drug regulator in the form of an import ban on Ranbaxy, citing poor quality of its drugs. Daiichi sued the Singh brothers in 2013 and sold Ranbaxy to Sun Pharma in 2014. By then, though, the Japanese company had lost Rs6,000 crore, according <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/markets\/how-daiichi-lost-rs-6-034-crore-in-ranbaxy-u-turn-115042200927_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to one estimate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Singhs&rsquo; downward spiral may have begun after the Daiichi deal, but they had kicked up enough dust even on their way up. From a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2013\/05\/nj_whistleblower_nets_486_mill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whistleblower&rsquo;s account<\/a> that led to the US ban to the brothers&rsquo; alleged <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/jack-kelly\/2016\/10\/03\/Jack-Kelly-The-Clinton-Foundation-s-dodgy-record-with-Ranbaxy\/stories\/201610030172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connection with the Clintons<\/a>, they seemed to tide over all headwinds.<\/p>\n<p>But then, that was 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Singh brothers have now appealed in the Indian supreme court against the high court verdict favouring Daiichi. They might fight back other charges, too, and the final word may be a few years away. But the stain on their success story is here to stay. The alleged siphoning of funds, in particular, may lead to a wider probe. Market regulator <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/markets\/stocks\/news\/sebi-says-looking-into-fortis-healthcare-matter\/articleshow\/62860994.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Securities and Exchange Board of India is already<\/a> examining the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Once renowned for their business acumen and deal-making skills, the Singh brothers today are being subject to scrutiny and litigation, besides derision, in the companies they once owned.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1204422,"alt":"Shivinder Singh (L), Managing Director of Fortis Healthcare, speaks to his brother and Chairman Malivnder Singh during a news conference in Singapore July 1, 2010. India&#039;s Fortis Healthcare launched a bid valuing Singapore hospital operator Parkway Holdings at $3.1 billion (S$4.3 billion), topping a bid by rival suitor Malaysian state fund Khazanah.  REUTERS\/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH) - GM1E6711D6601","caption":"Fall from grace.","credit":"Reuters\/Vivek Prakash","width":2841,"height":1851,"aspectRatio":1.5348460291734,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr2fyzb.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=2841","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"A SPECTACULAR FALL","seoTitle":"Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh: How to make and break a fortune in 10 years","facebookTitle":"India&#039;s Singh brothers: How to make and break a fortune in 10 years","facebookDescription":"Scrutiny, litigation, and derision\u2014Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh face it all in firms they once owned.","edition":"india","popularPostsRank":4,"taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"Amritsar","slug":"amritsar"},{"name":"Analjit Singh","slug":"analjit-singh"},{"name":"Bloomberg","slug":"bloomberg"},{"name":"Daiichi Sankyo","slug":"daiichi-sankyo"},{"name":"Delhi","slug":"delhi"},{"name":"fortis","slug":"fortis"},{"name":"generic drugs","slug":"generic-drugs"},{"name":"history","slug":"history"},{"name":"india","slug":"india-2"},{"name":"Lutyens","slug":"lutyens"},{"name":"Malvinder Singh","slug":"malvinder-singh"},{"name":"Max Hospitals","slug":"max-hospitals"},{"name":"pharma","slug":"pharma"},{"name":"punjab","slug":"punjab"},{"name":"Ranbaxy","slug":"ranbaxy"},{"name":"Religare","slug":"religare"},{"name":"Shivinder Singh","slug":"shivinder-singh"},{"name":"Sun Pharma","slug":"sun-pharma"},{"name":"supreme court","slug":"supreme-court"},{"name":"tribunal. billions","slug":"tribunal-billions"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Finance and economics","slug":"finance-and-economics"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Sriram Iyer","username":"siyerqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/siyerqz\/","twitter":"iyer_sriram"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1203299&text=India%27s%20Singh%20brothers%3A%20How%20to%20make%20and%20break%20a%20fortune%20in%2010%20years&via=qzindia","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1203299%2Fmalvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Sriram%20Iyer","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1203299%2Fmalvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years%2F&title=India%27s%20Singh%20brothers%3A%20How%20to%20make%20and%20break%20a%20fortune%20in%2010%20years&summary=Just%2010%20years%20ago%2C%20they%20were%20the%20poster%20boys%20of%20India%E2%80%99s%20booming%20pharmaceutical%20industry.%20Fame%20peaked%20for%20Malvinder%20Mohan%20Singh%20and%20Shivinder%20Mohan%20Singh%20in%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20India%27s%20Singh%20brothers%3A%20How%20to%20make%20and%20break%20a%20fortune%20in%2010%20years&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1203299%2Fmalvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years%2F%0A%0AJust%2010%20years%20ago%2C%20they%20were%20the%20poster%20boys%20of%20India%E2%80%99s%20booming%20pharmaceutical%20industry.%20Fame%20peaked%20for%20Malvinder%20Mohan%20Singh%20and%20Shivinder%20Mohan%20Singh%20in%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=India%27s%20Singh%20brothers%3A%20How%20to%20make%20and%20break%20a%20fortune%20in%2010%20years%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1203299%2Fmalvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years%2F"},"peer39":[9736,18899,1908,12625,21363,32893,13793,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9597,9369,25613,9456,9365,22057]},{"id":1205093,"title":"Oxfam\u2019s scandal in Haiti has roots in Chad, where finding justice will be even harder","slug":"oxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205093\/oxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 18:20:18","updated":"2018-02-12 18:20:18","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Oxfam\u2019s good work has been overshadowed by a scandal that has rocked the entire international aid community. On closer inspection, that scandal may be much&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205093-1","inline-1205093-2","inline-1205093-3"],"content":"\n<p>Oxfam&rsquo;s good work has been overshadowed by a scandal that has rocked the entire international aid community. On closer inspection, that scandal may be much older, with roots in the charity organization&rsquo;s work in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by British newspaper <em>The Times<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204261\/oxfam-knew-of-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-in-haiti-but-didnt-warn-the-next-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed how aid workers hired prostitutes<\/a> in Haiti, some of them underage girls. Aid workers who leaked the story alleged a &ldquo;full-on Caligula orgy&rdquo; took place at Oxfam&rsquo;s villa, where the NGO was helping the country recover from a devastating 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>The man at the center of the scandal is Roland van Hauwermeiren, the head of mission in Haiti who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/oxfam-sex-scandal-boss-was-let-off-the-hook-for-sake-of-mission-ntgh65z2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced to resign<\/a> when Oxfam learned of the abuses. Now, new allegations show that van Hauwermeiren&rsquo;s misconduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/10\/oxfam-faces-allegations-staff-paid-prostitutes-in-chad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually began in Chad<\/a>. Oxfam failed to warn the next NGO that hired van Hauwermeiren and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-1\"><\/div><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve now heard of further allegations about the use of sex workers by Oxfam staff in Chad in 2006,&rdquo; Oxfam <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=115076X1574194&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.org%2Fen%2Fpressroom%2Freactions%2Fstatement-haiti-including-response-allegations-oxfam-staff-used-sex-workers-chad\" oxfam.org>said in a Feb. 11 statement<\/a>. We are shocked and dismayed about these latest revelations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Van Hauwermeiren was head of Oxfam in Haiti, when in 2006 another senior members was fired for his behavior, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/10\/oxfam-faces-allegations-staff-paid-prostitutes-in-chad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian reported<\/a> on Feb 11. The few details available are shockingly similar to the Haiti revelations: Despite a strict curfew, other Oxfam aid workers raised concerns of alleged prostitutes visiting Oxfam residences.<\/p>\n<p>Little else is known about what else happened in Chad. Oxfam says it is still trying to corroborate the information from Chad, but said it highlighted &ldquo;unacceptable behavior by a small number of people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a case of a group of privileged men abusing those they were meant to protect,&rdquo; Oxfam said in <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=115076X1574194&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.org%2Fen%2Fpressroom%2Freactions%2Fstatement-haiti-including-response-allegations-oxfam-staff-used-sex-workers-chad\" oxfam.org>the statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-2\"><\/div><p>In Chad, Oxfam works to strengthen civil society, as well as help farmers mitigate the effects of climate change as the Sahara desert eats up grazing land. But, the countries media freedom and civil society (despite Oxfam&rsquo;s efforts) have little room to move under president Idriss D&eacute;by, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1164885\/photos-of-the-year-the-most-striking-photos-from-africa-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who as been in power<\/a> since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>There has been little reaction from Chad that has been accessible outside of the country. It&rsquo;s unclear if the victims of Oxfam&rsquo;s alleged abuse will ever see justice, based on a precedent of just how aid agencies have been able to get away with misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Chad&rsquo;s neighbor, the Central African Republic, has borne witness to a spate of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/07\/peacekeepers-hit-allegations-sex-abuse-170701133655238.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual exploitation allegations<\/a> by peacekeepers, involving shocking accusations of child abuse. Yet, the United Nations seems to have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/botched-sexual-abuse-cases-car-170915100642651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">botched that internal investigation<\/a> and the country&rsquo;s justice system has done little more.<\/p>\n<p>Code Blue, an NGO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codebluecampaign.com\/welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formed as peacekeeper watchdog<\/a>, is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/botched-sexual-abuse-cases-car-170915100642651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking into cases<\/a> in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Niger, Burundi, Cameroon and more, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-3\"><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the Charities Commission has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/11\/we-fear-whats-next-oxfam-reels-from-prostitution-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded answers<\/a> from Oxfam, the organization&rsquo;s deputy CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/02\/12\/oxfams-deputy-chief-executive-quits-100000-role-prostitution\/\">has resigned<\/a> and CEO Mark Goldring has been doing the rounds on television trying to convince citizens that Oxfam still deserved their funding. The UK&rsquo;s Department for International Development (DfID) is said to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/oxfam-sexual-exploitation-charity-aid-funding-government-penny-mordaunt-international-development-a8204896.html\">considering cutting funding<\/a> for Oxfam in light of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>From Chad, however, the world is yet to hear anything.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/newsletters\/africa-weekly-brief\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Quartz Africa Weekly Brief<\/a> &mdash; the most important and interesting news from across the continent, in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205117,"alt":"Oxfam activists display sugar sachets around a map of Africa, during an Earth Summit protest aimed at subsidised European Union sugar which they say is damaging African farmers, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg August 29, 2002. - PBEAHUKPRBN","caption":"Where the trouble started.","credit":"Reuters\/Juda Ngwenya","width":2048,"height":1152,"aspectRatio":1.7777777777778,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/south-africa.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=2048","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"SILENT VICTIMS","seoTitle":"Oxfam sex scandal: Disgraced Haiti chief linked to abuses in Chad","facebookDescription":"&quot;This was a case of a group of privileged men abusing those they were meant to protect.&quot;","edition":"africa","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"Central African Republic","slug":"central-african-republic-2"},{"name":"chad","slug":"chad"},{"name":"Haiti","slug":"haiti"},{"name":"Idriss Deby","slug":"idriss-deby"},{"name":"Oxfam","slug":"oxfam"},{"name":"Oxfam Chad scandal","slug":"oxfam-chad-scandal"},{"name":"Oxfam Haiti scandal","slug":"oxfam-haiti-scandal"},{"name":"peacekeepers abuse","slug":"peacekeepers-abuse"},{"name":"Roland van Hauwermeiren","slug":"roland-van-hauwermeiren"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Other topics","slug":"other-topics"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Lynsey Chutel","username":"lchutelqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/lchutelqz\/","twitter":"lynseychutel"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205093&text=Oxfam%E2%80%99s%20scandal%20in%20Haiti%20has%20roots%20in%20Chad%2C%20where%20finding%20justice%20will%20be%20even%20harder&via=qzafrica","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205093%2Foxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Lynsey%20Chutel","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205093%2Foxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad%2F&title=Oxfam%E2%80%99s%20scandal%20in%20Haiti%20has%20roots%20in%20Chad%2C%20where%20finding%20justice%20will%20be%20even%20harder&summary=Oxfam%E2%80%99s%20good%20work%20has%20been%20overshadowed%20by%20a%20scandal%20that%20has%20rocked%20the%20entire%20international%20aid%20community.%20On%20closer%20inspection%2C%20that%20scandal%20may%20be%20much%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Oxfam%E2%80%99s%20scandal%20in%20Haiti%20has%20roots%20in%20Chad%2C%20where%20finding%20justice%20will%20be%20even%20harder&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205093%2Foxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad%2F%0A%0AOxfam%E2%80%99s%20good%20work%20has%20been%20overshadowed%20by%20a%20scandal%20that%20has%20rocked%20the%20entire%20international%20aid%20community.%20On%20closer%20inspection%2C%20that%20scandal%20may%20be%20much%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Oxfam%E2%80%99s%20scandal%20in%20Haiti%20has%20roots%20in%20Chad%2C%20where%20finding%20justice%20will%20be%20even%20harder%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205093%2Foxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad%2F"},"peer39":[9391,9736,1908,12625,21363,32893,18899,13793,22057,9521,9506,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,9389,9492,9684,9691,13465,31241,9407,19680]}],"quartzIndex":[{"id":1202705,"title":"As Europe cracks down on tax havens, &#8220;offshore&#8221; banking is booming in the","slug":"as-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/index\/1202705\/as-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 13:00:52","updated":"2018-02-12 13:00:53","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"content":"<p>The EU is increasing supervision of firms that provide financial services to people who want to park their money in high-secrecy jurisdictions. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1200096\/the-us-is-the-worlds-second-worst-tax-haven-say-tax-justice-networks-ranking\/\">the US is becoming a prime destination<\/a> for shadow banking.<\/p>\n","cards":[{"id":"intro-1202705","title":"As Europe cracks down on tax havens, &#8220;offshore&#8221; banking is booming in the","content":"<p>The EU is increasing supervision of firms that provide financial services to people who want to park their money in high-secrecy jurisdictions. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1200096\/the-us-is-the-worlds-second-worst-tax-haven-say-tax-justice-networks-ranking\/\">the US is becoming a prime destination<\/a> for shadow banking.<\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"intro"},{"id":1202717,"title":"2","content":"<h3>US banks have become the biggest offshore banking destination, according to British anti-corruption group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialsecrecyindex.com\/introduction\/fsi-2018-results\">Tax Justice Network<\/a>. Its market share has grown from 19.6% in 2015 to 22.3% in 2018.<\/h3>\n","media":[],"type":"text"},{"id":1202718,"title":"3","content":"<p><div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"SkJ09Wc8G\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_SkJ09Wc8G.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"atlas"},{"id":1202719,"title":"4","content":"<h3>The US plays a much larger role in the global offshore market than famous tax havens like Switzerland and Luxembourg, or Caribbean tax havens like the Cayman Islands.<\/h3>\n","media":[],"type":"text"},{"id":1202720,"title":"5","content":"<h3>Besides financial services, the US also provide financial secrecy. Many US firms operate in low-cost, high-privacy states like Delaware, Wyoming, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2016\/04\/panama-papers-nevada\/476994\/\">and Nevada<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","media":[],"type":"text"}],"category":"economics","share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1202705&text=As%20Europe%20cracks%20down%20on%20tax%20havens%2C%20%E2%80%9Coffshore%E2%80%9D%20banking%20is%20booming%20in%20the&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1202705%2Fas-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the%2F&caption=qz.com","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1202705%2Fas-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the%2F&title=As%20Europe%20cracks%20down%20on%20tax%20havens%2C%20%E2%80%9Coffshore%E2%80%9D%20banking%20is%20booming%20in%20the&summary=&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20As%20Europe%20cracks%20down%20on%20tax%20havens%2C%20%E2%80%9Coffshore%E2%80%9D%20banking%20is%20booming%20in%20the&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1202705%2Fas-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the%2F%0A%0A%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=As%20Europe%20cracks%20down%20on%20tax%20havens%2C%20%E2%80%9Coffshore%E2%80%9D%20banking%20is%20booming%20in%20the%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1202705%2Fas-europe-cracks-down-on-tax-havens-offshore-banking-is-booming-in-the%2F"},"hero":{"id":1025355,"alt":"Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009.","caption":"So old-fashioned.","credit":"Reuters\/Rick Wilking","width":3000,"height":1687,"aspectRatio":1.778304682869,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/venmo-drugs-gambling-cash-e1499704359263.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=3000","size":"large"},"seoTitle":"While Europe tries to fight tax havens, American presence in the global offshore market is growing","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"corruption","slug":"corruption"},{"name":"delaware","slug":"delaware"},{"name":"economics","slug":"economics"},{"name":"EU","slug":"eu"},{"name":"Europe","slug":"europe"},{"name":"Financial","slug":"financial"},{"name":"financial secrecy","slug":"financial-secrecy"},{"name":"financial services","slug":"financial-services"},{"name":"firms","slug":"firms"},{"name":"Global","slug":"global"},{"name":"high 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police has arrested five Chinese nationals <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1199876\/japan-is-hunting-down-illegal-manga-and-video-game-translators\/\">for illegally translating mangas, animes, and games<\/a> like Yu-Gi-Oh.<\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"intro"},{"id":1203475,"title":"2","content":"<h3>Japan loses $38 billion every year because of Chinese copyright infringement of mangas, animes, and games, according to an estimate by the Cultural Affairs Agency.<\/h3>\n","media":[],"type":"text"},{"id":1203476,"title":"3","content":"<h3>According to the police, the arrested translators shared their work on Weibo and other Chinese social media sites. 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But his first year in office ended with the US trade deficit at its highest level in almost a decade.<\/p>\n","cards":[{"id":"intro-1200186","title":"The US trade deficit increased to a record level during Trump\u2019s first year in office","content":"<p>Donald Trump promised during his campaign that the US would boost exports and cut imports. But his first year in office ended with the US trade deficit at its highest level in almost a decade.<\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"intro"},{"id":1200193,"title":"2","content":"<p><div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"SktF6OvIf\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_SktF6OvIf.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"atlas"},{"id":1200194,"title":"3","content":"<h3>The deficit grew over 12% last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-economy-trade\/u-s-trade-deficit-rises-to-nine-year-high-on-robust-imports-idUSKBN1FQ1XG\">reaching $566 billion<\/a>, the Department of Commerce said Tuesday. In particular, the deficit with China rose steeply.<\/h3>\n","media":[],"type":"text"},{"id":1200217,"title":"4","content":"<p><div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"SkEgzFvLG\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_SkEgzFvLG.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","media":[],"type":"atlas"}],"category":"economics","share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1200186&text=The%20US%20trade%20deficit%20increased%20to%20a%20record%20level%20during%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20first%20year%20in%20office&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1200186%2Fthe-us-trade-deficit-increased-to-a-record-level-during-trumps-first-year-in-office%2F&caption=qz.com","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1200186%2Fthe-us-trade-deficit-increased-to-a-record-level-during-trumps-first-year-in-office%2F&title=The%20US%20trade%20deficit%20increased%20to%20a%20record%20level%20during%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20first%20year%20in%20office&summary=&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20The%20US%20trade%20deficit%20increased%20to%20a%20record%20level%20during%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20first%20year%20in%20office&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1200186%2Fthe-us-trade-deficit-increased-to-a-record-level-during-trumps-first-year-in-office%2F%0A%0A%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=The%20US%20trade%20deficit%20increased%20to%20a%20record%20level%20during%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20first%20year%20in%20office%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findex%2F1200186%2Fthe-us-trade-deficit-increased-to-a-record-level-during-trumps-first-year-in-office%2F"},"hero":{"id":81519,"alt":"Containers are piled up at the Duisburg harbour, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. 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Coca-Cola reports later this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China and the Philippines discuss the South China Sea. <\/strong>At a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/news\/nation\/643052\/2nd-phl-china-talks-on-sea-row-set-for-tuesday\/story\/\">second round of talks<\/a> in Manila today, officials from the two nations will address China&#8217;s military buildup on various contested reefs, among other maritime issues. The administration of Rodrigo Duterte hopes to show it isn&#8217;t being soft on Beijing, as critics have contended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The UK releases consumer-price inflation data. <\/strong>Economists expect it ticked down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/global-economy-week-ahead-japan-gdp-u-s-inflation-u-k-retail-sales-1518379200\">from 3% to 2.9%<\/a> (paywall) last month. To help contain above-target consumer inflation, the Bank of England in November raised borrowing costs for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n<h2>While you were sleeping<\/h2>\n<p><strong>South Africa&#8217;s ruling party decided president Jacob Zuma &#8220;must go.&#8221;<\/strong> The executive committee of the African National Congress party <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-43039928\">decided to recall Zuma<\/a>. Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1159766\/anc-conference-cyril-ramaphosa-wins-in-rebuke-of-jacob-zuma-south-africa-president\/\">elected party leader<\/a> in December, would take the helm. If Zuma refuses to leave voluntarily, the party could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-13\/south-africa-s-anc-is-said-to-recall-jacob-zuma-as-president\">use its majority<\/a> in parliament to vote him out of office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Motors announced a plant closure in South Korea.<\/strong> The auto giant will shut down its manufacturing facility in the coastal city of Gunsan, one of its four in the nation, and pressure union officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/general-motors-to-close-south-korea-plant-1518483600\">for additional cost cuts<\/a> (paywall). The decision will lead to a charge of $850 million, and comes as the company becomes more dependent on Chinese operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The worst storm in 60 years devastated Tonga.<\/strong> Far stronger than expected, Cyclone Gita <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205183\/tonga-tropical-cyclone-gita-could-be-the-most-powerful-storm-to-ever-hit-it\/\">hit the archipelago nation<\/a> in the South Pacific with winds of about 145 mph (233 km\/h). Set to strike Fiji next, the storm flattened parts of the parliament building, knocked over power lines, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/13\/cyclone-gita-tonga-devastated-by-worst-storm-in-60-years\">damaged vital crops<\/a> while causing widespread injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon laid off hundreds of employees.<\/strong> The company is <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205179\/amazon-is-laying-off-corporate-employees\/\">reducing corporate staff<\/a>, mainly in the consumer retail business, while adding thousands of employees in other parts of its expanding empire. The rare &#8220;head count adjustments&#8221;\u2014 modest given Amazon&#8217;s 560,000 employees\u2014will include people at its Seattle headquarters and across global operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The wife of Donald Trump Jr. was hospitalized. <\/strong>Vanessa Trump was admitted to the hospital for observation after opening a piece of mail containing a suspicious white powder, though it was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-powder\/wife-of-donald-trump-jr-exposed-to-white-powder-hospitalized-nypd-idUSKBN1FW26I\">determined to be harmless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Quartz obsession interlude<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sriram Iyer on the rise and fall of India\u2019s Singh brothers.<\/strong> \u201cRanbaxy in some ways embodied the success of India\u2019s generic drugs industry. Valued at $4.6 billion at the time of its sale in 2008, the company was not just a Singh family jewel, it was India\u2019s moment of reckoning on the global pharma stage.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1203299\/malvinder-and-shivinder-mohan-singh-how-to-make-and-break-a-fortune-in-10-years\/\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Matters of debate<\/h2>\n<p><strong>China is cramping innovation for its tech giants.<\/strong> If Beijing keeps overruling the desires of customers and shareholders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-02-12\/chinese-companies-may-be-too-innovative\">its companies will struggle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roger Federer&#8217;s career choice could teach you something about yours.<\/strong> Pouring his energy into badminton instead of tennis would have <a href=\"https:\/\/work.qz.com\/1204895\/roger-federers-career-choice-should-teach-you-something-about-yours\/\">curtailed his success<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our climate-change targets are dangerous.<\/strong> Not only is limiting warming to near-preindustrial levels unattainable, it also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/2018-02-08\/two-degree-delusion?cid=int-fls&amp;pgtype=hpg\">gets in the way of better solutions<\/a> (paywall).<\/p>\n<h2>Surprising discoveries<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The US busted a fishing mogul known as \u201cthe Codfather.\u201d <\/strong>Carlos Rafael <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/11\/us\/commercial-fishing-regulation-codfather.html\">misclassified fish like cod<\/a> (paywall), which are subject to strict overfishing quotas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iceland will use more electricity mining cryptocurrencies than powering homes this year.<\/strong> The country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204840\/iceland-will-use-more-electricity-mining-bitcoins-than-powering-homes\/\">cheap, abundant renewable energy<\/a> helps miners of bitcoin and its ilk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A suspected poacher was devoured by lions in South Africa.<\/strong> His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/suspected-poacher-eaten-lions-south-africa-093756412.html\">grisly remains<\/a> were found near South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swedes are literally skating on thin ice. <\/strong>\u201cWild ice&#8221; skaters seek out precarious black ice, which is sometimes only a few dozen millimeters thick and <a href=\"http:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/post\/the-sound-of-ice-nordic-skating-on-thin-black-ice-sounds-like-lasers\">emits laser-like sounds<\/a> as weight passes over it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even after you get rid of bed bugs, chemicals in their waste linger for months.<\/strong> Infected areas have histamine levels <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204913\/bed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone\/\">20 times higher<\/a> than homes that have never been infested.<\/p>\n<p>Our best wishes for a productive day. Please send any news, comments, black ice, and badminton superstars to <a href=\"mailto:hi@qz.com\">hi@qz.com<\/a>. You can follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qz\/\">on Twitter<\/a> for updates throughout the day or download our <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/quartz-news-in-a-whole-new-way\/id1076683233?mt=8&amp;mc_cid=de482d20e8&amp;mc_eid=70835afaec\">apps for iPhone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.qz.android&amp;mc_cid=de482d20e8&amp;mc_eid=70835afaec\">Android<\/a>. Today\u2019s Daily Brief was written by Steve Mollman, and edited by Alice Truong.<\/p>\n","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[],"qz_series":[],"topic":[]},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205706&text=Cyclone%20Gita%2C%20Amazon%20layoffs%2C%20the%20Codfather&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Femail%2Fdaily-brief%2F1205706%2F&caption=qz.com","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Femail%2Fdaily-brief%2F1205706%2F&title=Cyclone%20Gita%2C%20Amazon%20layoffs%2C%20the%20Codfather&summary=&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Cyclone%20Gita%2C%20Amazon%20layoffs%2C%20the%20Codfather&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Femail%2Fdaily-brief%2F1205706%2F%0A%0A%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Cyclone%20Gita%2C%20Amazon%20layoffs%2C%20the%20Codfather%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Femail%2Fdaily-brief%2F1205706%2F"}}],"latest":[{"id":1181662,"title":"The master-of-all-trades who steered MakeMyTrip towards success","slug":"deep-kalras-go-to-man-behind-makemytrips-success-in-india","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1181662\/deep-kalras-go-to-man-behind-makemytrips-success-in-india\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-13 04:46:15","updated":"2018-02-13 04:59:59","pretty":"2 hours ago"},"postType":"article","summary":"In 2000, just months after its launch, travel-booking portal MakeMyTrip was staring down the barrel of a gun. The dot-com bust had sent the internet&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1181662-1","inline-1181662-2","inline-1181662-3"],"content":"\n<p>In 2000, just months after its launch, travel-booking portal MakeMyTrip was staring down the barrel of a gun. The dot-com bust had sent the internet industry into a tailspin. Venture capital investor eVentures&mdash;which had funneled $1 million into MakeMyTrip at inception&mdash;withdrew its offer to splurge another million and shut shop altogether.<\/p>\n<p>By 2001, MakeMyTrip was down to just a month&rsquo;s worth of working capital. So it was decided that all senior executives would take salary cuts. Shortly after, the then chief financial officer made a dash for the door and Deep Kalra, co-founder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip, began looking for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>For Rajesh Magow, who had just quit e-learning startup Quantum, this marked a new beginning. A chartered accountant, Magow had worked with the Tata group&rsquo;s Voltas and education and training firm Aptech before joining Quantum.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1181662-1\"><\/div><p>During a meeting that lasted several hours, Magow was impressed by the skill and competence of Kalra, who went on to become a star of India&rsquo;s startup community. The two struck an instant friendship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My decision to join MakeMyTrip was less about MakeMyTrip at that time and more about joining Deep,&rdquo; Magow, 49, now the India CEO of MakeMyTrip, told Quartz.<strong> <\/strong>&ldquo;Dot-com was a big risk. Yes, it was an interesting idea and model, but it may or may not have worked if the ecosystem was not ready. But my conviction was towards working with Deep as an entrepreneur, coupled with the fact that I was not keen to pick up a big-name company job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>The disappearing act<\/h2>\n<p>Not only did Magow join the cash-strapped MakeMyTrip in early 2001, he was soon investing in the business, along with co-founders Kalra, Keyur Joshi, and Sachin Bhatia. Magow declined to reveal how much he had put in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1181662-2\"><\/div><p>He went beyond his finance role, donning many hats to get work done at the firm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1183907\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  alignleft zoomable size-medium\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 86.564472497746%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/rajesh-magow.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=4436\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 320px, 640px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Rajesh Magow\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"inline-image-caption\"><i class=\"icon-camera\"><\/i>MakeMyTrip&rsquo;s Rajesh Magow.<span class=\"inline-image-credit has-space\"> (MakeMyTrip)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;Everyone had their own respective roles but, you know how it is in startups. Everyone was doing everybody else&rsquo;s thing,&rdquo; said Magow. &ldquo;It was a game of survival.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite the passion, Magow stepped away later in 2001 to lead a build-operate-transfer project that MakeMyTrip was executing for UK-based online travel firm eBookers in India.<\/p>\n<p>By then, MakeMyTrip shifted focus to a niche audience of US-based non-resident Indian (NRI) customers visiting India, instead of serving all Indians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1181662-3\"><\/div><p>But while changing gears, Magow he had an understanding with Kalra to return when they set shop in India.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, when MakeMyTrip made its<strong> <\/strong>official India debut, expanding beyond the NRI market and opening up all lines of travel booking to all sorts of destinations for Indians, the CFO&rsquo;s seat was once again ready for Magow. Though he had to take a salary cut to return, &ldquo;the thrill of working with full passion and ownership&rdquo; had him convinced, Magow said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I came back and never looked back,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Good days, finally<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Between 2006 and 2010, MakeMyTrip went through what Magow describes as a &ldquo;super exciting high-growth phase.&rdquo; Buoyed by this performance, in Aug<\/span>ust<b> <\/b>2010, the company decided to list on New York&rsquo;s Nasdaq stock exchange. Magow was called on by Kalra to spearhead the initial public offering (IPO), among the first few by an Indian internet company.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some people would call it a blockbuster IPO,&rdquo; Magow said, adding that the share price increased 89% on day-one. &ldquo;Much before us, there was Rediff, which didn&rsquo;t eventually do that well. And seven years after us, JustDial went public, too. But none of the other (internet) companies were at the stage where it could list itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MakeMyTrip&rsquo;s listing added to the pressure to perform. &ldquo;Post-listing, we had to build credibility among the investor community, which only happens when you deliver. It&rsquo;s a ruthless world otherwise,&rdquo; Magow said. The company has succeeded to a great extent. In the pre-IPO days, MakeMyTrip was making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medianama.com\/2010\/07\/223-makemytrip-nasdaq-ipo\/\">$40 million-worth<\/a> of annual revenue. In 2017, it posted upwards of $336 million in revenues for the year, <a href=\"http:\/\/d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net\/CIK-0001495153\/e6e49094-a139-440a-990e-ff4a53714913.pdf\">according to filings<\/a> with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n<p>Around the time of the IPO, Magow was not just heading finance but also operations. Shortly after, he passed the finance reins to the new CFO, Mohit Kabra. By 2013, Magow, who never considered himself  &ldquo;a straitjacketed finance professional,&rdquo; pivoted again: He became the India CEO of MakeMyTrip.<\/p>\n<p>Over a period of two decades, Magow has seen the company grow from a small office of around 30 employees in south Delhi&rsquo;s Okhla to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makemytrip.com\/support\/branch-offices.php\">50-plus branches<\/a> in India and abroad, employing over 3,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of January 2017, MakeMyTrip <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/internet\/makemytrip-completes-ibibo-merger-combined-entity-to-receive-82-8m-from-ibibo-parent\/56897133\">completed a merger<\/a> with the Naspers-owned ibibo Group. Now, MakeMyTrip claims to be doing 23% of the total air travel business (online and offline) in India. It likely has a big cost advantage, thanks to supply being boosted, Vidhya Shankar, the executive director at advisory firm Grant Thornton, said.<\/p>\n<p>In online travel bookings, MakeMyTrip rules with nearly 42% of the market share, according to market intelligence firm KalaGato. Goibibo follows at 33%. The likes of Oyo, Cleartrip and Yatra are distant rivals, each<strong> <\/strong>capturing less than 10% of the market. And even though MakeMyTrip&rsquo;s hotels business nearly halved between September 2016 and December 2017, Goibibo&rsquo;s transactions make up for its slide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"HypGHTRLf\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_HypGHTRLf.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Till date, MakeMyTrip has raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/makemytrip-com\">nearly $550 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But profits are still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/startup\/makemytrip-to-focus-on-profits-only-after-2-years-currently-in-growth-mode-says-ceo-2370993.html\">a while away<\/a>. &ldquo;Revenue has been growing reasonably well but their losses have widened,&rdquo; Yugal Joshi, vice-president at Texas-based consulting and research firm Everest Group, said. The company posted more than $88 million in losses last year as per SEC filings, worrying experts that it hasn&rsquo;t diversified enough to maintain its lead.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New players, such as OYO in the budget space and Trivago for hotels, have now emerged who are focused exclusively on niches within these segments,&rdquo; Aman Kumar, the chief business officer at market intelligence firm KalaGato, said. Airlines, too, are looking to pull customers away from aggregation sites to their own portals, Everest&rsquo;s Joshi said.<\/p>\n<p>While it faces stiff competition among low-cost travel options, MakeMyTrip is trying to up its transaction value. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re apparently trying to increase higher end offerings, increasing their four- and five-stars listings, upping the value per room from an engagement,&rdquo; Joshi said. In the travel bookings, too, MakeMyTrips&rsquo; average order beats its competitors by a large margin, KalaGato data show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"SyNoNkkDG\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_SyNoNkkDG.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>In a business where loyalty is fickle&ndash;customers go where the best deals take them&mdash;Magow may have come a long way, but he still has a challenging journey ahead.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1183927,"alt":"An Air India aircraft takes off as an IndiGo Airlines aircraft waits for clearance at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India, July 7, 2017. Picture taken July 7, 2017. 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Noble&#8217;s pivot to books doesn&#8217;t appear to be working","slug":"barnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205471\/barnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-13 01:55:51","updated":"2018-02-13 04:08:17","pretty":"5 hours ago"},"postType":"article","summary":"Last November, Barnes &amp; Noble said it would pivot to books and rely more on trusted human booksellers to bounce back from meh performance. That&hellip;","inlineAds":[],"content":"<p>Last November, Barnes &amp; Noble said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1143510\/barnes-noble-bks-earnings-call-ceo-demos-parneros-says-bn-will-combat-losses-by-focusing-on-books\/\">pivot to books<\/a> and rely more on trusted human booksellers to bounce back from meh performance. That strategy is not going as planned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/02\/12\/barnes-noble-cuts-staff-after-dismal-holiday-season.html\">CNBC reports<\/a> that employees across &#8220;various&#8221; locations arrived at work today (Feb. 12) to find they&#8217;d been laid off. Barnes &amp; Noble said the layoffs were a result of poor sales performance over the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes &amp; Noble declined to specify the number of people or locations affected. &ldquo;The Company has been reviewing all aspects of the business, including our labor model. Given our sales decline this holiday, we&rsquo;re adjusting staffing so that it meets the needs of our existing business and our customers,&#8221; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s size has shrunk or stayed the same nearly every year since 2003, when it employed 56,000 people. As of April 29, 2017, Barnes &amp; Noble employed just 26,000 full and part-time staff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"S1jsy5yDf\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_S1jsy5yDf.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>In its 2016 fiscal year, when the company announced it would scale back efforts on its Nook e-reader, it lost 5,000 employees. It can&#8217;t help that the US book chain has also reduced store numbers every year since 2009.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"rkHuAcywG\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_rkHuAcywG.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n","hero":{"id":1205531,"alt":"The exterior of a Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore is seen in Salem, N.H., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Barnes &amp; Noble on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, said it turned a profit in its fiscal second-quarter as higher revenue from its Nook e-book and e-bookstore division offset a decline at retail stores. The largest traditional book retailer has been fighting tough competition from online retailers and discount stores by investing heavily in its Nook e-book reader(AP Photo\/Elise Amendola)","caption":"","credit":"AP Photo\/Elise Amendola","width":3384,"height":1908,"aspectRatio":1.7735849056604,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/ap_848458452121-e1518477713960.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=3384","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"S-NOOKERED","seoTitle":"Barnes &amp; Noble (BKS) has laid off employees after a disappointing 2017 holiday season","facebookDescription":"The book chain has laid off employees after a disappointing holiday season.","edition":"global","popularPostsRank":2,"taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"Barnes &amp; Noble","slug":"barnes-noble"},{"name":"BN","slug":"bn"},{"name":"book","slug":"book"},{"name":"book sales","slug":"book-sales"},{"name":"books","slug":"books"},{"name":"booksellers","slug":"booksellers"},{"name":"bookstore","slug":"bookstore"},{"name":"brick-and-mortar stores","slug":"brick-and-mortar-stores"},{"name":"Business","slug":"business"},{"name":"commerce","slug":"commerce"},{"name":"physical book store","slug":"physical-book-store"},{"name":"retail","slug":"retail"},{"name":"retail apocalypse","slug":"retail-apocalypse"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Other topics","slug":"other-topics"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Thu-Huong Ha","username":"thaqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/thaqz\/","twitter":"thuhuongha"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205471&text=Barnes%20%26%20Noble%E2%80%99s%20pivot%20to%20books%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20appear%20to%20be%20working&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205471%2Fbarnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Thu-Huong%20Ha","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205471%2Fbarnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season%2F&title=Barnes%20%26%20Noble%E2%80%99s%20pivot%20to%20books%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20appear%20to%20be%20working&summary=Last%20November%2C%20Barnes%20%26%20Noble%20said%20it%20would%20pivot%20to%20books%20and%20rely%20more%20on%20trusted%20human%20booksellers%20to%20bounce%20back%20from%20meh%20performance.%20That%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Barnes%20%26%20Noble%E2%80%99s%20pivot%20to%20books%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20appear%20to%20be%20working&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205471%2Fbarnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season%2F%0A%0ALast%20November%2C%20Barnes%20%26%20Noble%20said%20it%20would%20pivot%20to%20books%20and%20rely%20more%20on%20trusted%20human%20booksellers%20to%20bounce%20back%20from%20meh%20performance.%20That%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Barnes%20%26%20Noble%E2%80%99s%20pivot%20to%20books%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20appear%20to%20be%20working%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205471%2Fbarnes-noble-has-laid-off-employees-after-a-disappointing-2017-holiday-season%2F"},"peer39":[9487,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,9684,9692,9685,9736,25613]},{"id":1205473,"title":"Sea level rise is accelerating every year, \u201clike a driver merging onto a highway\u201d","slug":"sea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205473\/sea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 22:45:48","updated":"2018-02-12 22:45:48","pretty":"8 hours ago"},"postType":"article","summary":"A study published today (Feb. 12) used satellite data to confirm the predictions of the best climate computer models: The global average sea level is&hellip;","inlineAds":[],"content":"<p>A study published today (Feb. 12) used satellite data to confirm the predictions of the best climate computer models: The global average sea level is not rising by a steady increment each year, but is accelerating. Decades from now, the annual rate of ocean level rise is likely to be much more dramatic than in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The paper, published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2018\/02\/06\/1717312115\">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/a>, used 25 years of satellite data to find that annual sea-level rise is increasing about .08 millimeters each year. Right now, we are experiencing approximately 3 millimeters of sea rise per year. Given the rate of acceleration, we should expect about 10 millimeters of sea-level rise per year by 2100.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Nerem, a professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder and lead author on the paper, described the phenomena as akin to a &ldquo;driver merging onto a highway,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/emb_releases\/2018-02\/uoca-slr020718.php\">in a press release accompanying the paper.<\/a> Nerem&rsquo;s models show the sea rising 26 inches by 2100. That accords with the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/pdf\/assessment-report\/ar5\/wg1\/WG1AR5_Chapter13_FINAL.pdf\">International Panel on Climate Change report<\/a>, which is based on computer models; the IPCC pegged the rise by 2100 to be to be between 20-28 inches (52-98 centimeters) by 2100.<\/p>\n<p>But, Nerem said, &#8220;this is almost certainly a conservative estimate.&#8221; That&rsquo;s because the basis of this estimate does not factor in any huge, model-altering events in the near future&mdash;like the collapse of important ice sheets or the acceleration of ice melt at the poles&mdash;since that would introduce a large amount of uncertainty into the predictions. But, Nerem says, &ldquo;given the large changes we are seeing in the ice sheets today,&rdquo; it&#8217;s not likely that the Earth will make it to the end of the century without some ice-related event that further accelerates sea level rise.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205480,"alt":"Coastal regions\u2014like Louisiana, pictured here\u2014will be hardest hit.","caption":"Coastal regions\u2014like Louisiana, pictured here\u2014will be hardest hit.","credit":"Carlos Barria\/Reuters","width":5716,"height":3225,"aspectRatio":1.7724031007752,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/sea-level-rise-e1518473539448.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=5716","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"THE MODELS WERE RIGHT","seoTitle":"Sea level rise is accelerating every year, \u201clike a driver merging onto a highway\u201d","facebookTitle":"Sea level rise is accelerating every year, \u201clike a driver merging onto a highway\u201d","facebookDescription":"Satellite data confirms what climate models were predicting","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"arctic","slug":"arctic-2"},{"name":"Climate change","slug":"climate-change"},{"name":"climate models","slug":"climate-models"},{"name":"ICE","slug":"ice"},{"name":"ice sheet collapse","slug":"ice-sheet-collapse"},{"name":"ipcc","slug":"ipcc"},{"name":"sea level rise","slug":"sea-level-rise"},{"name":"warming","slug":"warming"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Science and human behavior","slug":"science-and-human-behavior"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Zo\u00eb Schlanger","username":"zschlangerqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/zschlangerqz\/","twitter":"zoeschlanger"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205473&text=Sea%20level%20rise%20is%20accelerating%20every%20year%2C%20%E2%80%9Clike%20a%20driver%20merging%20onto%20a%20highway%E2%80%9D&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205473%2Fsea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Zo%C3%AB%20Schlanger","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205473%2Fsea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway%2F&title=Sea%20level%20rise%20is%20accelerating%20every%20year%2C%20%E2%80%9Clike%20a%20driver%20merging%20onto%20a%20highway%E2%80%9D&summary=A%20study%20published%20today%20%28Feb.%2012%29%20used%20satellite%20data%20to%20confirm%20the%20predictions%20of%20the%20best%20climate%20computer%20models%3A%20The%20global%20average%20sea%20level%20is%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Sea%20level%20rise%20is%20accelerating%20every%20year%2C%20%E2%80%9Clike%20a%20driver%20merging%20onto%20a%20highway%E2%80%9D&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205473%2Fsea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway%2F%0A%0AA%20study%20published%20today%20%28Feb.%2012%29%20used%20satellite%20data%20to%20confirm%20the%20predictions%20of%20the%20best%20climate%20computer%20models%3A%20The%20global%20average%20sea%20level%20is%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Sea%20level%20rise%20is%20accelerating%20every%20year%2C%20%E2%80%9Clike%20a%20driver%20merging%20onto%20a%20highway%E2%80%9D%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205473%2Fsea-level-rise-is-accelerating-every-year-like-a-driver-merging-onto-a-highway%2F"},"peer39":[9496,9465,9736,31241,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,25613]},{"id":1205277,"title":"Alexa is about to get a lot snappier","slug":"amazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205277\/amazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 22:24:24","updated":"2018-02-12 22:24:24","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Amazon&#8217;s virtual assistant Alexa could be getting an upgrade in the near future. Amazon is joining the ranks of Google and Apple in creating its&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205277-1"],"content":"\n<p>Amazon&rsquo;s virtual assistant Alexa could be getting an upgrade in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is joining the ranks of Google and Apple in creating its own custom processing chips for AI, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/amazon-is-becoming-an-ai-chip-maker-speeding-alexa-responses\">a report<\/a> (paywall) from The Information. This potential chip would give Alexa devices, like the Amazon Echo, the ability to transcribe and respond to voice commands faster. On today&rsquo;s devices, all that work is sent up to Amazon&rsquo;s data centers. The new speciality chip could also be useful for Amazon&rsquo;s cloud business, speeding up AI processes that it sells to business customers.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the chips in today&rsquo;s Alexa-powered devices can only handle a select few words, like the various wake words used to summon Alexa. The new technology would reduce the delay in response for simple tasks where Alexa doesn&rsquo;t have to pull in information from outside services, like checking the time or turning on connected lights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205277-1\"><\/div><p>These custom chips, called &ldquo;application-specific integrated circuits,&rdquo; are built to handle extremely specific software. They would allow Amazon to build hardware that maximizes the capability of its Alexa software, much like Apple does with its smartphones and watches. Google has created <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/985166\/google-announced-the-second-version-of-its-tensor-processing-units-will-be-available-to-developers\/\">similar specialty chips<\/a> for its data centers called Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs. The company credits its ability to train complex AI systems <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1105509\/deepminds-new-alphago-zero-artificial-intelligence-is-ready-for-more-than-board-games\/\">like AlphaGo<\/a> to the speed and low power consumption of TPUs.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has nearly 600 people capable of contributing to this kind of hardware project across the world, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/g00\/computing\/198140-amazon-buys-secretive-chip-maker-annapurna-labs-for-350-million?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3D&amp;i10c.ua=1\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/12\/22\/amazon-acquires-connected-camera-and-doorbell-startup-blink\/\">quiet<\/a> acquisitions in recent years, according to The Information report.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1094376,"alt":"This March 2, 2016 photo shows an Echo Dot in San Francisco. Amazon.com is introducing two devices, the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot, that are designed to amplify the role that its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in people\u0092s homes and lives. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)","caption":"\u201cAlexa\u2026\u201d","credit":"AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu","width":3794,"height":2142,"aspectRatio":1.7712418300654,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/amazon-echo-dot-e1507132085565.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=3794","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"UPGRADE","seoTitle":"Amazon is reportedly building Alexa a bigger, faster chip for future Echo devices (AMZN)","facebookDescription":"The company is expanding Alexa&#039;s mind.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"Machines with Brains","slug":"machines-with-brains"}],"tags":[{"name":"alexa","slug":"alexa"},{"name":"amazon","slug":"amazon"},{"name":"amazon echo","slug":"amazon-echo"},{"name":"chips","slug":"chips"},{"name":"Echo","slug":"echo"},{"name":"hardware","slug":"hardware"},{"name":"madhits","slug":"madhits"},{"name":"Technology","slug":"technology"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Tech and communications","slug":"tech-and-communications"}]},"obsession":{"name":"Machines with Brains","slug":"machines-with-brains"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Dave Gershgorn","username":"dgershgornqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/dgershgornqz\/","twitter":"davegershgorn"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205277&text=Alexa%20is%20about%20to%20get%20a%20lot%20snappier&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205277%2Famazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Dave%20Gershgorn","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205277%2Famazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn%2F&title=Alexa%20is%20about%20to%20get%20a%20lot%20snappier&summary=Amazon%E2%80%99s%20virtual%20assistant%20Alexa%20could%20be%20getting%20an%20upgrade%20in%20the%20near%20future.%20Amazon%20is%20joining%20the%20ranks%20of%20Google%20and%20Apple%20in%20creating%20its%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Alexa%20is%20about%20to%20get%20a%20lot%20snappier&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205277%2Famazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn%2F%0A%0AAmazon%E2%80%99s%20virtual%20assistant%20Alexa%20could%20be%20getting%20an%20upgrade%20in%20the%20near%20future.%20Amazon%20is%20joining%20the%20ranks%20of%20Google%20and%20Apple%20in%20creating%20its%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Alexa%20is%20about%20to%20get%20a%20lot%20snappier%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205277%2Famazon-is-reportedly-building-alexa-a-bigger-faster-chip-for-future-echo-devices-amzn%2F"},"peer39":[9736,7313,25613,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,9548]},{"id":1205370,"title":"Thanks, Boston Dynamics! We are doomed.","slug":"boston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205370\/boston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 21:53:10","updated":"2018-02-12 21:53:10","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"I&#8217;m sorry to inform you, but it appears the end is nigh. Boston Dynamics, the robotics company now owned by SoftBank (and once deemed too&hellip;","inlineAds":[],"content":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry to inform you, but it appears the end is nigh.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Dynamics, the robotics company now owned by SoftBank (and <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1002188\/googles-parent-alphabet-goog-sells-boston-dynamics-and-schaft-robotics-to-softbank-9984\/\">once deemed<\/a> too creepy for Google to keep its hands on), released a new video today (Feb. 12) of its latest four-legged creation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-video\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand?\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-02-12T20:00:03.000Z\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/fUyU3lKzoio\/sddefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT46S\" \/><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='390' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUyU3lKzoio?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The video shows <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1128469\/softbanks-boston-dynamics-has-a-new-creepy-dog-like-robot-called-spotmini\/\">the latest iteration<\/a> of its Spot Mini robot standing in front of a door, presumably in Boston Dynamics&#8217; lab. Around the corner pops another Spot with a creepy arm attached to its back. It positions the arm next to the door handle, grabs it, pokes its weird hand-head thing around the door, and holds it open for its robot compatriot.<\/p>\n<p>It feels eerily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdOcrUtE-UQ\">like the scene<\/a> in <em>Jurassic Park<\/em> when the velociraptors figure out how to open a door on their own. Thankfully, most of the humans in that movie got out unscathed, but with the cold, calculating brain of a Boston Dynamics robot behind one of those doors, I don&#8217;t know if they would&#8217;ve been so lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Dynamics&#8217; researchers have a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/623525\/alphabet-built-a-new-humanlike-robot-and-then-immediately-bullied-it\/\">abusing their creations<\/a>, and now that they know how to open doors, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tf7IEVTDjng\">squish cans<\/a> and do <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1131930\/softbanks-boston-dynamics-has-an-atlas-robot-that-can-now-do-unbelievably-good-backflips\/\">insane backflips<\/a>, we are almost certainly doomed.<\/p>\n","kicker":"YOU CAN&#039;T HANDLE THIS","seoTitle":"Boston Dynamics&#039; new Spot Mini is like Jurassic Park but real","facebookTitle":"We are doomed","facebookDescription":"Godspeed. Boston Dynamics&#039; latest creation knows how to open doors.","edition":"global","popularPostsRank":10,"taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"Machines with Brains","slug":"machines-with-brains"}],"tags":[{"name":"Atlas","slug":"atlas"},{"name":"boston dynamics","slug":"boston-dynamics"},{"name":"robotics","slug":"robotics"},{"name":"robots","slug":"robots"},{"name":"Softbank","slug":"softbank"},{"name":"spot mini","slug":"spot-mini"},{"name":"Technology","slug":"technology"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Tech and communications","slug":"tech-and-communications"}]},"obsession":{"name":"Machines with Brains","slug":"machines-with-brains"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Mike Murphy","username":"mmurphyqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/mmurphyqz\/","twitter":"mcwm"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205370&text=We%20are%20doomed&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205370%2Fboston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Mike%20Murphy","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205370%2Fboston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real%2F&title=We%20are%20doomed&summary=I%E2%80%99m%20sorry%20to%20inform%20you%2C%20but%20it%20appears%20the%20end%20is%20nigh.%20Boston%20Dynamics%2C%20the%20robotics%20company%20now%20owned%20by%20SoftBank%20%28and%20once%20deemed%20too%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20We%20are%20doomed&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205370%2Fboston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real%2F%0A%0AI%E2%80%99m%20sorry%20to%20inform%20you%2C%20but%20it%20appears%20the%20end%20is%20nigh.%20Boston%20Dynamics%2C%20the%20robotics%20company%20now%20owned%20by%20SoftBank%20%28and%20once%20deemed%20too%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=We%20are%20doomed%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205370%2Fboston-dynamics-new-spot-mini-is-like-jurassic-park-but-real%2F"},"peer39":[9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9597,9369,4004,9736,7313,1908]},{"id":1205426,"title":"One chart proves Trump&#8217;s budget proposal doesn&#8217;t matter","slug":"trump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205426\/trump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 21:42:55","updated":"2018-02-12 21:42:55","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Today, Donald Trump unveiled the White House budget for 2019, and it&#8217;s packed with cuts to fundamental American institutions from the state department to public&hellip;","inlineAds":[],"content":"<p>Today, Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205327\/trumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method\/\">unveiled the White House budget for 2019,<\/a> and it&#8217;s packed with cuts to fundamental American institutions from the state department to public broadcasting. But there&#8217;s little chance that the proposal will ever become reality.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s budget has always been a &ldquo;messaging&rdquo; document, director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters on Monday afternoon. The message to Congress is &ldquo;you don&rsquo;t have to spend all of this money,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/933398\/in-donald-trumps-america-first-budget-the-american-military-comes-first\/\">proposed 2018 budget<\/a> also recommended massive cuts to Education, Labor, and State departments. What Congress approved in its spending bill last year bore little similarity to that budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"H16gKPLJ-\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_H16gKPLJ-.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1203607\/the-uss-new-budget-includes-billions-for-military-and-hurricane-relief\/\">spending caps<\/a> that Congress recently approved for 2018 also indicate that lawmakers are unlikely to follow Trump&#8217;s guidelines as they hash out how to spend the US&#8217;s federal budget this year and next.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205327\/trumps-2019-budget-brings-back-government-cheese-and-the-rhythm-method\/\">Charted: Trump&#8217;s 2019 fantasy budget brings back government cheese and the rhythm method<\/a><\/h2>\n","hero":{"id":1138409,"alt":"Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2017.","caption":"Mick Mulvaney explains.","credit":"AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais","width":2400,"height":1350,"aspectRatio":1.7777777777778,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/mick-mulvaney-cfpb-omb-leandra-english-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-banks-trump.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=2400","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"NOTHING REALLY MATTERS","seoTitle":"Trump 2019 budget doesn&#039;t matter. Just look at 2018","facebookDescription":"Just look at what happened last year.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[],"tags":[{"name":"budget 2019 budget","slug":"budget-2019-budget"},{"name":"mulvaney","slug":"mulvaney"},{"name":"trump","slug":"trump"},{"name":"White House","slug":"white-house"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Politics and policy","slug":"politics-and-policy"}]},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Heather Timmons","username":"htimmonsqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/htimmonsqz\/","twitter":"HeathaT"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205426&text=One%20chart%20proves%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20budget%20proposal%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20matter&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205426%2Ftrump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Heather%20Timmons","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205426%2Ftrump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018%2F&title=One%20chart%20proves%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20budget%20proposal%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20matter&summary=Today%2C%20Donald%20Trump%20unveiled%20the%20White%20House%20budget%20for%202019%2C%20and%20it%E2%80%99s%20packed%20with%20cuts%20to%20fundamental%20American%20institutions%20from%20the%20state%20department%20to%20public%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20One%20chart%20proves%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20budget%20proposal%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20matter&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205426%2Ftrump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018%2F%0A%0AToday%2C%20Donald%20Trump%20unveiled%20the%20White%20House%20budget%20for%202019%2C%20and%20it%E2%80%99s%20packed%20with%20cuts%20to%20fundamental%20American%20institutions%20from%20the%20state%20department%20to%20public%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=One%20chart%20proves%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20budget%20proposal%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20matter%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1205426%2Ftrump-2019-budget-doesnt-matter-just-look-at-2018%2F"},"peer39":[9736,19680,9391,9475,9561,1908,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,25613,32893]},{"id":1204913,"title":"Even after you get rid of bed bugs, chemicals in their waste lingers for months","slug":"bed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204913\/bed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 20:42:54","updated":"2018-02-12 20:42:54","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"After bed bugs are eradicated from an infestation, they leave behind a potentially unhealthy souvenir that lingers in the air for months afterward. New research&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1204913-1","inline-1204913-2"],"content":"\n<p>After bed bugs are eradicated from an infestation, they leave behind a potentially unhealthy souvenir that lingers in the air for months afterward.<\/p>\n<p>New research from North Carolina State University shows homes that have been treated for bed-bug infestations have levels of histamines, the chemicals responsible for allergies and other immune reactions, up to 20 times higher than homes that had never been infested. Although bed bugs can be successfully eradicated through heat treatments, these histamines can remain in household dust for as long as three months after the insects are gone. The new study, published Feb. 12 in the journal PLOS One, suggests that exterminators need to develop a treatment for bedbug infestation that involves a deep cleaning to rid the home of these extra chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>Bedbugs produce histamines as a way of signaling to one another for mating or warning purposes. They excrete them as waste in the folds of fabric where they make their homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204913-1\"><\/div><p>Histamines are all too familiar to those with allergies of any kind. The human body produces them to, in theory, prep the body for an external, microbial threats. People with allergies, however, produce too many, and as a result become swollen and snotty, and sometimes end up with constricted airways due to extra inflammation in the respiratory tract. External histmaines can also cause allergic reactions, including the skin rashes, itchy eyes, and runny noses some people experience when around types of grasses.<\/p>\n<p>For this new study, researchers collected samples from 14 apartments that had previously had infestations, and nine that didn&rsquo;t, from an apartment building in North Carolina. They also took samples from five different houses that had no history of bedbugs, to serve as a control (since the other nine non-infested samples were in the same building as the previously infested samples).<\/p>\n<p>Because bedbugs are notoriously resistant to pesticides, treatment involves essentially roasting the insects. Exterminators crank the heat up to 122&deg;F (50&deg;C) for four hours and circulate the hot air with fans. The North Carolina team found that after three months, homes that had been successfully treated for bedbugs had an average of 54.6 micrograms of histamines per 100 milligrams of dust. Homes that never had bed bugs only had about 2.5 micrograms.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers didn&rsquo;t look at how these chemicals may have been affecting the people living in the homes that once had bed bugs. There also hasn&rsquo;t been much previous work on the effects of bedbug histamines on people. But given the body of work on other types of histamines, it wouldn&rsquo;t be all that surprising if people living in homes with previous bed bug infestations continued living with symptoms similar to allergies after their homes were treated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204913-2\"><\/div><p>It&rsquo;s all the more reason to avoid bringing them into your home at all costs if you can. If you do end up suffering from an infestation, it&rsquo;s probably best to bring in a deep cleaning crew to get rid of any remaining dust after exterminators kill and remove all the insects.<\/p>\n<hr><p><strong>Read this next: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1089045\/bed-bugs-may-travel-to-new-homes-in-your-dirty-laundry\/?utm_source=readnext\">Bed bugs can travel in dirty laundry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1204916,"alt":"Bed bugs emit substantial and persistent amounts of histamine in infested homes.","caption":"Just because you can&#039;t see them anymore...","credit":"Matt Bertone\/NC State University.","width":1490,"height":838,"aspectRatio":1.7780429594272,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/bedbugscrop.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1490","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"IT GETS WORSE","seoTitle":"Bed bugs produce histamines that linger for months after they&#039;re gone","facebookDescription":"As if they weren&#039;t bad enough already.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"Life as Laboratory","slug":"life-as-laboratory"}],"tags":[{"name":"allergies","slug":"allergies"},{"name":"bed bugs","slug":"bed-bugs"},{"name":"health","slug":"health"},{"name":"histamines","slug":"histamines"},{"name":"insects","slug":"insects"},{"name":"medicine","slug":"medicine"},{"name":"North Carolina State University","slug":"north-carolina-state-university"},{"name":"science","slug":"science"},{"name":"Technology","slug":"technology"},{"name":"Wellness","slug":"wellness"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Science and human behavior","slug":"science-and-human-behavior"}]},"obsession":{"name":"Life as Laboratory","slug":"life-as-laboratory"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Katherine Ellen Foley","username":"kfoleyqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/kfoleyqz\/","twitter":"katherineefoley"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204913&text=Even%20after%20you%20get%20rid%20of%20bed%20bugs%2C%20chemicals%20in%20their%20waste%20lingers%20for%20months&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204913%2Fbed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Katherine%20Ellen%20Foley","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204913%2Fbed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone%2F&title=Even%20after%20you%20get%20rid%20of%20bed%20bugs%2C%20chemicals%20in%20their%20waste%20lingers%20for%20months&summary=After%20bed%20bugs%20are%20eradicated%20from%20an%20infestation%2C%20they%20leave%20behind%20a%20potentially%20unhealthy%20souvenir%20that%20lingers%20in%20the%20air%20for%20months%20afterward.%20New%20research%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Even%20after%20you%20get%20rid%20of%20bed%20bugs%2C%20chemicals%20in%20their%20waste%20lingers%20for%20months&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204913%2Fbed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone%2F%0A%0AAfter%20bed%20bugs%20are%20eradicated%20from%20an%20infestation%2C%20they%20leave%20behind%20a%20potentially%20unhealthy%20souvenir%20that%20lingers%20in%20the%20air%20for%20months%20afterward.%20New%20research%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Even%20after%20you%20get%20rid%20of%20bed%20bugs%2C%20chemicals%20in%20their%20waste%20lingers%20for%20months%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204913%2Fbed-bugs-produce-histamines-that-linger-for-months-after-theyre-gone%2F"},"peer39":[9521,9506,9522,9519,9507,9505,9597,9369,9736,32893,9684,9691,9688,9387,25613,1908,18899,13793]},{"id":1204892,"title":"Americans! Is your state attorney general secretly letting donors shape laws?","slug":"corporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204892\/corporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 18:58:45","updated":"2018-02-12 19:32:53","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Attorneys general in many US states are part of a secret online network that enables corporate donors to review and comment on public policies before&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1204892-1","inline-1204892-2"],"content":"\n<p>Attorneys general in many US states are part of a secret online network that enables corporate donors to review and comment on public policies before they&rsquo;re made, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/maplight.org\/story\/gop-law-enforcement-chiefs-invited-donors-to-help-set-policy-via-secret-bulletin-board\/\">joint article<\/a> by The Intercept and <a href=\"https:\/\/maplight.org\/\">Maplight<\/a>, a bipartisan group examining money&rsquo;s influence on US politics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Briefing Room&rdquo; is a file-sharing network and online bulletin board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.box.com\/about-us\">hosted by Box<\/a>, a Redwood City, California-based cloud-content website that claims 41 million users. The policy arm of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanags.com\/about\/\">Republican Attorneys General Association<\/a> (RAGA), which tries to get Republicans elected as state attorneys general, has been using the board to allow donors to review and comment on laws before they are passed, according to Intercept and Maplight&rsquo;s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A contribution of at least $25,000 gives donors &ldquo;posting access&rdquo; to the online board, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3098829-RAGA-New-Member-Packet-2016.html\">RAGA membership documents show.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204892-1\"><\/div><p>Democratic attorneys general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/2017-10-27\/state-attorneys-general-lead-the-charge-against-president-donald-trump\">have been in the news<\/a> in recent months for their blocking of Donald Trump&rsquo;s travel ban and attempts to dismantle Obamacare subsidies, but Republican AGs have been the ones growing their influence in recent years. In 2014, Republicans took the majority of state AG seats for the first time in US history; they now hold 29 of them.<\/p>\n<p>State attorneys general offices are often where challenges to federal laws are initiated. Republican AGs have been &ldquo;have been instrumental in unraveling policies enacted by the previous Administration,&rdquo; RAGA&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanags.com\/about\/\">website claims<\/a>, including the Clean Power Plan and a rule that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1072054\/dismantling-the-rules-that-protect-americans-a-guide-to-the-trump-administrations-destruction-from-within\/\">boosted overtime pay<\/a> for over 4 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Policy documents posted to the Briefing Room include drafts of challenges to the overtime law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/4368011-RLDF-BR-AZ-2016-06-13.html\">and arguments against<\/a> a rule that prohibited payday lenders from making loans to people who can&rsquo;t pay them back. The rule has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/01\/24\/579961808\/under-trump-appointee-consumer-protection-agency-seen-helping-payday-lenders\">put on hold<\/a> by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>State open-records laws generally require local lawmakers to disclose information about how public policy decisions are made. An attorney at the Campaign Legal Center, a DC-based nonprofit, told Intercept and Maplight that it looked like the bulletin board was being used to &ldquo;evade their transparency requirements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204892-2\"><\/div><p>RAGA&rsquo;s website has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanags.com\/ags\/\">a list of its members<\/a>, with their social media contact information. Members of the public can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfoic.org\/organizations\">submit Freedom of Information Act<\/a> requests to their states for more information about how laws are made.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1205289\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  aligncenter zoomable size-medium\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 56.222222222222%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=1800\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 320px, 640px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"US-states-with-RAGA-member-Attorneys-General_mapbuilder\"><\/picture><\/figure>\n","hero":{"id":1205039,"alt":"The American flag flies next to a statue of the scales of justice at\nthe U.S. Court House in Alexandria, VA February 6, 2002. A U.S. judge\nwill decide on Wednesday whether accused American Taliban fighter John\nWalker Lindh should be released from jail while awaiting trial on\ncharges of conspiring to kill Americans in Afghanistan. REUTERS\/Win\nMcNamee\n\nWM - RP3DRHYKPMAA","caption":"An new report raises questions about how US laws are made.","credit":"Reuters\/Win McNamee","width":2032,"height":1146,"aspectRatio":1.7731239092496,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtr177h-e1518452508359.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=2032","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"THE BRIEFING ROOM","seoTitle":"Corporate donors use a secret online network to work with Republican state attorneys on policies and laws","facebookTitle":"Americans! Is your state attorney general secretly letting donors shape laws?","facebookDescription":"A closed online bulletin board is being used to let donors review policy, and evade transparency laws, ethics experts say.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"\"America First\"","slug":"america-first"}],"tags":[{"name":"Attorney General","slug":"attorney-general"},{"name":"Briefing Room","slug":"briefing-room"},{"name":"CFPB","slug":"cfpb"},{"name":"Clean Power Act","slug":"clean-power-act"},{"name":"clean power plan","slug":"clean-power-plan"},{"name":"foia","slug":"foia"},{"name":"freedom of information act","slug":"freedom-of-information-act"},{"name":"intercept","slug":"intercept"},{"name":"MapLight","slug":"maplight"},{"name":"raga","slug":"raga"},{"name":"Republican","slug":"republican"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Politics and policy","slug":"politics-and-policy"}]},"obsession":{"name":"\"America First\"","slug":"america-first"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Heather Timmons","username":"htimmonsqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/htimmonsqz\/","twitter":"HeathaT"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204892&text=Americans%21%20Is%20your%20state%20attorney%20general%20secretly%20letting%20donors%20shape%20laws%3F&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204892%2Fcorporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Heather%20Timmons","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204892%2Fcorporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws%2F&title=Americans%21%20Is%20your%20state%20attorney%20general%20secretly%20letting%20donors%20shape%20laws%3F&summary=Attorneys%20general%20in%20many%20US%20states%20are%20part%20of%20a%20secret%20online%20network%20that%20enables%20corporate%20donors%20to%20review%20and%20comment%20on%20public%20policies%20before%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20Americans%21%20Is%20your%20state%20attorney%20general%20secretly%20letting%20donors%20shape%20laws%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204892%2Fcorporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws%2F%0A%0AAttorneys%20general%20in%20many%20US%20states%20are%20part%20of%20a%20secret%20online%20network%20that%20enables%20corporate%20donors%20to%20review%20and%20comment%20on%20public%20policies%20before%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Americans%21%20Is%20your%20state%20attorney%20general%20secretly%20letting%20donors%20shape%20laws%3F%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204892%2Fcorporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws%2F"},"peer39":[9736,1908,19680,13793,9391,9561,9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9671,9672,9656,9367,9606,9597,9369,4004,22057,32893,25613]},{"id":1204891,"title":"This is one war Snapchat is winning over Facebook","slug":"snapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204891\/snapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 18:47:21","updated":"2018-02-12 18:47:21","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Facebook and Snapchat have been embattled adversaries ever since Facebook attempted and failed to acquire the messaging app in 2013. A new forecast from research&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1204891-1","inline-1204891-2"],"content":"\n<p>Facebook and Snapchat have been embattled adversaries ever since Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffbercovici\/2013\/11\/13\/facebook-wouldve-bought-snapchat-for-3-billion-in-cash-heres-why\/#2a5235f843de\">attempted and failed<\/a> to acquire the messaging app in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/content\/facebook-losing-younger-users-at-even-faster-pace?ecid=NL1001\">A new forecast<\/a> from research firm eMarketer released Feb. 12 now shows how much that failure may come back to bite Facebook in the long run. Snapchat is still winning among US teens, despite Facebook&rsquo;s relentless efforts to attract and retain young users.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204153\/young-americans-no-longer-use-facebook\/\">will lose<\/a> 2 million users under 25 this year&mdash;although it will pick up 1.6 million from the same age group on Instagram, which it also owns. Snapchat, in contrast, will add 1.9 million users in the same time period. Snapchat also has more users than Instagram in the 12-to-24 age group, according to the eMarketer report. (The researchers&rsquo; estimates are based on an analysis of survey and traffic data from other research firms and regulatory agencies, Facebook&rsquo;s own disclosures, and historical trends, as well as demographic and socioeconomic factors.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"SkLPv-ZeZ\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_SkLPv-ZeZ.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Snapchat&rsquo;s ability to beat Facebook among teens highlights the success of its strategy. Snapchat, and its parent company Snap, has continued to innovate and release unique new features, though <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1175536\/people-use-snapchat-mainly-to-message-friends\/\">they&rsquo;re not all as loved<\/a> as the app&rsquo;s core messaging functionality. Last year it released <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1093300\/snapchat-and-snap-maps-has-become-the-perfect-tool-for-understanding-tragedy-after-las-vegas-snap\/\">Snap Maps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1099238\/snapchat-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-being-a-truly-useful-app-with-context-cards-snap\/\">Context Cards<\/a>, and a redesign <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1141464\/snap-is-redesigning-snapchat-to-split-up-messages-from-friends-and-brands-snap\/\">that clearly separates<\/a> friend content from brand content.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204891-1\"><\/div><p>Although some users have grumbled about the changes, they appear to have paid off. Snap performed above analyst expectations in <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1200008\/snapchats-snap-q4-2017-earnings-in-charts\/\">its most recent earnings<\/a>, sending its stock price <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1201682\/snap-stock-closed-above-its-ipo-price-for-the-first-time-since-june\/\">up to heights<\/a> not seen in months. It traded above its $17 IPO price for the first time since June.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, on the other hand, has fallen behind on innovation. It&rsquo;s relying on new features that <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/943847\/facebooks-fb-copying-of-snapchat-snap-slack-and-others-is-proof-that-you-dont-need-an-original-idea-to-be-successful\/\">have been borrowed<\/a> from other companies like Slack and Twitch, or <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/985007\/by-copying-lenses-facebooks-fb-instagram-has-completely-become-snapchat-snap\/\">outright copied<\/a> from Snapchat. It even said on <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1196002\/facebook-is-pinning-its-future-on-stories-the-idea-it-stole-from-snapchat\/\">its most recent earnings call<\/a> that Stories (an ephemeral posting function it stole from Snapchat), are on track to be the most common way that people post to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Recent announcements from each company highlight the innovation disparity. This morning, Snap announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/02\/12\/snapchats-snap-map-comes-to-the-web-including-in-embeddable-form\/\">public web format of Snap Maps<\/a> focused on showcasing real-time interactive content from around the world. Meanwhile, Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/02\/11\/instagram-is-testing-screenshot-alerts-for-stories\/?ncid=rss\">confirmed to TechCrunch<\/a> yesterday that it&rsquo;s testing notifications for when someone screenshots your story&mdash;a feature that is integral to Snapchat.<\/p>\n<p>Although it currently outpaces Snapchat in total users, Facebook could fall behind without new ideas.  In the US, Facebook and Instagram will end the year with 169.5 million and 104.7 million users, respectively, eMarketer says&mdash;by comparison, Snapchat will have 86.5 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204891-2\"><\/div><p>Snapchat&rsquo;s success may spread beyond teens soon, too. &ldquo;Snapchat could eventually experience more growth in older age groups, since it&rsquo;s redesigning its platform to be easier to use,&rdquo; Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at eMarketer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/content\/facebook-losing-younger-users-at-even-faster-pace?ecid=NL1001\">said in a statement.<\/a> Older users, with more money to spend, would help infuse Snap with much-needed revenue to continue its growth and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook had better be ready.<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1204941,"alt":"A recruiter for messaging app Snapchat talks to job seekers at a booth at TechFair LA, a technology job fair, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.","caption":"Smug victory.","credit":"Lucy Nicholson\/Reuters","width":4662,"height":2629,"aspectRatio":1.7732978318752,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/rtsxk9e-e1518448124317.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=4662","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE","seoTitle":"Snapchat is beating Facebook in its fight for the future","facebookDescription":"Snapchat is getting better and better at attracting teen users, a long term worry for Facebook.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"Messaging","slug":"messaging"}],"tags":[{"name":"Business","slug":"business"},{"name":"facebook","slug":"facebook"},{"name":"mad hits","slug":"mad-hits"},{"name":"Snapchat","slug":"snapchat"},{"name":"social media","slug":"social-media"},{"name":"Technology","slug":"technology"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Tech and communications","slug":"tech-and-communications"}]},"obsession":{"name":"Messaging","slug":"messaging"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Karen Hao","username":"khaoqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/khaoqz\/","twitter":"_KarenHao"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204891&text=This%20is%20one%20war%20Snapchat%20is%20winning%20over%20Facebook&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204891%2Fsnapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Karen%20Hao","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204891%2Fsnapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future%2F&title=This%20is%20one%20war%20Snapchat%20is%20winning%20over%20Facebook&summary=Facebook%20and%20Snapchat%20have%20been%20embattled%20adversaries%20ever%20since%20Facebook%20attempted%20and%20failed%20to%20acquire%20the%20messaging%20app%20in%202013.%20A%20new%20forecast%20from%20research%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20This%20is%20one%20war%20Snapchat%20is%20winning%20over%20Facebook&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204891%2Fsnapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future%2F%0A%0AFacebook%20and%20Snapchat%20have%20been%20embattled%20adversaries%20ever%20since%20Facebook%20attempted%20and%20failed%20to%20acquire%20the%20messaging%20app%20in%202013.%20A%20new%20forecast%20from%20research%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=This%20is%20one%20war%20Snapchat%20is%20winning%20over%20Facebook%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204891%2Fsnapchat-is-beating-facebook-in-its-fight-for-the-future%2F"},"peer39":[9521,9506,9504,9522,9519,9507,9505,9597,9369,4004,9736,25613,32893,21363,22057,18899,12625]},{"id":1204953,"title":"The White House is ignoring 41 million US Spanish speakers","slug":"the-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204953\/the-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 18:23:37","updated":"2018-02-12 18:23:37","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"One in seven Americans speak Spanish at home. Zero White House websites offer information in that language. At the beginning of Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency, the&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1204953-1"],"content":"\n<p>One in seven Americans speak Spanish at home. Zero White House websites offer information in that language.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidency, the White House <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/01\/23\/white-house-website-takes-down-all-spanish-language-content.html\">removed<\/a> all Spanish-language content from its website. The site that used to live at whitehouse.gov\/espanol, started under Barack Obama in 2009, disappeared. Now even the error message on that page is in English.<\/p>\n<p>At first, it seemed like this might just be part of a generally bumpy presidential transition. There were a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/893541\">other things<\/a> missing from the new White House website, too. Sean Spicer, the press secretary at the time, promised in January 2017 that coders were &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2017\/01\/23\/donald-trump-new-white-house-website-no-spanish-version\">working overtime<\/a>&rdquo; to get the Spanish-language site back up. Later, in July, the White House&rsquo;s director of media affairs, Helen Aguirre Ferre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/jul\/03\/trump-white-house-neglect-spanish-speakers-website-language\">said<\/a> the site would be launched by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1204953-1\"><\/div><p>Well into February, with the State of the Union in the rear-view mirror, there is still no Spanish information on the White House website. And now Ferre &ldquo;declines to say whether there are still plans to have a Spanish-language website,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b9fc2c0b27df45f3856d4a75e26b8994\/The-White-House's-promised-Spanish-website?-Nada-de-nada\">according to<\/a> the AP.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not surprising that providing information in Spanish is not a priority for a Trump administration. The president does not really believe that languages other than English belong in the United States. During the 2016 primaries, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/635998754546548737\">complained<\/a> about Jeb Bush speaking &ldquo;Mexican,&rdquo; because &ldquo;this is America.&rdquo; Even Trump&rsquo;s favorite social media platform is largely neglected: The White House does have a Spanish-language Twitter feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaCasaBlanca\">@LaCasaBlanca<\/a>, but it is rarely updated.<\/p>\n<p>I know what you&rsquo;re saying: &ldquo;I never check the English-language White House website for anything, in fact I don&rsquo;t know if I&rsquo;ve ever even looked at it, so does it really matter that there is no Spanish version?&rdquo; Let&rsquo;s just say that Spanish speakers might be interested in knowing exactly what the official line is on, for example, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/chain-migration-numbers\/\">chain migration<\/a>.&rdquo; This is the administration&rsquo;s term for the long-standing American practice of immigrants bringing family members to live with them in the United States, and is Trump&rsquo;s latest immigration bugbear.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish speakers in the US, even if they were born there and are full-blown citizens, need to know that the White House thinks that family ties should no longer be a factor in immigration decisions. They need to be able to share Trump&rsquo;s views with people they know who might be affected. Call it chain migration of information. That chain can&rsquo;t spread through the Spanish-speaking community if it&rsquo;s not available in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>And if Trump really &ldquo;loves Hispanics&rdquo;&mdash;as he proclaimed while eating a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/728297587418247168?lang=en\">taco salad<\/a>&mdash;and thinks his policies will help them, why not say so in the language they understand best?<\/p>\n","hero":{"id":1205035,"alt":"Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.11.39 AM","caption":"No espa\u00f1ol.","credit":"The White House","width":1425,"height":715,"aspectRatio":1.993006993007,"url":"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/screen-shot-2018-02-12-at-11-11-39-am.png?w=1425","size":"extra-large"},"kicker":"CUATRO CERO CUATRO","seoTitle":"The White House&#039;s Spanish-language site is still missing","facebookDescription":"The Trump administration has not made good on its promise to provide information en espa\u00f1ol.","edition":"global","taxonomies":{"obsession":[{"name":"Language","slug":"language"}],"tags":[{"name":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump"},{"name":"language","slug":"language-2"},{"name":"language in the US","slug":"language-in-the-us"},{"name":"politics","slug":"politics"},{"name":"Spanish","slug":"spanish"},{"name":"spanish language","slug":"spanish-language"},{"name":"Trump administration","slug":"trump-administration"},{"name":"United States","slug":"united-states"},{"name":"White House","slug":"white-house"},{"name":"White House website","slug":"white-house-website"},{"name":"whitehouse.gov","slug":"whitehouse-gov"}],"qz_series":[],"topic":[{"name":"Politics and policy","slug":"politics-and-policy"}]},"obsession":{"name":"Language","slug":"language"},"byline":{"authors":[{"name":"Nikhil Sonnad","username":"nsonnadqz","url":"https:\/\/qz.com\/author\/nsonnadqz\/","twitter":"nkl"}],"type":"author","label":"Written by"},"share":{"twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204953&text=The%20White%20House%20is%20ignoring%2041%20million%20US%20Spanish%20speakers&via=qz","facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204953%2Fthe-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing%2F&caption=qz.com%20%7C%20By%20Nikhil%20Sonnad","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204953%2Fthe-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing%2F&title=The%20White%20House%20is%20ignoring%2041%20million%20US%20Spanish%20speakers&summary=One%20in%20seven%20Americans%20speak%20Spanish%20at%20home.%20Zero%20White%20House%20websites%20offer%20information%20in%20that%20language.%20At%20the%20beginning%20of%20Donald%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20presidency%2C%20the%E2%80%A6&source=Quartz","email":"mailto:?subject=Quartz%3A%20The%20White%20House%20is%20ignoring%2041%20million%20US%20Spanish%20speakers&body=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204953%2Fthe-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing%2F%0A%0AOne%20in%20seven%20Americans%20speak%20Spanish%20at%20home.%20Zero%20White%20House%20websites%20offer%20information%20in%20that%20language.%20At%20the%20beginning%20of%20Donald%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20presidency%2C%20the%E2%80%A6%0A%0ASign%20up%20for%20the%20Quartz%20Daily%20Brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fquartzdailybrief.","whatsapp":"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=The%20White%20House%20is%20ignoring%2041%20million%20US%20Spanish%20speakers%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1204953%2Fthe-white-houses-spanish-language-site-is-still-missing%2F"}},{"id":1205093,"title":"Oxfam\u2019s scandal in Haiti has roots in Chad, where finding justice will be even harder","slug":"oxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad","permalink":"https:\/\/qz.com\/1205093\/oxfam-sex-scandal-disgraced-haiti-chief-linked-to-abuses-in-chad\/","date":{"published":"2018-02-12 18:20:18","updated":"2018-02-12 18:20:18","pretty":"February 12, 2018"},"postType":"article","summary":"Oxfam\u2019s good work has been overshadowed by a scandal that has rocked the entire international aid community. On closer inspection, that scandal may be much&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1205093-1","inline-1205093-2","inline-1205093-3"],"content":"\n<p>Oxfam&rsquo;s good work has been overshadowed by a scandal that has rocked the entire international aid community. On closer inspection, that scandal may be much older, with roots in the charity organization&rsquo;s work in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by British newspaper <em>The Times<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1204261\/oxfam-knew-of-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-in-haiti-but-didnt-warn-the-next-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed how aid workers hired prostitutes<\/a> in Haiti, some of them underage girls. Aid workers who leaked the story alleged a &ldquo;full-on Caligula orgy&rdquo; took place at Oxfam&rsquo;s villa, where the NGO was helping the country recover from a devastating 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>The man at the center of the scandal is Roland van Hauwermeiren, the head of mission in Haiti who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/oxfam-sex-scandal-boss-was-let-off-the-hook-for-sake-of-mission-ntgh65z2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced to resign<\/a> when Oxfam learned of the abuses. Now, new allegations show that van Hauwermeiren&rsquo;s misconduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/10\/oxfam-faces-allegations-staff-paid-prostitutes-in-chad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually began in Chad<\/a>. Oxfam failed to warn the next NGO that hired van Hauwermeiren and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-1\"><\/div><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve now heard of further allegations about the use of sex workers by Oxfam staff in Chad in 2006,&rdquo; Oxfam <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=115076X1574194&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.org%2Fen%2Fpressroom%2Freactions%2Fstatement-haiti-including-response-allegations-oxfam-staff-used-sex-workers-chad\" oxfam.org>said in a Feb. 11 statement<\/a>. We are shocked and dismayed about these latest revelations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Van Hauwermeiren was head of Oxfam in Haiti, when in 2006 another senior members was fired for his behavior, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/10\/oxfam-faces-allegations-staff-paid-prostitutes-in-chad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian reported<\/a> on Feb 11. The few details available are shockingly similar to the Haiti revelations: Despite a strict curfew, other Oxfam aid workers raised concerns of alleged prostitutes visiting Oxfam residences.<\/p>\n<p>Little else is known about what else happened in Chad. Oxfam says it is still trying to corroborate the information from Chad, but said it highlighted &ldquo;unacceptable behavior by a small number of people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a case of a group of privileged men abusing those they were meant to protect,&rdquo; Oxfam said in <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=115076X1574194&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.org%2Fen%2Fpressroom%2Freactions%2Fstatement-haiti-including-response-allegations-oxfam-staff-used-sex-workers-chad\" oxfam.org>the statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-2\"><\/div><p>In Chad, Oxfam works to strengthen civil society, as well as help farmers mitigate the effects of climate change as the Sahara desert eats up grazing land. But, the countries media freedom and civil society (despite Oxfam&rsquo;s efforts) have little room to move under president Idriss D&eacute;by, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1164885\/photos-of-the-year-the-most-striking-photos-from-africa-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who as been in power<\/a> since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>There has been little reaction from Chad that has been accessible outside of the country. It&rsquo;s unclear if the victims of Oxfam&rsquo;s alleged abuse will ever see justice, based on a precedent of just how aid agencies have been able to get away with misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Chad&rsquo;s neighbor, the Central African Republic, has borne witness to a spate of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/07\/peacekeepers-hit-allegations-sex-abuse-170701133655238.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual exploitation allegations<\/a> by peacekeepers, involving shocking accusations of child abuse. Yet, the United Nations seems to have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/botched-sexual-abuse-cases-car-170915100642651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">botched that internal investigation<\/a> and the country&rsquo;s justice system has done little more.<\/p>\n<p>Code Blue, an NGO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codebluecampaign.com\/welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formed as peacekeeper watchdog<\/a>, is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/botched-sexual-abuse-cases-car-170915100642651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking into cases<\/a> in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Niger, Burundi, Cameroon and more, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1205093-3\"><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the Charities Commission has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/11\/we-fear-whats-next-oxfam-reels-from-prostitution-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded answers<\/a> from Oxfam, the organization&rsquo;s deputy CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/02\/12\/oxfams-deputy-chief-executive-quits-100000-role-prostitution\/\">has resigned<\/a> and CEO Mark Goldring has been doing the rounds on television trying to convince citizens that Oxfam still deserved their funding. 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The&hellip;","inlineAds":["inline-1203849-1","inline-1203849-2"],"content":"\n<p>Shares of Nvidia, the computer graphics chipmaker, rose nearly 100% last year, making it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/biggest-nasdaq-winners-and-losers-in-2017-chip-makers-videogame-publishers-lead-tech-2017-12-29\">one of the biggest gainers<\/a> on the Nasdaq in 2017. The reason isn&rsquo;t a mystery: Nvidia is a first-mover in technology that&rsquo;s fundamental to three thriving industries.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin&rsquo;s ridiculous rise<\/h2>\n<p>If you haven&rsquo;t heard already, bitcoin&rsquo;s value skyrocketed from under $1,000 at the start of 2017 to almost $20,000 in December. To create bitcoin, a computer has to solve complex mathematical problems, and problems have become so dense that &ldquo;miners&rdquo; are running <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1055126\/photos-china-has-one-of-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mines\/\">massive server farms<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1054805\/what-its-like-working-at-a-sprawling-bitcoin-mine-in-inner-mongolia\/\">the promise<\/a> of generating new valuable coins. <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1109011\/tsmc-tsm-nvidia-nvda-amd-are-getting-a-boost-from-bitcoin-and-ethereum-miners\/\">Some of the most common<\/a> chips miners use are made by Nvidia. Miners are <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1039809\/amd-shares-are-soaring-ethereum-miners-are-renting-boeing-747s-to-ship-graphics-cards-to-mines\/\">even renting jumbo jets<\/a> to ship the chips to them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"HJxq8SiLM\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_HJxq8SiLM.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Nvidia said on its <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1202851\/artificial-intelligence-revenue-soars-for-nvidia-nvda\/\">earnings call<\/a> Feb. 8 that direct sales of bitcoin-mining chip setups accounted for a tiny portion of its quarterly revenue. But that ignores two things: First, Wall Street&rsquo;s irrational focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-12-21\/crypto-craze-sees-long-island-iced-tea-rename-as-long-blockchain\">any company<\/a> that&rsquo;s part of a hot trend, and second, the fact that miners are buying chips meant for gaming computers. It&rsquo;s entirely possible that much of Nvidia&rsquo;s cryptocurrency-related revenue is hidden within the figure it reports for gaming-chip sales.<\/p>\n<h2>The artificial intelligence boom<\/h2>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"B1ofC_sIz\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_B1ofC_sIz.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Nvidia foresaw the artificial intelligence boom in 2005  and built software that allowed its GPUs to run the millions of tiny computations required by modern AI. That bet has paid off in the last four years, as illustrated by the company&rsquo;s 524% increase in revenue for data center-optimized chips.  Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and to some extent IBM, have expanded their data centers for AI services to serve their own customers as well as customers of their cloud services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1203849-1\"><\/div><p>Analysts watch Nvidia&rsquo;s database growth closely, trying to determine if it will continue as AI applications increase.  Like cryptocurrency mining, many independent AI researchers and institutions may be buying graphics cards meant for gaming and using them to run AI algorithms. (Quartz uses two such GPUs for machine learning.)<\/p>\n<h2>Gaming growth<\/h2>\n<div class=\"atlas-chart\" data-id=\"S1IOLujLz\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"449\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.theatlas.com\/i\/atlas_S1IOLujLz.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p>Gaming is cool again&mdash;or at least it&rsquo;s making a lot of money. While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about the utopian GPU-powered future of self-driving cars and robots, it&rsquo;s sometimes easy to forget that Nvidia makes most of its money selling computer parts for gaming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1203849-2\"><\/div><p>As computer gaming becomes more mainstream, more people are buying graphics cards to make games run well. The top five most-streamed games were broadcast on the Twitch platform for more than 233 million hours in December 2017, according to NewZoo.<\/p>\n<p>PwC <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2016\/06\/08\/the-u-s-and-global-game-industries-will-grow-a-healthy-amount-by-2020-pwc-forecasts\/\">projects<\/a> that gaming will grow by 5% annually, generating some $90.1 billion in revenue by 2020. 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