The most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children. The shorthand (简写) educators use for this is "pre-K"—meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to...
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Still more investors are setting up shop in Asia to tackle this populous market and fast-growing economy. Nick Cooney, a former founder of New Crop Capital of the U.S. (invested, along with David Yeung, in Beyond Meat in 2014), is building an investment team in Hong Kong for his Lever...