No.3 Magazine: A Future that Never Came

By SIMON CONSTABLE

New York-artist David Kramer says he's always felt like an outsider.  Read more here.

No.3 Magazine: Defining Pintography with Marlene Luce Tremblay

By SIMON CONSTABLE

French Canadian artist Marlene Luce Tremblay didn’t always work with bright colors. She started off taking black and white photos. “That was back in the 1980s using film to make portraits,” she says. 

That's not so much the case lately. Read more here.

U.S. News: How to Profit From the British Pound's Slump

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Just because President Barack Obama's threat to put Britain at the back of the line for new trade deals is fast becoming reality, it doesn't mean the U.K. is finished economically. 

Better still, there are plenty of ways for investors to make some money out of the current situation. Read more here.

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Forbes: How Obama's Brexit Snub Hurts American Business

By SIMON CONSTABLE

President Obama’s pledge to kick Britain to the back of the line for new trade deals is quickly becoming a reality, according to recent reports.

That may, or may not, have been a gesture to hurt Britain’s economy. But never mind, the reality is that the move it will hurt American businesses. That’s because it has put Yankee companies at the back of queue for British consumers; people who have a very healthy appetite for consuming goods and services. Here’s what you need to know:

Forbes: Win By Cheating? Maybe So

By SIMON CONSTABLE

All through our early lives we are presented with a multitude of rules, most of which say the equivalent of “don’t do this,” or “don’t do that.” Sometimes we hear the command to “work long and hard,” and only then shall we see success. You get the idea.

The problem is that most of us hang on to these rules long after they should have been relegated to the same place as quaint mementos of childhood such as having our mittens physically tied to our winter clothing.

Technology entrepreneur Brian Wong has tapped into this problem with his new book The Cheat Code: Going Off Script to Get More, Go Faster, and Shortcut Your Way to Success. It was published earlier this month by Crown Business.

He attempts to dispel the idea that rule-following is the way to proceed for maximum career progress. Read more here.

TheStreet: How America Is Regaining its Startup Mojo -- And Why it Matters

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Here's some more good news for the U.S. economy: The entrepreneurial bug is back.

"For the second year in a row, key measures of new business creation in the United States point upward," according to The 2016 Kaufmann Index of Startup Activity, published in August by the Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation. "Only two years ago, the Startup Activity Index was at its lowest point in the last 20 years." Read more here.

U.S. News: Today's Investors Are Somewhere Between Skeptical and Optimistic

By SIMON CONSTABLE

A cursory look across the financial news might convince all but the hardiest investors that a crash is imminent. 

Gurus earnestly warning investors to "ditch stocks now," or something similar, are daily fare across the business side of the media. So should you be frightened and follow suit?

No. In fact, quite the opposite. Read more here.