Kevin Allison

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Working on the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and governance.

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  • Tech drive strips old-school car makers of clout

    Reuters Breakingviews

    From Tesla to Google, the shift to connected, self-driving vehicles may take a while, but it could shake up everything from systems to materials to car usage. The winners may be able to rev up returns far higher than current performance.

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  • Brazi's epic water crisis a global wake-up call

    Reuters Breakingviews

    One of the world’s biggest cities is running out of water. Sao Paulo, a city of 20 million people, could run dry within weeks. The humanitarian and economic cost would be immense. The fiasco should be a global wake-up call for other metropolises.

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  • U.S. drought could spark economic water warfare

    Reuters Breakingviews

    The withering drought afflicting California and the southwest United States could spark economic warfare over water. Scarce rains have left large swaths of the country dry. Industries from beverages to semiconductors are growing concerned about whether they will have adequate access to water in the future. For cities and states situated around the Great Lakes, as well as water technology firms, it presents a flood of opportunities.

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  • Oil's new age of plenty challenges old assumptions

    Reuters Breakingviews

    The energy business may enter a tumultuous period in 2014, even if sanctions on Iranian oil exports remain in place. A sharp drop in the oil price is possible, and more volatility in oil prices, energy investments and geopolitics is almost inevitable.

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  • From hope to husk - a special report on the US ethanol industry

    Financial Times

    Part of a special report on the US ethanol industry's boom and subsequent bust -- and the billions of dollars lost by investors, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, who bet on the controversial fuel.

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  • Democrats dismiss Palin at their peril

    Financial Times

    On August 28, 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain surprised everyone by selecting Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Then based in the FT's San Francisco bureau, I arrived in Alaska that night. This was one of my reports from the ground.

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  • Man in the News - Mark Zuckerberg, the self-assured geek

    Financial Times

    A profile of Mark Zuckerberg for the FT's Man in the News slot. This was written back when Facebook had just topped 40 million users, just as the advent of the Facebook Platform and Facebook apps was starting to send traffic soaring. It soon became clear that unlike previous social networks that had boomed then fizzled, Facebook had a shot at reaching escape velocity.

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  • German

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