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Business | International

Crash Course in Global Commerce: How Accident Lawyers Built a $50 Billion International Empire on Human Misfortune
ByDaveslocker 10 September 2025

**The Global Brotherhood of Ambulance Chasers: How Accident Lawyers Became the World’s Most Universal Profession** From the neon-lit streets of Tokyo to the pothole-ridden avenues of Bucharest, one profession has achieved what world peace summits and climate accords never could: truly global harmony. Accident lawyers, those magnificent vultures of human misfortune, have spread across our…

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International | Trending

Novo Nordisk: How a Danish Pharma Giant Became the Shadow Superpower of Global Gluttony
ByDaveslocker 10 September 2025

Somewhere between the Arctic Circle and a midtown Manhattan pharmacy counter, the Danish firm Novo Nordisk has quietly become the most influential geopolitical actor nobody voted for. What began in 1923 as a modest insulin cooperative in a Copenhagen loft has metastasized—appropriately—into a global empire whose market cap now exceeds the GDP of oil-rich Norway….

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Analysis | International

Dirtbag Billionaire Goes Global: How the World’s Richest Slackers Became Accidental Emperors
ByDaveslocker 9 September 2025

Dirtbag Billionaire: A Global Field Guide to the New Gilded Age’s Anti-Hero By the time you finish this paragraph, another hoodie-clad centi-millionaire will have declared himself a “dirtbag billionaire” on a podcast recorded from the cargo hold of his Gulfstream. The phrase—equal parts self-deprecating marketing stunt and accurate character assessment—has already achieved the rare linguistic…

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Business | International

Global Ambulance-Chasers: How the World Learned to Monetize a Sprained Ankle
ByDaveslocker 8 September 2025

Personal Injury Attorneys: The World’s New First Responders They say every society gets the ambulance-chasers it deserves, but in 2024 the ambulance itself is optional. From Lagos to London, the humble personal-injury attorney has metastasized into a borderless species of legal velociraptor—equal parts grief counselor, venture capitalist, and late-night infomercial star. Slip on a grape…

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International | Sports

From Alcatraz to Almaty: How Al Davis Turned Rebellion into the NFL’s Most Exportable Brand
ByDaveslocker 7 September 2025

Al Davis, the late czar of the Oakland Raiders, never held elected office, never commanded armies, and—astonishingly—never learned how to use e-mail. Yet his silhouette still looms across the planet like a stubborn smog cloud, proof that the most durable empires are sometimes stitched from shoulder pads and bad attitude. From the dockyards of Naples…

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