Does Washington still not know that its command of the global economy has, slowly, episodically, sadly, slipped away over the past 25 years?
Sport commands 70% of global sponsorship revenues, according to IEG, with entertainment a very distant second at 10%.
The world's biggest family-controlled firmsTHE "Lucky Sperm Club", as Warren Buffett likes to call it, is still going strong at the commanding heights of global business.
Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism.
China's technology sector is reaching a critical mass of expertise, talent and capital that is realigning the commanding heights of global power.
Within the first 24 hours of a large-scale emergency, UNICEF's Executive Director may now activate the CEAP, which streamlines the chain of command for global support and response and enacts simplified standard operating procedures.
Security experts said this week that they were cheered by calls from General Keith Alexander, head of the new U.S. Cyber Command, for global rules of engagement for cyber-war, and for increased engagement with nations that are major sources of cyber crime and espionage, including Russia and China.
American chefs can now command the kind of global respect once reserved for the French, and many are succumbing to the siren song of expansion.
The deal could represent the beginning of the end for one of the country's most celebrated magazine publishers, whose titles commanded the attention of global leaders and chronicled world events, sometimes with striking photography.
Drone strikes grab the headlines, including one in Yemen that the White House said Tuesday had killed Nasir al-Wahishi, head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and second in command of Al Qaeda's global network.
