Cristina Lindblad

With rumors swirling that former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is bound for Ecuador, the media spotlight has suddenly fallen on this tiny nation of 14.7 million—something that doesn’t happen all that often. Folks who would have trouble finding Ecuador on the map (hint: look around the earth’s belly band) suddenly have a pressing desire to know more about the country. Here are some salient facts.

2005: YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploads video No. 1—an 18-second clip of his visit to the San Diego Zoo.

1967: Sixty-five million Americans tune in to Super Bowl I—at the time the most ever for a sporting event.

The challenges of making a robotic chair for babies.

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade could keep women out of the workforce just when we need them the most.

Greetings from Singapore, where the fourth annual Bloomberg New Economy forum is under way and continues through Nov. 18.

Greetings from Singapore, where the fourth annual Bloomberg New Economy forum is under way and continues through Nov. 18.

Hello from Singapore where the Bloomberg New Economy Forum convened for its second day.

Hello from Singapore, where the third and final day of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum has come to a close.

Hi, this is Cristina in New York City. It’s getting chilly here so I want to send you to Brazil, where pharmaceutical companies are blocking competition from generic versions of their high-priced HIV drugs. But before we get to that...