Archive for 'World Economy'
Inclusive Business: Helping Fight Poverty
19 August 2008Inclusive Business is not a new idea but it is an idea that is hopefully taking off. With the global agenda now including socially conscious issues like global warming and climate change, the folks involved with this idea are hoping that “Social Warming” as they like to call it, will take hold. Inclusive Business is [...]
Is Offshore Drilling The Answer…
4 August 2008McCain says yes, Obama now, says maybe.
While Obama had previously been criticizing McCain’s stance on lifting the federal moratorium banning offshore drilling to help bring down the price of gas, it seems now he is willing to compromise on his position.
Last Friday, while on a two day trip around central Florida, Obama told the Palm [...]
East Timor: Still Struggling After All These Years…
12 February 2008
Not since 2006 has East Timor experience such violence, but here it is again, beckoning at the door.
After an attack on the President’s home, cult rebel leader, Reinado lays dead and the president, Ramos-Horta lays in a hospital bed in Australia. A 48 hour curfew is in effect, and things appear calm but more [...]
Creative Capitalism, According To Gates…
3 February 2008According to Bill Gates, “Creative Capitalism is an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world’s inequities.”
While at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bill Gates took the opportunity [...]
No, the World Economy Is Not Comming To An End…
22 January 2008At least not today. As the rest of the world’s financial markets, dropped up to 10% overnight, American Financial Markets prepared for an onslaught of SELL Orders. World fear that the US Economy will slip into a recession and cause American consumers to stop buying products from around the world is what caused the [...]
