The Closer
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ROUND-UPTech companies dragged US stocks down. The S&P 500 fell 0.41 per cent to 1,385 while the Nasdaq dropped 0.37 per cent. Shares in IBM and Intel fell 3.5 per cent and...
A Diamond in the Desert
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By coincidence, an article in the Guardian appeared raising questions about Abu Dhabi’s ability to complete its Guggenheim Museum on time just as I was finishing reading Jo Tatchell’s book about the city, A Diamond in the Desert. Subtit...
Video: Worldwide UN Youth Competition for Short Films on Human Rights
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Students between the ages of 10 and 20 worldwide are invited to produce short films (max. 3 min) on the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a special focus on sustainability, migration / refugees and global warming for the Vide...
Facenuke or: A failed social network visualisation by Greenpeace
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The image above (click on the image for full size or go here to explore the network) is a network visualisation of the energy sector in France. Or so at least claims Greenpeace France. It looks nice, it looks plausible but methodological it is poorly...
Cheer for François Hollande in France. But he won't change Europe | Martin Kettle
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If the Socialists win in France it will create a new pole of influence. But their options will be severely limitedFor the majority of politically aware people in Britain, France might as well be on the dark side of the moon. The days have long g...
Climate change targets should include emissions from goods manufactured abroad
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“Carbon emissions from goods imported and consumed in the UK are rising more quickly than greenhouse gases are being cut domestically, MPs have warned.” (Source: The Telegraph) Very interesting report from the UK’s Energy and Climate Parlia...
Climate change targets should include emissions from goods manufactured abroad – MPs – Telegraph
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See on Scoop.it – The Great Transition Carbon emissions from goods imported and consumed in the UK are rising more quickly than greenhouse gases are being cut domestically, MPs have warned. Very interesting report from the UK’s Ene...
Russia: Astrakhan in Turmoil
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In Astrakhan, opposition leaders have relied on social media to mobilize and coordinate protestors. Technology, however, is not a panacea for Astrakhan's struggling opposition. Many in the city are still strangers to Internet technology, and others a...
Lame duck paralysis and fiscal-cliff-mageddon
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Last November, we pondered the various fiscal issues that might have to be confronted by the winner of the Presidential election and the lame duck Congress in the period between...
Repatriated – and gagged with packing tape
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That’s a snap from Alitalia’s 0920 Rome to Tunis flight yesterday morning, taken by Francesco Sperandeo and posted on his Facebook page. He comments, Two Tunisian nationals deported from Italy and treated in an inhumane way. Brown wrap...
Wednesday whimsies
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It was with great sadness that the IPKat learned of the unexpected and early death this past weekend of Professor John N. Adams. A former Director of the Intellectual Property Institute and latterly a member of its Council, John was an author,...
Breivik's ideology is all too familiar: that's our big problem | Suzanne Moore
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It's comforting to view the killer's horror of multiculturalism as deranged – but it is just an extreme example of what many feelI know well the line on Anders Breivik and his incoherent ramblings: a mass murderer enjoying the oxygen of publicity f...
The End of a Dream: The European Social Model
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It was late 1880’s, when we first heard of ‘the social insurance program’ in the West. In his famous speech, the Iron Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck stated that he was not interested in how people call this system -socialism or whatsoever- after...
Eurosphere roundup: Facebook’s European lobbying; The far right; Breivik trial and more…
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TweetShare via emailFacebook wants to double Brussels staff (to 4 people) and intensify European lobbying from The Next Web by Robin Wauters French Presidential Candidate’s Video to Attract Minorities by Abdoulaye Bah The far right takes root i...
Cross compliance for labour laws? - by Jack Thurston
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The Global Mail reports on a shocking case of alleged abuses of migrant workers in the Spanish horticulture industry, concentrated in the southern Spanish region of Almería along a 200km strip of hothouses known as el mar de plásticos. This is wher...
Cross compliance for labour laws? - by Jack Thurston
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The Global Mail reports on a shocking case of alleged abuses of migrant workers in the Spanish horticulture industry, concentrated in the southern Spanish region of Almería along a 200km strip of hothouses known as el mar de plásticos. This is wher...
The Europe 2020 Steering Committee’s Chairman
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Today I had a lunchtime chat with EESC Committee member Joost Van Iersel (Employers Group/Netherlands), who is a former Dutch member of parliament and is currently the Chairman of the EESC’s Steering Committee on the Europe 2020 Strategy. The...
Global Financial Stability: What’s Still To Be Done?
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The quest for lasting financial stability is still fraught with risks. The latest Global Financial Stability Report has two key messages: policy actions have brought gains to global financial stability since our September report; but current policy e...
Can Kudrin Really Stay Away From Russian Politics?
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Alexei Kudrin may have vowed to stay out of Russia's government, but his heart is still very much with the finance ministry he headed for over a decade.
Can It Happen Here? (Swiss Edition)
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Wow: a $1 billion cash-and-stock pay-out (although there are rumors it could have been double that) for a firm with only 13 employees and a 17-month history! The spectacular cash-in of Instagram has eyes ringing like cash registers all over, and not...
What would Steve Jobs do?
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iPad thinking Actually, one answer to the question is known: Steve Jobs generally did what his instinct, intuition and insight told him to do. And the results were pretty impressive. This thought crossed my mind when reading a review a few days...
