Archive for the ‘global’ Category

The global food crisis

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The global food crisis is partly the result of investment speculation

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Carbon world of 2028

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

How will global warming shape our world 20 years from now? Get ready for massive changes that will reshape business and society.

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GM’s Bob Lutz: global warming “still a crock”

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has come out swinging after his put down of global warming in a session with journalists. At that session, Lutz said global warming was a “total crock of sh*t”.

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Friday, February 8th, 2008

Why is it that certain methods like pay for performance fail to catch on in all countries? Why is that cross-border mergers, like the DaimlerChrysler “marriage of equals” , fall in a screaming heap? The global economy is challenging claims of business schools that there is only one way to manage.

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Gobal warming insurance premiums

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Munich Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurance group, has announced that the cost of natural disasters had spiked this year with the most severe events in terms of insured losses occurring in Europe.

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PCAOB’s global inspections

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has a proposed policy statement that would allow it to rely hand over to its international counterparts inspections of non-US audit firms going over the books of US public companies.

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The Age Blogs: Management Line

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

A study has found that an overwhelming majority of people agreed it would be necessary to make changes in their lifestyle and behaviour to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But there were limits. Only half approved higher taxes for energy and coal although this rose to 77 per cent if the tax raised was specifically devoted to promoting energy efficiency or developing cleaner fuels.

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The Age Blogs: Management Line

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

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Is car pooling the solution to global warming?

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The Age Blogs: Management Line

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Are hybrids really the answer to global warming?

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