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New Framework for European Geothermal Industry Encourages exploration companies to investigate new resources

New Framework for European Geothermal Industry Encourages exploration companies to investigate new resources

I’ve received a copy of a new regulation framework for geothermal energy in Europe. Handed to me by a colleague last week, whose associate led the drafting of the document. Geothermal is still an infant industry. In many countries, governments lack (...)

2 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Endless Oil

Endless Oil

”Endless Oil” is the title of a piece in Business Week (Jan, 18, 2010). Its author is Stanley Reed, and it was interesting for me because I remember when Business Week would not have published a tissue of nonsense like that article, and (...)

9 Feb. 2010 | 3 comments | Staffjam

Britain changes 3 strikes to 2 strikes

Britain changes 3 strikes to 2 strikes

“Legal framework for tackling copyright infringement via education and technical measure.” This innocuous looking sentence is the lead item in the BBC’s summation of UK government plans to gain control of the Internet on behalf of (...)

19 nov. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Business Networking sites see 18% rise in Female members

Business Networking sites see 18% rise in Female members

The largest growing economic force in the world isn’t China or India — it’s women, and this is matched with online usage - says Meettheboss.com study. The largest growing economic force in the world is not China or India it is Women. The (...)

26 Oct. 2009 | | Emma Naylor

I don’t give two fucks about your review

According to Will Page of the MCRS-PRS, the music industry is more than making back the money it’s losing from recording on live performance. That wasn’t in the Digital Britain Report, now was it ? We’re doing our best. Meanwhile, (...)

30 jui. 2009 | | Alex Harrowell

Luxury industry suffers more than expected from the crisis

Luxury industry suffers more than expected from the crisis

Bain & Company estimated today that the luxury global market should decrease by 15% to 20% during the first semester of 2009. It is much more than the 3% to 7% decrease which was first expected. The situation should stabilize at the beginning of the (...)

30 Apr. 2009 | | NYFP

Obama Administration Prepares To "Guide" Chrysler Into Bankruptcy

Obama Administration Prepares To "Guide" Chrysler Into Bankruptcy

Remember when Obama supported bailouts for automakers because we couldn’t let them go into bankruptcy ? Remember when we taxpayers were told that the automakers were “too big to fail” ? Sunday, President-elect Barack Obama said he (...)

24 avr. 2009 | | Rob Port

Challenges And Opportunities for Open Source

Easy & Powerful

After interacting with many software end users in different industry verticals, we found that when it comes to open source there are main two concerns, first is to get required documentation to start with and second is to get proper timely support for (...)

17 Apr. 2009 | 1 comment | OpenERP

Will Professional Medical Associations End Industry Ties ?

The guidelines published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association that called on professional medical societies to end most of their financial ties to industry is long overdue. But will any of the major associations pay attention ? (...)

2 avr. 2009 | | Merrill Goozner

The Obama Auto Plan

The Obama Auto Plan

It’s taken me all the way until the end of the day to actually digest the day’s big story-the Obama administration’s new auto industry plan. The first thing to say about this is that unlike a lot of other things that have raised the cry (...)

31 mar. 2009 | 1 comment | Matthew Yglesias

Krugman : Car Industry is Doomed

I imagine these remarks from Paul Krugman will attract a lot of discussion : “It will do so because of the geographical forces that me and my colleagues have discussed,” the Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist told (...)

9 déc. 2008 | | Matthew Yglesias

It’s the consumer, stupid !

When the Detroit Three automakers first appealed to the U.S. government for financial help, they asked for $25 billion (U.S.). Then, they raised their demands to $27 billion and eventually $34 billion. Despite much hesitation, and polls indicating that (...)

8 déc. 2008 | | Werner Patels

Paul Krugman : US Auto Industry Is Going To Disappear

New York Times columnist and Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman suggests that the US auto industry may disappear, and that the bailout is merely a short term fix. STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the (...)

8 déc. 2008 | | Rob Port

Bailing Out Auto and UAW - Poor, Poor Me !

Bailing Out Auto and UAW - Poor, Poor Me !

Flying to Washington D.C. on corporate jets to beg for money was unbecoming the executives of the Big Three automakers. Worse is the fact they don’t know how to manage their companies and want taxpayers who already pay ridiculous prices for their (...)

24 nov. 2008 | | Liberally Conservative

Produce industry and Bush administration’s short sighted and costly mistake

We’ve been saying this for a while. The produce industry has taken a big hit and their successful lobbying is one of the reasons. But it’s not just their fault. It’s also the fault of the Bush administration : One of the worst (...)

28 jui. 2008 | | Effect Measure

UMG Doug Morris’ shlock-horror confession

“There’s no one in the record industry that’s a technologist. That’s a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn’t. They just didn’t know what to do. It’s like if you (...)

27 nov. 2007 | | Jon Newton

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