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Strength Of Women Can Rebuild Global Economy: Report

Ernst & Young | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Ernst and Young, Women in Global Economy, Global Economy, Davos, Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Women in Business, Global Financial Crisis, World Economic Forum 2009, World Economic Forum, Economy, World News

Ernst & Young has released a report during the World Economic Forum that highlights the significant and proven contributions women make toward busines...

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Global Green Stimulus Surpasses $200 Billion

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Global Economy, Economy, Green Stimulus, Green Politics, Green Technology, Econmic Stimulus Package, High Speed Rail, Green News

Governments around the world have committed more than $200 billion toward technologies to cut dependence on fossil fuels, which should help keep green...

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EU leaders back sweeping financial regulations

AP | PATRICK McGROARTY | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel, Global Recession, Global Economy, Silvio Berlusconi, Economy, Financial Crisis, European Union, Eu, Nicolas Sarkozy, Financial Regulation, Eu Leaders More Regulation, Business News

BERLIN — European leaders mounted a united front against the global financial crisis Sunday, proposing sweeping new market regulations, but it r...

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Has Dubai's Overblown Bubble Finally Burst? (PHOTOS)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

Read More: Financial Crisis, Dubai, Global Economy, Middle East, Economic Crisis, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

"People were buying anything" my cousin told me over dinner at an empty, but delectable, Lebanese restaurant at The Emirates Mall of Dubai. "It didn'...

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Stimulus Package and Scientific Illiteracy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science and Technology, Obama, Education, Global Economy, Economics, Stimulus Package, Conservative Republicans, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Rather than keeping apace of scientific advances, the U.S. system of education has fallen woefully behind. The stimulus package can address this reality.

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"I'm Sorry You're So Stupid:" Head of Iceland's Central Bank Refuses to Step Down

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iceland Banks, World Economy, Global Economy, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Iceland Bank Crisis, Iceland Bankrupt, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

According to the Financial Times, this dispute is further damaging Iceland's standing in the eyes of foreign investors, and may endanger the IMF's plans for saving Iceland's economy.

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Toyota Trouble: Posts Largest Loss Since 1950

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Japanese Economy, Global Financial Crisis Asian Stocks, Yen, Global Economy, Toyota, Asian Stocks, Business News

Toyota, which just last year posted record profit and dethroned General Motors as the world's largest automaker, said it was headed for its first annu...

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The Hypocrisy of the West

Ben Cohen | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Poverty, Global Economy, Third World, Brazil, World Bank, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Nicaragua, Global Economic Crisis, Third World Countries, Economic Stimulus Package, Zimbabwe Hyperinflation, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, World News
Ben Cohen

The Third World exists in a precarious state of neo colonial dependency and cannot follow our path out of economic disaster because we insist they don't.

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Beyond the Age of Leverage: Alternative Cures for the Global Financial Crisis

Niall Ferguson | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Global Economy, Deflation, Davos, Economy, Leverage, Overleveraged, World Economic Forum, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Inflation, Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Wall Street, Gobal Financial Crisis, Business News
Niall Ferguson

The harsh reality that is being repressed is this: the Western world is suffering a crisis of excessive indebtedness.

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Girls' Session Steals the Show at Davos

Maria Eitel | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Girl Effect, Davos, Global Economy, Developing Countries, Girls, Davos 2009, World Economic Forum, World News, Business News
Maria Eitel

In a meeting where people were tripping over each other to hear ideas about how to move beyond this economic crisis, CEOs and heads of state wanted to learn what girls have to do with it.

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20 Million Chinese Migrant Workers Unemployed

BBC | Chris Hogg | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Chinese Migrant Workers, Migrant Workers, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Asia, China Economy, China, Global Economic Crisis, World News

China says 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs during the economic downturn - three times greater than had been suggested previously. A s...

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New Report Hints at Broken Promises and Trouble Ahead for World Trade

Jake Colvin | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: International Trade, Davos, Global Economy, Wto, G-20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Global Trade, Financial Crisis, US Foreign Policy, Global Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Obama Foreign Policy, G-20, World Economic Forum, World News
Jake Colvin

The steps countries take over the coming months to respond to the global financial crisis will help determine whether the world is destined to learn from or repeat past mistakes.

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Davos: How Will This Crisis Change Us?

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Economy, Social Entrepreneur, Davos 2009, Economy, World Economic Forum, Economic Crisis, Business News
Jim Wallis

If we learn nothing from this crisis, then all the pain and suffering it is causing will be in vain. But if we can learn new habits of the heart, perhaps that suffering can even turn out to be redemptive.

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Girls Are on the Davos Agenda... Before It's Even Started

Maria Eitel | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Developing Countries, Davos, Global Economy, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, World News, World Economic Forum, Business News
Maria Eitel

I promised to blog about the girl effect from Davos, but I have to admit I didn't expect the buzz to surface before the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting had even started.

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Get Ready to Rumble: The Fight for the Next Economy Begins

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Crisis, First 100 Days, Progressive Reform, Global Economy, Lobbyists, Economy, 100 Days, Globalization, Obama Administration, Reform, Industrial Policy, Health Care, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Forget about a new era of bipartisan consensus and get ready to rumble. We're headed into pitched battles that will succeed only with massive popular mobilization.

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Time of Crisis and Opportunity

Kofi Annan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: G8, Developing World, Global Economy, Economy, Davos, Africa, g20, Globalization, Climate Change, Kofi Annan, Global Financial Crisis, Development, Davos 2009, Global Warming, African Economy, World Economic Forum, World News
Kofi Annan

At Davos, our business and political leaders must show they understand that our world has shifted for good and that we have to change with it or perish.

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The Promise of Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Bush SCHIP Veto, Global Economy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Children's Health Insurance, George W. Bush, President Obama, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Global Economic Crisis, Chronic Disease, Chronic Diseases in Children, Asthma, Bush SCHIP, State Children's Health, Schip, Great Depression, New Deal, Michael Bloomberg, Public Health, Bush Veto SCHIP, Tuberculosis, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Barack Obama, New York City, HIV/AIDS, Health, Federal Government, Healthcare Reform, Children's Health, Healthcare, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics News
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.

Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.

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Girls Take Center Stage At The World Economic Forum

Maria Eitel | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Global Economy, World Economic Forum, Davos, Developing Countries, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, The Girl Effect, World News
Maria Eitel

This financial crisis intensifies the need to invest existing resources more effectively, and a new and effective approach is right under your nose. It's called the girl effect.

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Iceland's Ruling Coalition Dissolves

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This past week saw thousands of demonstrators descend upon Iceland's parliament, in protest of the government's handling of the financial and currency crises that have hit this small island nation.

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What's Next for Iceland: Ensuring a Fair Election in May

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Fair Elections, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Iceland Banks, World Economy, Iceland Economy, Economic Recession, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Financial Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, Icelandic Government, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Our only hope now is a peaceful transition from a corrupt plutocracy to the responsible liberal democracy we had fooled ourselves into believing we already had.

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Iceland Is Burning -- Day 2

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Iceland Banks, World Economy, Global Economy, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Iceland Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Iceland Bank Crisis, Iceland Tear Gas, Iceland Is Burning, Iceland Bankrupt, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

The extensive protests that shook Iceland Tuesday have continued into Wednesday and are beginning to have an effect on one of the two political parties making up Iceland's coalition government.

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Sobering Up

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Security, Economy, Globalization, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Global Economy, Bailout, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

The United States needs to get out of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and engage in the trade war of globalization.

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Krugman on Obama and 'You 2.0'

Juliette Powell | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Economy, Economic Policy, Obama Appointments, Bloggers, Juliette Powell, Jacques Chirac, Paul Krugman on Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Obama, Facebook, Culture, Political Blogging, Blogger Community, Barack Obama, Online Community Obama, Checks and Balances, Obama and the Internet, You 2.0, Politics News
Juliette Powell

There have been some proposed appointments in the national security area, or at least floated appointments, that have essentially been torpedoed because the online community said, "No."

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Create Jobs Now, but Build Skills for the Future

Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, U.S. Economy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infrastructure, Global Economy, College, Economy, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Skilled US Workers, Barack Obama, Business News
Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins

Unless the stimulus can be leveraged to revitalize our education and workforce systems, the downturn will likely accelerate the recent trend in which the only good jobs go to those who have training beyond high school.

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Brazil Rebounds With Bossa Beat

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: France, Soccer Moms, Waiting for Godot, Global Economy, Bill Ayers, Economy, Brazil, Oil, French, Natural Gas, Music, Barack Obama, Gallic, Great Depression, South America, Rainforest, Culture, Dancing, Beaches, World News
Eric Ehrmann

In Brazil as in the US, culture plays a big role in how nations survive the slump. Known for beaches, beauties, rain forest and laid back music, Brazil's national motto is "Order and Progress."

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