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Lars Peter Hansen: Professor Pleads for Acknowledgment of Knowledge Gap
Professor Lars Hansen is the first to admit that even in economic science, certainties are few and far in between. In fact, the Nobel laureate has dedicated a large part of his life in academia to the study of uncertainties
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Ross Jackson: The EU as a Green Powerhouse – A Green Opportunity
The recent revelations regarding our American allies’ spying on Angela Merkel and other leading EU politicians, raises – once again – some fundamental questions about the differences in values between the US and Europe. In particular, the question of whether
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US Political Strife Threatens to Derail IMF Reforms
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been reduced to a bargaining chip. Its request for $63bn (£38.3bn) in additional funding was unceremoniously discarded by the Appropriations Committee of the US House of Representatives where it fell victim to the increasingly
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Lowell McAdam – A Nimble Behemoth Enters the Golden Age of Innovation
Big numbers don’t scare Lowell McAdam. The Verizon CEO, sitting atop the largest US telecom provider, in September raised almost effortlessly $47bn through a record-shattering bond issue. The funds enabled Verizon to eject British Vodafone from its wireless operator through
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Sugata Mitra: The Return of the Autodidact – Learning to Trust Students
Professor Sugata Mitra wants anarchy. This professor of educational technology at Newcastle University is hard at work dismantling what he sees as the most robust, yet outmoded, legacy of British rule in his native India – its educational system still
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Global Banking Alliance for Women – GBA: Banking the Female Economy
Inez Murray is the CEO of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a global consortium of financial institutions driving women’s wealth creation. Its 34 member banks work in 135 countries to build innovative, comprehensive programs that provide women entrepreneurs with
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Stephen Colbert: Laughing All the Way to the Top – Comedian Airs Truth through Jest
Powerful, Authoritative, Patriot, Honourable, Independent, Courageous, Originalist, Strong, Kingmaker, All-Beef, Influential, Sponsored, Star-Spangled, National Treasure, Self-Evident, Ameriwill!, Principled, Indivisible, Constitutional, Chiselled, Passionate, Worthy, Fearless, Confident, Tallish, Bold, Invincible, High-Fructose, Sanctified. Welcome to the Colbert Report. Aired four times a week,
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International Property Show Grows 25% – 300 Exhibitors from 80 Countries to Participate from 8 to 10 April in Dubai
Middle East’s built assets to rise by 63% to US$ 8.7 trillion by 2022 Dubai, UAE, 8 January 2014: The 10th International Property Show, which will coincide with the Annual Investment Meeting 2014, from 8 – 10 April in the
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Farrukh Khan, Diwan Advocates: India Joins Madrid System of Trademarks – The Effects
Introduction The word ‘trademark’ implies an attempt at recognition of a particular trade. A trademark basically serves two purposes. Firstly, it protects the interests of consumers who otherwise may become confused regarding the manufacturer or originator of any given product.
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Carlos Slim: Timing Is Everything – Seizing the Moment to Build a Fortune
Estimates of the exact size of his fortune vary, but Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim is up there with the multiple mega rich. Forbes, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal busily add up the billions and rank the founder of
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