Global flexible electronics market to boom in 2010, paper says Digi Times
The global flexible electronics market will start to mature in 2008 and boom in 2010, according to today's Chinese-language Commercial Times, citing the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).
Bewilderment as Russia's winter shrivels in face of global warming AFP via Yahoo! News
There is not quite the drama of a Florida hurricane, or the poignancy of stranded polar bears, but Moscow babushka Larisa Bilik is struggling to sell her wool socks -- and global warming, experts say, is also to blame.
Economist seeks to recalculate the costs of global climate change International Herald Tribune
Environmental economist has studied the recent Stern report to try to figure out why the numbers it cites are so large.
OECD: Global warming could spell ruin for Alps Daily Telegraph
Snow may finally have started falling in the Alps in recent days, but global warming poses a potential disaster for the European ski industry, writes Edmund Conway.
Recalculating the Costs of Global Climate Change New York Times
Exploring the implications of alternative assumptions is likely to lead to better policy than making a single blanket recommendation.
Nigeria: Of Global Media Imbalance AllAfrica.com
I doff my hat to Mr. Uche Nworah on his recent treatise, Global Media Imbalance, which centers on western media bias towards Africa and Africans. Such biases are not new.
Poland's President Nominates Bank Chief AP via Yahoo! Finance
Poland's president has nominated economist Jan Sulmicki to be the next head of the National Bank of Poland. Sulmicki, 61, is a professor at Warsaw's School of Economics and specializes in the global economy, international finance and Poland's monetary integration with the EU, which Poland joined in 2004.
Distance a cost and benefit for food Queensland Business Review
Australia's food industry benefitted from the distance from global competition - but this also added costs at a time of sharpened competition. The Australia Bureau of Agricultiural and Resource Economics (ABARE) has released a report - The Australian Food Industry - performance and competitiveness.
Nearly 25% of Global CxOs Expect Operational Strategy to Deliver Breakthrough Performance, PRTM Survey Shows Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
WALTHAM, Mass. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Nearly one-fourth of global executives expect operational strategy to deliver game-changing competitive performance, according to a recent survey by PRTM management consultants.
Politics, economics equally important in Indo-Japan ties Hindustan Times
Much has been written about the Prime Minister's tour of Japan that started today. Analysts and policmakers in India and Japan agree that this visit marks a significant phase in Indo-Japan relations, which had been rather lukewarm since the 1960s.
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