Topic: Global
August was crowded, as far as small business research goes. So, without further ado, here #8217;s a good sampling: Devil in The Details Verizon released a survey late last month which found that large ... moreIran stores abundant fuel oil on supertankers Iran has been storing straight-run fuel oil on supertankers for at least three months, in an unprecedented move prompted by China s poor feedstock deman ... more
If you happen to be in Barcelona, Spain, on September 14th, make sure to attend Alvaro Fernandez talk there titled How and Why Digital Technology Will Transform Education, Training and Brain Health ... more
The real key to economic recovery isn #8217;t in the form of a piece of legislation waiting for passage in Congress or on the President #8217;s desk awaiting signature. In fact, the real key to econom ... more
Mexican drug cartels cripple Pemex operations in basin Reporting from Reynosa, Mexico The meandering network of pipes, wells and tankers belonging to the gigantic state oil company Pemex have long ... more
A recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report on entrepreneurship training asks a central question for anyone interested in starting a business: Does entrepreneurship education make a diffe ... more
The economic reforms initiated by India Government in 1991 targeted the industrial sector, which have added new dimensions to industrial growth in general and Indian cement industry in particular. Ami ... more
Improving the performance of service organisations and enhancing the well-being of communities are critical challenges in the field of public health. In this paper, we will discuss issues relating to ... more
Wall St. firm behind slow solar pace on federal lands? - Goldman Sachs subsidiary bought lots of leases but hasn't used them ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity ... more
This fall has lots of great contests and competitions #8211; don #8217;t miss the opportunity to win some nice business services, prizes, cash and even investors. This list of contests, competitions ... more
IEA predicts greater reliance on OPEC oil NEW DELHI - Global dependency on the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for oil will rise in the next five to 10 years as pr ... more
How well do you communicate with customers, partners, suppliers, employees. Communications may be one of the hardest aspects of operating a small business or entrepreneurial venture. Today #8217;s sma ... more
We need a better understanding of the 'environmentalist's paradox' We hear lots of concerned chatter these days not least, here on this site - about peak oil, peak water, deforestation, resource d ... more
Below the fold is the 3rd in a series of follow up posts providing analysis on the difficulties of maintaining our current energy paradigm with renewable energy (generally, 'the fake fire brigade'). ... more
In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fe ... more
The Moon #45;Regan Transantarctic Expedition team is going to complete their expedition (consisting 40 days and covering 3,600 miles across Antarctica) with the Lotus #45;designed and bio #45;fueled ... more
Interview with Michael Smith (Part 2 of 2) I feel the peak/plateau period is much delayed because of the recession. Currently I am looking at around 2020 - perhaps as late as 2025. But of course it is ... more
Dr. Adam Brandt of Stanford University's Department of Energy Resources Engineering sent us a copy of a paper he wrote called Review of mathematical models of future oil supply: Historical overview an ... more
Oil Price Ignores Long-Term Supply Worries You could be excused for seeing a grim metaphor for the death of the oil age in the scenes of destruction visited on the U.S. Gulf coast this summer. Howeve ... more
John Michael Greer - Green Wizardry: A response to Rob Hopkins Rob Hopkins is a smart guy, and even though he s garbled a fair number of the details, his post raises useful points regarding some of ... more
This week a study on peak oil by a German military think tank was leaked on the Internet. The document shows that the German government is closely studying the issue of peak oil, and is aware of the p ... more
This paper examined how Huawei, a Chinese telecom-equipment company, transformed from a local producer to a global titan during the past two decades. This paper first divided Huawei's development into ... more
Global warming is an ongoing issue, which will require continuous dialogue for years to come among scientists, engineers, policy-makers, investors and the public. This opinion paper argues that the be ... more
Judge rules against U.S. government on oil drilling HOUSTON (Reuters) A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater o ... more
This week a study on peak oil by a German military think tank was leaked on the Internet. The document shows that the German government is closely studying the issue of peak oil, and is aware of the p ... more
This research note investigates the changes that occurred in cultural clusters between the studies of Hofstede in the 1970s and the GLOBE consortium in the 1990s, using similar measures and overlappin ... more
In spite of having the knowledge, natural advantages and national enthusiasm within an industry, it is never without the issues of current economic climate. This paper looks at the buying and selling ... more
For the first time, it's possible to experimentally capture a global snapshot of the conformation of thousands of RNA molecules in a cell. The finding is important because this scrappy little sister o ... more
The Peak Oil Crisis: Prospects for China The key question in all this is how much longer China's economic miracle can continue before the realities of finite mineral resources force a slowdown? Anoth ... more
With this final column I will transition Sustainable Developments from Scientific American to the home page of the Earth Institute ( www.earth.columbia.edu ). Although I will continue to contribute ... more
In this paper, we proposed a novel fusion approach using global and local features. Colour Histogram (CH) is used as global feature and Block Bit Plane (BBP) as a local feature. For similarity measure ... more
Distributed team-based collaboration is an established trend in modern organisations. Commodity-off-the-shelf cluster architectures have become common in providing computational resources for a large ... more
We are facing a major shortage of medical technologists in this country (see: Comments on the Medical Technologist Shortage; The Continuing Shortage of Medical Technologists: a Challenge for Hospital ... more
Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environme ... more
Dr. Adam Brandt of Stanford University's Department of Energy Resources Engineering sent us a copy of a paper he wrote called Review of mathematical models of future oil supply: Historical overview an ... more
Kurt Cobb - Personality profile: Do you "go with the flow" or do you "stock up" just in case? Why is it that some people believe they can really store up much of anything? Yes, it is wise to have emer ... more
Biofuels Firms Buy Up African Land, Cause Deforestation, Food Output Loss Biofuels companies from the U.K. to Brazil and China are buying up large swaths of Africa, causing deforestation and diverting ... more
The age of easy, cheap oil maybe getting over slowly The Arctic is thought to hold the world s largest reserves of untapped oil and gas, with as much as a fifth of remaining undiscovered oil located ... more
The age of easy, cheap oil maybe getting over slowly The Arctic is thought to hold the world s largest reserves of untapped oil and gas, with as much as a fifth of remaining undiscovered oil located ... more
This has been a busy week. I had started a longer Campfire piece on Democracy and Gresham's Law but didn't finish. Instead, lets share 3 things that we learned this week. How about '2 facts and an ins ... more
Summer vacation time is winding down, but there are lots of great upcoming events to help you learn, connect and jump into Fall. This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought ... more
A new US oil rush could rock OPEC It contains hundreds of billions of barrels of light crude oil and thousands of wells and should be scaring the pants off any oil exporter needing high crude prices ... more
This has been a busy week. I had started a longer Campfire piece on Democracy and Greshams Law but didn't finish. Instead, lets share 3 things that we learned this week. How about '2 facts and an insi ... more
A new US oil rush could rock OPEC It contains hundreds of billions of barrels of light crude oil and thousands of wells and should be scaring the pants off any oil exporter needing high crude prices ... more
Dealing With Scarcity Julian Cribb, in his book The Coming Famine (which I reviewed today over in Arts), contends that we ve already seen peak oil the time when production can do nothing b ... more
This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community eco-preneur in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and ... more
Big Oil ticked off at new money law NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A new law requiring oil companies to disclose all payments made to governments has sparked a sharp debate, with Big Oil saying it will pu ... more
This is a presentation by Dr. David Korowicz from Feasta, given at the Oil Drum/ASPO Conference at Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. It can be downloaded here: Things fall apart: Some thoughts on complexi ... more
Wind Turbine Projects Run Into Resistance BARSTOW, Calif. The United States military has found a new menace hiding here in the vast emptiness of the Mojave Desert in California: wind turbines. Mo ... more
On Wednesday, August 25, I gave a presentation called How limited global oil supply may affect climate change policies at the MIT-NESCAUM Endicott House Symposium on climate change. The audience inclu ... more
On Wednesday, August 25, I gave a presentation called How limited global oil supply may affect climate change policies at the MIT-NESCAUM Endicott House Symposium on climate change. The audience inclu ... more
Good Intentions, Bad Policy Perhaps the single most important policy-related insight in economics is that changes in policies lead to behavioral responses. More generous unemployment insurance leads t ... more
Recent incidents of adulteration involving infant formula, other milk products and pet food with the industrial chemical melamine revealed the weaknesses of current methods widely used across the dome ... more
BP frozen out of Arctic oil drilling race BP has been forced to abandon hopes of drilling in the Arctic, currently the centre of a new oil rush, owing to its tarnished reputation after the Gulf of Mex ... more
This is a presentation by Dr. David Korowicz from Feasta, given at the Oil Drum/ASPO Conference at Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. It can be downloaded here: Things fall apart: Some thoughts on complexi ... more
Online small business is about bringing together community. And what better way to do so than by bringing together two of the Web s quickest growing and complementary small business communities, Biz ... more
This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community eco-preneur in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and ... more
This paper deals with a numerical approach for improving the mechanical properties of a safety belt anchor. The goal is to optimise the component shape and its manufacturing process by using a multi-o ... more
Once upon a time, microloans were primarily for entrepreneurs who lived in economically disadvantaged communities or were considered part of underserved populations. During the recession, however, mic ... more
Oil analyst: U.S. policy detached from market reality The world is running out of oil. This prediction could be made today, of course, but it also has been stated with moral certainty numerous times ... more
Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn expects wind and solar power to become the biggest sources of energy after oil and natural gas production peak. BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2010 Β Continuous research an ... more
This paper presents a query translation mechanism between heterogeneous peers in peer-to-peer database sharing systems (PDSSs). A PDSS combines a database management system with P2P functionalities. I ... more
FACTBOX - China's fledging shale gas exploration (Reuters) - China last week launched its first national shale gas research centre to support the country's development of the fuel. Encouraged by the ... more
If the 20th century was an expansive era seemingly without boundaries--a time of jet planes, space travel and the Internet--the early years of the 21st have showed us the limits of our small world. Re ... more
Small business connection has always been a key component of success. Connecting with customers, with prospects, with partners with suppliers. But in a new digital world the means of production have e ... more
(TrendHunter.com) 'Swatch MTV Playground' is an innovative design competition and collaboration between the youth-based American television network and the watch company. The contest calls all artist ... more
Calls to tackle rising oil imports BEIJING - China, which is set to import more than 55 percent of its oil needs this year, should seek greater diversification of oil imports, build more stockpiles an ... more
Item: Definiens has just announced the date for the First Annual Definiens International Symposium. It will be held on October 7-8, 2010, in Madrid. There is no charge to attend the event. Speaker and ... more
Contract research organizations (CROs) such as Covance and Charles River, particularly those with expertise in clinical and anatomic pathology, have been in the forefront of efforts to develop global ... more
Ocean acidification is a bigger problem than global warming because we can turn the planet into an ice box for cheap. Push comes to shove we can cool the planet to prevent the melting of Greenland and ... more
(TrendHunter.com) 350 Earth, also known as 350.org, has issued a call to artists to submit climate change design sketches that will be used to create images viewable from space. The designs will be r ... more
Twenty million medical scans and treatments are done each year that require radioactive isotopes and scientists today described a global shortage of these life-saving materials that could jeopardize p ... more
Analysts warn of threat to oil price stability The deteriorating global economic outlook and weakening OPEC discipline could force oil prices as low as US$50 per barrel within the next year, analysts ... more
This is a guest post by George Mobus. George is an Associate Professor of Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His blog is Question Everything. Solving the Unemploym ... more
The next few months have some great contests and competitions going on for growing companies. Don #8217;t wait till summer is over to think about it #8211; there are some deadlines coming up soon. Th ... more
We have developed a configurable meta-search engine for the human resource domain which aims to aid job seekers in searching for job vacancies and to support meta-search providers in the rapid develop ... more
Could Gulf-like disaster scar the Heartland? (CNN) -- For three decades, Mike and Sue Sibson expected the normal ups and downs that come with working a South Dakota farm and raising two kids. But when ... more
Crude Oil Declines to Six-Week Low Amid Signs U.S. Recovery Is Faltering Crude oil declined to six-week low as rising U.S. jobless claims and a contraction in manufacturing added to concern growth in ... more
The August 2010 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.24 MB, 33 pp). Figure 1 - Non-OPEC crude oil production January 2002 to May 2010, Datasource: EIA. The Oilwatch Mo ... more
This Small Business Trends roundup is all about getting down to business. Small business owners and entrepreneurs know that after all the planning its time to make things happen. But to do so, small b ... more
Bangladesh shuts gas filling stations for Ramadan DHAKA (AFP) Energy-starved Bangladesh has shut natural gas filling stations in Dhaka for six hours a day to ensure enough household fuel for the M ... more
This is a guest post by David Fridley, known on The Oil Drum as Spraxis. See end of post for more information. The scramble for alternatives is on. High oil prices, growing concerns over energy securi ... more
Your Web content is your portal to your customers. It s how you will build interest in your business, tell them about yourself, and put them on the right path for whatever your end goal is. So whe ... more
So many elements go into the running of a successful business. And in today #8217;s roundup, we look at some of the most important of those, and how they meld to create a cohesive whole. It #8217;s an ... more
This study proposes a simple and fast technique for detecting wafer cutting lines using the Affine transformation before sawing. This technique was developed for the purpose of wafer alignment when al ... more
Infectious tropical diseases such as river blindness and trachoma can be compelling targets around which to rally government and community campaigns to combat these scourges . But are these progra ... more
For most of my business life, and probably most of yours, there has been one constant: inflation. Things always cost more tomorrow than today, more next year than last year. Because of this, wages and ... more
Cuba plans 7 Gulf of Mexico oil test wells - U.S. group HAVANA (Reuters) Cuba plans to drill seven exploratory oil wells in its Gulf of Mexico waters over the next two years, according to a U.S. o ... more
In this post I present an analysis of how OPEC oil supplies have responded to changes in crude oil prices during the last 10 years. My objective was to estimate OPEC's probable marketable crude oil ca ... more
(TrendHunter.com) The International Meeting of Styles is a global network of graffiti artists and graffiti lovers alike. Launched in 2002 in Germany, the group has spread to attract over 120,000 atte ... more
Pedagogies infused by methodological pluralism are better able to encourage students to use stories to make connections between classroom material and the pulse of their daily lives. Teaching during t ... more
Asia overtakes Europe, in beer termsCHINA'S remarkable growth is as apparent in beer consumption as it is in more formal economic indicators. In the space of a couple of decades the country has gone f ... more
Courtesy of the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience What should everyone learn about the brain?Β At the national level, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A ... more
Peak oil theory has peaked and there is no apocalypse now Simmons predicted a collapse of 30 or 40 per cent of [Saudi] production ¦ sometime in the next three to five years but it could even ... more
This is a guest post by Gregor MacDonald. Gregor is an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who, in his words, "also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives". This post was previously publ ... more
(TrendHunter.com) GE Global Research was recently awarded a $6.3 million grant from DARPA to continue their development of bio-inspired nanostructured sensors. Started three years ago, this grant wil ... more
My belated education in nuclear energy continues. I just read Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens, a petite, energetic novelist and journalist. Cravens c ... more
Crude prices likely to rise on firm global demand Peak Oil is the time when petroleum-extraction activity in the world reaches an optimal level. Thereafter, the rate of oil production enters a termina ... more
As China Expands in Latin America, Tensions Fester at Its Mining Venture in Peru SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, Peru In its worldwide quest for commodities, China has scoured South America for everything fr ... more
Our list this week has some really good opportunities to learn and network, whether you get our there to one of the big conferences or log in from your desktop. This list of small business webinars, ... more
Efficiency in the service section is a significant issue in the global trade. The increase of the influence of the service industry on the economy causes more and more firms to be sensitised to servic ... more
The study provides the historical context of the Russian aviation industry reflecting the periods of its growth and decline. It reveals the competitive advantage strategies that have been implemented ... more
Faced with the inconvenient truth of unsustainable levels of global warming and the pollution of our air, land and water, organisations in the transportation industry are tasked with meeting the chall ... more
When you #8217;re an entrepreneur and run your own business, chances are your marketing budget is limited.Β But you can make up for that limitation with attention marketing. Attention marketing is al ... more
Oil industry's deep well of fear There is an open secret in the oil industry that dare not speak its name: peak oil. Well, two did speak its name and gained no acclaim for it. One, M. King Hubbert, d ... more
Advocacy for longevty research is a balancing act informed by ongoing developments in raising funds, actual progress in the fields of interest, and the growth of the community of supporters. In an ide ... more
Membrane electrode assemblies are the key components of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. The future demand for this product could grow exponentially if key technical challenges are successfully ad ... more
Tech-savvy employees can be a great boon to an enterprise, but they can create some daunting challenges for the IT department when they use personal devices or social networking sites on the job. The ... more
Russia: Iran's nuclear plant to start next week MOSCOW (AP) Russia's nuclear agency said Friday that it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, defying U.S. calls to hold o ... more
Before the Deepwater Horizon incident I would follow the EIA weekly announcements known as This Week in Petroleum and occasionally comment on what I thought to be important. At the same time, trying ... more
Fundamental shifts in the mode, the geography and the personnel of global technology development are taking place in the wake of increasing globalisation of economies and rapid technological changes. ... more
While medical tourism continues to rise in popularity, as we've reported several times over the last few years, potential international patients may think twice before booking their next vacation oper ... more
Tom Whipple: A Gathering in Louisville Every year the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) holds a conference where legislators from all over the U.S. gather for updates on major policy co ... more
What #8217;s your million dollar small business idea? Oh, rest assured, we all have one #8230;just waiting to break free. So what #8217;s holding us back? In this edition of our small business news ro ... more
The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic is officially over, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee and WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret ... more
IEA Raises Forecast for Global Oil Consumption Even as 2011 Growth Slows Global demand for oil will exceed the International Energy Agency s earlier estimates, even as the adviser predicts the econo ... more
The discussion about our energy supply is full of extremely optimistic expectations. There are many people who believe that full replacement of fossil with renewable energy sources in an extremely sho ... more
Like it or not, a successful small business means good marketing. Who wants the product or service you offer? How much do they want it and are they ready to buy? These are all important questions to a ... more
Day by day the intensifying global competition is throwing challenges in the form of uncertainty and fluctuation in demand, necessity to provide wide variety to attract and hold the ever demanding cus ... more
When a mobile robot navigates in an indoor environment using visual dead reckoning method, its positioning accuracy suffers from accumulated errors. Therefore, it is necessary to use landmarks to make ... more
This paper presents a positioning method for a mobile robot based on ZigBee wireless sensor networks and a vision sensor. First, ZigBee sensor networks are deployed to obtain a rough global localisati ... more
The world's biggest broadband providersTHE ten largest broadband service providers in the world gained over 23m subscribers in the year to the end of March. Together they have 191m subscribers, or alm ... more
Atlantic Hotter Than Before Katrina, Boosting Storm Forecasts William Gray, who pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting at Colorado State University 26 years ago, rings a bell each Aug. 20 and tells ... more
Building a business online isn #8217;t rocket science, but, like starting a business anywhere, it requires discipline, attention to detail and trial and error. One of the most important aspects of mak ... more
After reportedly allowing an unlicensed medical assistant to inject patients with unnecessary pain injections that were billed to Medicare as more expensive nerve blocks, Dr. Robert Ritchea of Phenix ... more
Global warming heats up a nuclear energy renaissance: Global warming and the BP oil spill have helped rehabilitate nuclear energy in the eyes of the public and some environmentalists. Public and p ... more
The Kalamazoo River 'mess' is a lot more than that: An oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River points out the grave flaws in America's energy policies If the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is causi ... more
One of the questions I was asked earlier in the spill was, "Do you expect other countries to stop drilling in deepwater locations, because of the oil spill?" My response was, "Maybe a bit, in a few lo ... more
Ambulatory investigations have become more and more important as many medical or physiological investigations that can be performed under the real situations of daily life. To perform complex physiolo ... more
Contests and awards are a great way to get the word out about your business. Even if you don #8217;t win, many offer an opportunity for recognition and publicity #8211; so it #8217;s not just about t ... more
Not So Easy The writers and editors at Nature this past week boldly proclaimed, with some carefully qualified caveats, that producing enough food for the world s population in 2050 will be easy. M ... more
A few days after my post on The Chinese Coal Monster was published I received an email from Jean Laherrere with the following charts and some comments: One of the puzzles addressed in the original po ... more
The ecosystem, all over the world, is under severe stress because of unprecedented population growth and increase in economic activity, which have pushed the world to limits that it could not handle. ... more
As the world contemplates a post-Kyoto Protocol climate change policy architecture, some key observations of the clean development mechanism (CDM) remind us that climate change policies should be link ... more
One of the problems hindering reduction of poverty and achieving the millennium development goals in the Arab region is the significance of gap and absence of adequate science, technology and innovati ... more
China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang told the visiting Iranian oil minister on Friday that Beijing would maintain cooperation with Tehran on e ... more
Below the fold is a post I wrote a little over two years ago--in May 2008--about the deplorable state of the US electrical transmission system. The situation may have improved somewhat since then, ina ... more
Planning a new small business? You may want to consider doing it online. In this small business news roundup, we look at a variety of tools and tips for operating your business in the online world #82 ... more
Information technology (IT) plays a major role in improving organisational competitiveness in the 21st century global market. Supply chain management (SCM) is the 21st century global operations strate ... more
In order to respond to the increasing requirements of the markets' increasingly fluctuating and an increasingly complicated demand, it becomes essential to rationalise and to regulate the physical dis ... more
A fully extended ProteinΒProtein Interaction (PPI) network can consist of upwards of several thousand nodes and edges. To simplify analysis, smaller child samples are often used in substitution of th ... more
Under the critical and fast changing trend in global economy, a paradigm shift in manufacturing is predicted in the West as well as in the Far East. Large manufacturing firms are moving towards a glob ... more
The world is facing a shortage of trained teachers. According to the 2010 Global Monitoring Report approximately 10.3 million teachers will be needed globally to staff classrooms from Bangkok to Canad ... more
Women who move into leadership roles are often influenced strongly by someone outside the family-and-community 'envelope', hence, it is imperative that knowledge gained from the wide range of leadersh ... more
As the international hospitality and tourism industry moves towards higher utilisation on e-business, a major problem arises with the lack of standards. This paper aims at developing e-business standa ... more
Oil glut in Middle East as crude sales falter The Gulf region, which supplies 40 per cent of the world s oil, is glutted with crude that producers cannot immediately sell, even as US and European oi ... more
This is a guest post by George Mobus. George is an Associate Professor of Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His blog is Question Everything. There seems to be an ... more
The contemporary society makes the economic education face a multitude of challenges and meeting those means knowing and properly understanding the role of scientific research in the educational proce ... more
The cost of breakfast risesSEVERE drought and wildfires in Russia, the world #8217;s fourth largest wheat producer, have destroyed a fifth of the country #8217;s crop and sent prices soaring. Since th ... more
Angela Kyle is one of those connoisseurs of the transatlantic flight schedules known as #8220;NyLon #8221; (New York to London). But as a jet-lagged Angela told me when I met her in New York, #8220; ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Wireless companies Verizon, AT T, and T-Mobile are partnering with the makers of Discover Card and Barclay's PLC, a global retail banking company, to test a new cardless swipe techn ... more
EU Seeks Caspian Gas Accord to Cut Russian Dependence The European Union is seeking an agreement on a natural-gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan as the 27-nation bloc aims to import Casp ... more
This post was published in June 2009 under the name The Fifth Problem: Peak Capital. The five main elements of the world model developed in "The Limits to Growth" study according to Magne Myrtve ... more
A new evidence-based global distribution map of Plasmodium vivax malaria, published August 3 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, is used to estimate that 2.85 billion people l ... more
Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research AUSTIN, Texas The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for ... more
In Europe, natural gas has great importance. Many people believe (some countries even instituted policies) that it will be the fuel that will become the bridge to an energy future with less reliance o ... more
Little research is available about the operations and management of academically based entrepreneurship centres, and even less is available on non-US-based centres. This paper fills the gap in the lit ... more
The purpose of the research was to examine the Indian youth's need for uniqueness (NFU) and their attitudes towards luxury brand as an expression of individuality. A primary research was conducted amo ... more
JPMorgan Cuts Forecasts on 2010, 2011 New York Oil Prices as Demand Slows JPMorgan Chase Co. lowered by 5.5 percent its forecast for New York oil prices this year on speculation a slowdown in global ... more
Renewable resources becoming a real alternative Abu Dhabi s first major solar power project, a field of panels at the edge of the capital, cost US$50 million (Dh183.6m) to build in late 2008. If the ... more
Buying gas to fuel Gulf oil sales Maximising oil exports from the GCC will hinge on the region importing more gas, the Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie says. Wood Mackenzie has belatedly realised ... more
ANALYSIS - Iran sanctions could add to gasoline glut (Reuters) - The impact of disrupted Iranian fuel supplies following tough new sanctions is likely to hit gasoline markets after the peak summer sea ... more
Global Automata are a recently proposed approach on modelling contemporary industrial systems. They are based on automata philosophy and are specially orientated for industrial use. In industry the do ... more
The increasing intensity of global competition and the rapid advances in information technology (IT) have led organisations to search for more efficient and effective ways to manage their business. Wi ... more
In this paper, we discussed the contribution of FDI to exportation and economic development of China. We distinguished the industrial constitution of horizontal and vertical FDI by scrutinising the pr ... more
Renewable resources becoming a real alternative Abu Dhabi s first major solar power project, a field of panels at the edge of the capital, cost US$50 million (Dh183.6m) to build in late 2008. If the ... more
Throughout the Product Development Process (PDP), collaborative decision making is a key task in Virtual Organisations (VOs). This task can specifically support the interactions between Original Equip ... more
The choice of the actors who are assigned to a project is crucial for the project as it involves a non-negligible part of its future performance. Risk analysis mainly focuses on risks which may occur ... more
We propose the use of a hierarchical genetic algorithm (GA) for optimisation in complex landscapes. While the slave GA tries to find the local optima in the restricted fitness landscape of low complex ... more
This week #8217;s list has some excellent opportunities for growing companies to learn and network over the next few months. This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought t ... more
JPMorgan Cuts Forecasts on 2010, 2011 New York Oil Prices as Demand Slows JPMorgan Chase Co. lowered by 5.5 percent its forecast for New York oil prices this year on speculation a slowdown in global ... more
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are 12 Times Support for Renewables, Study Shows Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloo ... more
Will small business lift the economy out of recession? Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne hopes so, and he #8217;s trying to help. Recently the online discount retailer announced the launch of its #8220 ... more
Iran s top oil customer buys less China s imports of Iranian crude oil fell by almost a third in the first half of the year, new figures showed this week. Volumes have decreased just as new US an ... more
Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release of his book, Simmons rose to fame as Saudi Ara ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Global Response Group has designed a special high-tech system to deal with future disasters like that in the Gulf; the design will clean oil spills within days. The Airborne Robot ... more
Cutting soot emissions could cool the planet. The quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according t ... more
With recovery shaky at best and fears of a double dip recession still looming, small businesses have seen many ups and downs. There are many ways to deal with trouble in your small business efforts or ... more
Mitsui Says Oil Tanker Possibly Attacked Near Hormuz Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., operator of the world s second-largest oil-tanker fleet, said one of its ships may have been attacked near the Strait o ... more
A deadly infectious disease once thought to be exclusively tropical has gained a toehold in the Pacific Northwest, and health experts suspect climate change is partially to blame. [Mor ... more
Australia: Food security plan essential for the national interest While people discuss the threat of obesity in the suburbs and in the seat of power, nobody talks about the threat of global food scarc ... more
Steve Mohr is a young man who recently received his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle in Australia. His Ph. D. thesis is titled Projection of World Fossil Fuel Production w ... more
U.S. Says 27% of Gulf of Mexico Oil Production, 10% of Gas Idled by Storm About 27 percent of crude-oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 10 percent of natural-gas output is still idle because of T ... more
Nuclear experts seek to advance fusion project MARSEILLE, France (AFP) An explosion in costs has cast a cloud over a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project aiming to make the power that fuels ... more
Worsening electricity shortages fuel growing crisis Global electricity demand is growing again after a lull last year related to the economic slowdown. The result is more countries face electricity s ... more
Worsening electricity shortages fuel growing crisis Global electricity demand is growing again after a lull last year related to the economic slowdown. The result is more countries face electricity s ... more
(TrendHunter.com) The Mehmet Gozetlik 'Taxi Please" photo project makes me kind of nostalgic. I can't count the number of times I have counted on a cab driver to get me to a job interview or the airp ... more
Three of every four oil and gas lobbyists worked for federal government Three out of every four lobbyists who represent oil and gas companies previously worked in the federal government, a proportion ... more
Scientists: Oil plumes definitely from BP's well TAMPA, Fla. -- Researchers in Florida say they have the first scientific proof that two plumes of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico came fr ... more
The July 2010 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.24 MB, 33 pp). Figure 1 - North America Oil Consumption January 2002 to May 2010, Datasource: JODI. The Oilwatch Mon ... more
E.P.A. Considers Risks of Gas Extraction CANONSBURG, Pa. The streams of people came to the public meeting here armed with stories of yellowed and foul-smelling well water, deformed livestock, pois ... more
This post is long, but summarizes a lot of interesting results with respect to biofuels. Some readers may not have had a chance to read it during the week, so I thought I would put it back up. - Gail ... more
Here #8217;s an updated list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses, brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. - * ... more
E.P.A. Considers Risks of Gas Extraction CANONSBURG, Pa. The streams of people came to the public meeting here armed with stories of yellowed and foul-smelling well water, deformed livestock, pois ... more
Several major major women #8217;s business organizations have announced a comprehensive action plan to achieve exponential revenue growth and job creation among women #8217;s businesses over the next ... more
A Big Oil Field in Central Asia Isn't Earning What Chevron Planned On ATYRAU, KAZAKHSTAN A single oil field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce nearly as many barrels each day as the enti ... more
The July 2010 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.24 MB, 33 pp). Figure 1 - North America Oil Consumption January 2002 to May 2010, Datasource: JODI. The Oilwatch Mon ... more
US court halts Arctic oil drilling for review WASHINGTON (AFP) A US judge ordered a halt to offshore oil and gas drilling off the north coast of Alaska for a new environmental review. Federal Jud ... more
Below the fold is the 3rd in a series of posts providing analysis (and follow up) on the difficulties of maintain our current energy paradigm with renewable energy (generally, 'the fake fire brigade') ... more
Who #8217;s in your small business corner? If your small business has no one to turn to, how can you work to improve your company #8217;s opportunities on your own? Unfortunately much promised help fo ... more
FACTBOX - Oil reserves: declining - but how fast? (Reuters) - A declaration by Venezuela last week that it hopes soon to overtake Saudi Arabia as the country with the biggest oil reserves has stoked d ... more