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Archive for the 'Global Environment' Category

How Barter Is Used In China

Friday, October 31st, 2008

I found this interesting story on how China views barter, identifying it as “Win-Win” deals. For the whole story (more…)

U.S. Aids So. Korea’s Credit Rating

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

As if we don’t have enough financial challenges on our domestic soil…the U.S. has agreed to strengthen South Korea’s credit rating and domestic financial market with a (more…)

World Economic Forum Promises Change

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Every January in Davos, Switzerland, the prestigious World Economic Forum takes place. World political leaders, Hollywood celebrities as well as CEO’s of major corporations, and the hedge fund gurus all attend. (Annual membership to the WEF is $750,000.)

Over the last (more…)

What Dell Learned In China & Why Sales Are Soaring

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Dell expects sales in the Chinese marketplace to surpass both the U.S. and the EU in a few short years. See (more…)

Local Food Entrepreneurs Are Being Developed

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

The world is slowly changing in many ways, in a positive way. Growing affordable fresh organic food in the intercity is underway. It’s a growing vision (more…)

Global Barter For The Disadvantaged

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

According to David Nuttle there are 2.9 billion potential stakeholders for barter (using barter) to improve their lives. His organization has plans to make (more…)

Global Citizens Meet At Clinton’s Global Initiative

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

This is the fourth year for the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York. (The first meeting for the CGI outside the USA is scheduled this December in (more…)

A Global Scramble To Own Food Assets Is Underway

Monday, September 15th, 2008

One of the largest food and agricultural scramble (to get control of these assets) in history is unfolding, according to agricultural expert, and (more…)

Countertrade & Offset Association

Monday, August 25th, 2008

When one talks about the biggest deals done in barter, referred to as as countertrade and offsets in the international arena, the players are usually multinational companies. To learn more (more…)

Foreign Ownership of U.S. Assets Accelerating

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Foreign creditors (our trade deficit remains massive, $600 to $700 billion a year) are hedging their bets by buying direct ownership stakes in our country’s assets. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the rest of the world currently owns way more of America (stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.) than America owns of the rest of the world…by a margin of $3 trillion.

Moreover, net foreign ownership is increasing (more…)