All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

State of the Union 2008
January 28, 2008, Comments Off on State of the Union 2008

January 31 (The Economist) The disappearing president and the shape of politics to come George Bush gave his last state- ...

Davos and Porto Alegre (WSF) 2008
January 28, 2008, 1 Comment

January 28, 2008 Davos Diary: The schmooze of the world Extreme brainpower meets extraordinary wealth at the annual Worl ...

Why a U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis Is Felt Around the World
January 27, 2008, 1 Comment

Analysis of the 2007 Financial Subprime Crisis, by Jacques de Larosière “Markets have been surprised by the erupt ...

Big, bad oil in all its glory
January 26, 2008, Comments Off on Big, bad oil in all its glory

January 26 2008 An empire from a tub of goo How did the quest to retrieve the treasure hidden beneath huge swaths of nor ...

Manley recommends extending Afghan mission
January 26, 2008, 1 Comment

January 25, 2008 Afghanistan needs us Without the presence of international troops, chaos would erupt JOHN MANLEY Saturd ...

Canada: Two years of Conservative government
January 24, 2008, Comments Off on Canada: Two years of Conservative government

The automaton goes on and on (The Economist) Jan 24th 2008 | OTTAWA In two years in office Stephen Harper has earned res ...

Wednesday Night #1351
January 23, 2008, 1 Comment

23 January 2008 We are delighted that at the suggestion of Consul General Mary Marshall, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins w ...

Fears of global recession: stock indexes fall
January 22, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to the Huffington Post The financial turmoil is like an elephant in a dark room By Martin Wolf, Financial Ti ...

Europe Cutting Biofuel Subsidies
January 22, 2008, 1 Comment

January 22, 2008 Europe Cutting Biofuel Subsidies Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Govern ...

Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy
January 21, 2008, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy

January 22, 2008 Masdar City will be constructed in the desert on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The aims are to use only r ...

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