The late 1800s transition from private electric generators to centralized, utility-based power production was one of the most important events in U.S. industrial history.
As we approach the end of an eventful 2009, small business leaders are
looking at an improving economic environment and asking themselves
how they will optimize what, by all accounts, will be a modest recovery
cycle. According to survey results published in September from the
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), small business
owners are cautiously optimistic about the future.
We have learned many lessons from the current economic crisis. But none is more important than this: financial literacy is critical to our economic well being, and, unfortunately, we are not making the grade.
The shift in global manufacturing to China and the current crisis are boosting
Mexico's drive to become a knowledge-based economy. Now is the time to replace
the old "made in Mexico" model with a more valuable "created in mexico".
CURRENT provides electric utilities a Smart Grid solution that
increases the efficiency and reliability of the electric grid while
reducing the environmental impact of electric usage.
Whenever a major techniological breakthrough is achieved to enhance the productivity of workers in the digital economy, malware developers immediately begin to explore vulnerabilities and develop new threats to exploit potential weak spots.
If you are a boomer, or older, of course you remember the magic
night of July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong took humankind's
first steps on a heavenly body.
Building Green means making structures with
optimum efficiency in the use of resources. Building
green includes measures to reduce energy use by managing
the disparate elements of power usage and control.
Prudent policies and a diversified economy have sustained high growth in one
of sub-Saharan Africa's most consistent markets. A slump in commodity prices
and the credit squeeze will cap growth this year at 4%, but Uganda is well
prepared to absorb further shocks.
Around the globe, policy makers
seeking to meet the world's surging
energy demand with a low-carbon,
baseload power supply are taking a
new look at nuclear energy. After nearly
20 years, there is once again great
interest in the power of the atom.
We are at a unique point in
history. In the midst of the most
severe economic downturn since
the Great Depression, we face
another significant challenge.
Qatar is sitting on phenomenal oil and gas wealth, but rather than rely on energy revenues
the country has embarked on an ambitious diversification program to turn Qatar into
a knowledge-based economy of the future.
An ambitious five-year action plan aims to revolutionize the economy and to raise
conditions to Africa's best. Opportunities in mining, energy and agriculture are world
class and the government invites investors to deliver prosperity from potential.
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