Economy
Money Profit doing well
Corporate Profits After Tax doing very well while everyone else is in economic trouble
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Open file 3751
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Country ... USA
Economic Statistics
Some official charts and graphs about the US and World Economy ... Balance of Trade and Quarterly Changes in GDP
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Open file 3752
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USER AGREEMENTS
The Economist Intelligence Unit
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS
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Open file 3753
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Country ... USA
Citizen Finance
Occupy Wall St protesters wipe $5m off America's debt
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Open file 3754
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Country ... USA
The US Political Economy
The Political Economy of Obama's Re-Election
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Open file 3755
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Ideas and Initiatives
Localizing Energy
Some background on Bristol Power ... an introduction to an initiative to localize energy production and consumption (BEING DEVELOPED)
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Open file 3756
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Country ... USA
Corporate Welfare
UNITED STATES OF SUBSIDIES ... A series examining business incentives and their impact on jobs and local economies ... PART 1 How Taxpayers Bankroll Business
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Open file 3757
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Country ... USA
Corporate Welfare
UNITED STATES OF SUBSIDIES ... A series examining business incentives and their impact on jobs and local economies ... PART 2 Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza
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Open file 3758
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Country ... USA
Corporate Welfare
UNITED STATES OF SUBSIDIES ... A series examining business incentives and their impact on jobs and local economies ... PART 3 When Hollywood Comes to Town
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Open file 3759
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Corporate Welfare
Starbucks in the UK
Starbucks 'paid no UK tax since 2009' ... US coffee chain has only paid $14m in corporation tax in UK since 1998 while taking over about one third of the UK coffee shop market.
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Open file 3760
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USER AGREEMENTS
Microsoft
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
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Open file 3761
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Economics
The US Fiscal Cliff
Robert Reich ... UNDERSTANDING THE FISCAL CLIFF (in 2m 30s) ... 8 IDEAS THAT MATTER
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Open file 3762
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Country ... USA
Environment
Obama urged by environmental groups to take on climate change in next term
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Open file 3763
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Environment
Climate Change ... DOHA2012/COP18
Contemplating climate change catastrophe at COP 18 in Doha ...
No world leader at the UN climate change summit hasn't heard the warnings, but it will take popular pressure to make them act
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Open file 3764
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Minerals
Rare Earth Economics
Is Malaysia risking it all for rare earths? ...
Activists say new refinery could threaten environment and health.
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Open file 3765
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Country ... Nigeria
Sanitation
Nigeria's daunting sanitation problems ...
Lack of clean water and public facilities causing spread of diseases and poverty in West African nation.
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Open file 3766
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Country ... Nigeria
Extreme Weather
Nigeria hit by worst flooding in a generation ...
Much of the country has been badly affected by exceptional monsoon rain.
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Open file 3767
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Country ... Philippines
Extreme Weather
Hundreds dead in Philippines typhoon ...
More than 320 people believed dead, with another 87,000 evacuated as Bopha causes havoc across the country's south.
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Open file 3768
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Economic Trends
Global Economy
Global economy 'set for sharp downturn'
Eurozone debt crisis 'remains the greatest threat to the world economy at present', the OECD warns.
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Open file 3769
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Country ... UK
Localization
UK Town seen as a model community ... Lawrence Lee of AJE reports from Totnes in Devon, England.
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Open file 3770
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Country ... Egypt
Constitutional Progess
December 4, 2012 ... Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo on clashes outside the presidential palace.
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Open file 3771
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Country ... Nigeria
The impact of Boko Haram
Dec 3, 2012 ... Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege ... Thousands killed in Nigeria since Boko Haram launched campaign in 2009
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Open file 3772
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Region ... Arctic
An increasingly contentious frontier
AJStream ... Carving up the Arctic ... Is rapid ice melt changing the world's geopolitical landscape?
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Open file 3773
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Region ... Arctic
An increasingly contentious frontier
Six Part Series: Race to the Arctic ... Arctic Warming Unlocking A Fabled Waterway by JACKIE NORTHAM
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Open file 3774
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Region ... Arctic
An increasingly contentious frontier
A Six Part Series: Race to the Arctic ... In The Arctic Race, The U.S. Lags Behind by MARTIN KASTE
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Open file 3775
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Region ... Arctic
An increasingly contentious frontier
A Six Part Series: Race to the Arctic ... Russia Pushes To Claim Arctic As Its Own by DAVID GREENE
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Open file 3776
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Good Works
Better to Give than to Get
Video about successful Indian helping the untouchables
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Open file 3777
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Climate Changes
Ineffective Leadership Response
GOOD NIGHT DOHA ... AND WAKE UP! Kay Embren in Stockholm asking the basic question about conference performance, especially in the case of climate change. Surely there is a better way. He suggests the city level would be better than the national level.
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Open file 3778
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Luxury Sector
Automobiles
A short video about seven iconic PORSCHE automobiles. The luxury sector has merit, but it should be balanced against austerity that penalizes the basic sector economy
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Open file 3779
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Timber
A disappearing resource
China timber trade 'fuels climate change' ...
The economic giant's hunger for timber reportedly causes illegal destruction of forests needed to stop global warming.
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Open file 3780
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Networks - New York City
NY Funders Program
Example ... Next NY Funders Program is Friday, Dec. 14: Carbolosic Corporation: Making Sugar from Waste Cellulosic Material-Fast & Cheap
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Open file 3781
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Social Enterprise
A growing sector
David Bornstein on a NYT blog ... The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur
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Open file 3782
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Timber
A disappearing resource
Illegal logging besets Indonesia ...
Officials continue granting logging companies licences despite two-year moratorium.
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Open file 3783
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Energy
Canada's Tar Sands
Canadian Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tar Sands May Double by 2020
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Open file 3784
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Energy
Canadian Tar Sands
U.S. Oil Giants Poised to Gain on Keystone Pipeline ...
Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailMore Sharing Services
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Open file 3785
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Country ... USA
Media and GOP Politics
Big Right-Wing Names Like Karl Rove and Dick Armey Are Taking the Fall, But It Won't Repair the GOP ...
The GOP’s November shellacking is rattling the foundations of its powerful media-wingnut welfare-industrial complex, not enough to solve their problems though.
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Open file 3786
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Country ... Palestine
History of Occupation
Noam Chomsky: What the American Media Won't Tell You About Israel ...
The savage punishment of Gaza traces back to decades ago.
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Open file 3787
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Country ... USA
Government Finance
The Obscenely Rich Men Bent on Shredding the Safety Net ...
CEOs talk about shared sacrifice, but the only thing they want to share is your retirement money with their wealthy friends.
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Open file 3788
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Country ... USA
40 Years of Gutting the Economy
Financial Firms Have Been Hollowing Out America for Decades -- Now We're on the Verge of a Debtpocalypse
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Open file 3789
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Energy
The USA ... Smart Grid
Smart Grids, Stupid People ... an article about the failure to invest in infrastructure
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Open file 3790
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Country ... Egypt
Protests over Morsi and the Constitution
Tensions high after thousands march in Cairo ...
Protesters in the Egyptian capital and other cities rally against President Morsi as political crisis deepens.
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Open file 3791
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Country ... Egypt
Top Leadership
Egypt: The president's new powers ...
Has Mohamed Morsi overstepped his mark with new decree or is he cleansing state institutions of former regime loyalists?
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Open file 3792
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Region ... Africa
What role is China playing
Africa's 'Dome of Shame' ...
If African governments 'allow their people to learn by doing', Africans will build their 'monuments of glory'.
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Open file 3793
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TERMS OF SERVICE
One Block Off the Grid
One Block Off the Grid Terms of Service
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Open file 3794
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Mining
Multinational Misbehavior
Peru: Undermining Justice ...
If multinationals will do anything to control the public debate, how can indigenous peoples ever assert their rights?
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Open file 3795
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Management
Same old same old
Forbes, July 2011 ... Steve Denning ... The Four Stories You Need To Lead Deep Organizational Change
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Open file 3796
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Business Model
The goal of more value
Dec 12, 2012 ... Business Insider ... Henry Blodget ... We Need To Stop Maximizing Profit And Start Maximizing Value
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Open file 3797
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Marketing
The Motley Fool ... Stock Advice
Say Goodbye to 'Made-In-China' ...
And say hello to the breakthrough technology that's launching a 21st-century industrial revolution right here in America. Business Insider calls it 'the next trillion dollar industry.'
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Open file 3798
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Metrics
Burgess Promoting TVM
Meaningful Metrics for a Smart Society
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Open file 3799
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Social Media
Application to Business
Charlene Li with LinkedIn ... Why Most Social Strategies Fail
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Open file 3800
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