Category Archives: Economy
Mex-US-Can Initiative to Convert Mexican Reactor to LEU
The White House Office of the Press Secretary . For Immediate Release March 26, 2012 . Trilateral Announcement Between Mexico, the United States, and Canada on Nuclear Security . At the March 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, … Continue reading
Remarks by US President Obama to the AIPAC Policy Conference, March 4, 2012, Washington, D.C. (full text)
Text procured here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/04/remarks-president-aipac-policy-conference The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 04, 2012 Remarks by the President at AIPAC Policy Conference Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 11:10 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, … Continue reading
The Ottawa Protocol (full text)
. The Ottawa Protocol on Combating Antisemitism . Preamble We, Representatives of our respective Parliaments from across the world, convening in Ottawa for the second Conference and Summit of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, note and reaffirm the London … Continue reading
Downtown Pyongyang
North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang It’s like a semi-abstract still life… minus the life part. . Image by David Guttenfelder from The Independent: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea’s closed society Story to go with the pictures, by David … Continue reading
US Rating Downgrade (S&P report)
Excerpt: Rating Action On Aug. 5, 2011, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. At the same time, Standard … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #3
Ten basic things to remember about social media for business: Keep it short. Be responsive, accurate, creative, honest, helpful and polite. Don’t expect everyone to agree with you. In the blogosphere, as in life, effective moderation is key. Social media … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #2
Here’s one to keep you up at night: What percentage of your fans, friends and followers are real people? Increasingly, corporations are turning to technology for automated social media solutions, some of which offer the ability to: create and manage … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #1
Many business managers that I meet would seem to agree that: Social media is a very promising but potentially risky marketing tool It sounds so reasonable. And it’s certainly an easy position to defend: it’s conservative, so it plays well … Continue reading
In 10 Words, or Less… Crowdfunding
“The monetisation of a common interest by its enamoured masses.”
Filed under 10 Words or Less, Economy, Reason
