Wednesday, November 6 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS GE Ventures Embraces Crowdfunding, Partners with OurCrowd — Earlier this week, another big player joined the crowdfunding ranks, as Israeli platform OurCrowd announced that it has signed a co-investment agreement with GE Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of GE. According to …
The Globalist: Carried Away by the Shale Gale
October 22, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ U.S. shale mirage Carried Away by the Shale Gale Prakash Loungani | Is the so-called shale boom in the United States just hype? U.S. Shale Gas: All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Stephan Richter | The shale boom in the United States …
The Globalist: American Power in Global History: Three Perspectives
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ American Power in Global History: Three Perspectives Was America Ever Exceptional? Patrick Smith | How it hurts a nation that cannot distinguish between strength and power. The U.S.-Russian Tug of War Martin Sieff | Lessons from Serbia 1913 for Syria 2013. American Diplomacy and …
Futurist Update: Curbing the Decline of Chinese Manufacturing
August 2013 • Volume 14, No. 8 In this issue: · Curbing the Decline of Chinese Manufacturing · Smart Glasses for Teachers Can “See” Students’ Questions · Even Regulated Pesticide Use Is Deadly to Aquatic Ecosystems · WorldFuture 2013 Recaps · Set of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Is Threatened by Sand …
SEC Votes to Lift General Solicitation Ban for Private Placements
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 Top Stories SEC Votes to Lift General Solicitation Ban — Earlier today, the SEC voted 4-1 to lift the ban on general solicitation for private placements. The ruling creates a new kind of offering, called 506(c), that effectively allows companies (as well as hedge funds and …
One Spark 2014 Dates and Changes
One Spark 2014 Dates and Changes Thanks to everyone who supported the world’s first crowdfunding festival, One Spark 2013 was a huge success! It is on the heels of our banner inaugural year that we announce the dates for 2014 and some key changes that will ensure that One Spark …
Listen Up: How One Brand Learned That Greenwashing Is Never an ‘Ethical Choice’
COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITY Listen Up: How One Brand Learned That Greenwashing Is Never an ‘Ethical Choice’ Behaviour change starts with listening. In recent weeks, a major global brand may have started listening …
New Net: PensionDanmark to invest $200m in Cape Wind
19 June 2013 – Today’s Top Stories on NewNet PensionDanmark to invest $200m in Cape Wind PREMIUM BT aims to slash end-to-end emissions by three times PREMIUM Denham seeds Endeavor Energy with $100m to develop African power projects View, formerly Soladigm, raises further $62m with Corning as lead investor Optimum Energy to scout …