Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Europe 2020: Commission proposes new economic strategy in Europe
The European Commission has launched today the Europe 2020 Strategy to go out of the crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. The Commission identifies three key drivers for growth, to be implemented through concrete actions at EU and national levels.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Impact of the crisis: don't lump all new Member States together
Initially the new EU Member States were thought to have been hit harder by the crisis than the old ones. In fact, there is considerable variation within both groups, agreed experts at a workshop on the impact of the crisis on the new Member States.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
More Like Us: The Growth of the Global Middle Class
The global economic downturn should not obscure the unprecedented material progress that globalization has brought to the world in recent years. As the CATO Institute's Daniel Griswold argues perhaps the most important accomplishment of globalization has been the creation of a global middle class.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Dateline Greece: Goldman, Just Pay Up
As Greece teeters on the edge of sovereign default of around $300 billion and sends shudders of premonition throughout the global economy, the fingerprints of Goldman Sachs are once again to be found, as in so many crises beforehand.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Capturing the promise of mobile banking in emerging markets
In emerging markets, formal banking reaches about 37 percent of the population, compared with a 50 percent penetration rate for mobile phones. For every 10,000 people, these countries have one bank branch and one ATM—but 5,100 mobile phones.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
John Kent Institute heralds new era in tourism research
During a gala in London to celebrate the formal launch of the new Institute Mr Kent , the creator and CEO of youtravel.com and Aquis Hotels and Resorts, announced that applications for the first four new PhD studentships are now invited with successful candidates set to join BU from this Autumn.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Managing Change in the Meetings Industry
Times are changing fast and the developments are therefore several and crucial. In this framework, HAPCO - Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers, by continuing its "tradition" of annual conferences, organizes its 6th Pan-Hellenic Conference & Workshops on March 4 and 5, 2010.
FROM OUR COLUMNISTS
No Obama in Madrid, no Swift agreement with the US
Relations between EU and US have known better times. In January President Barack Obama cancelled his presence at the EU-US Summit scheduled for May in Madrid; in its February plenary session, a majority in the European Parliament rejected an agreement on banking data transfers to the US.
The perfect wedding dress
It seems that, as in relationship tactics, the rules of political courtship are still the same variations of the marriage game: No other dress comes with more anticipation – imbued with hope, promise and intimacy — than the wedding dress.
European Parliament shows its new muscles!
It was a hard job for Jerzy Buzek President of the European Parliament! Usually he is busy with lecturing Russia and shaking hands with former winners of the Sakharov Prize.
