The Internet of Things
By: EBR | Thursday, August 26, 2010
Will your fridge be able to detect any product past its use-by date and inform you about it in the near future? The Internet should not only connect the more than 1.5 billion people who use it, but also people to things and things-to-things, according to Spanish Socialist MEP Maria Badia i Cutchet.
3rd European Tourism Conference
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
For a third consecutive year, HELEXPO and EUROPRESS MEDIA GROUP (EMG) are organizing the “3rd European Tourism Conference” entitled this year “A New Model for Tourism”. The event includes sessions about Culture and Environment, Digital Agenda and Marketing, Alternative forms of Tourism, etc.
Towards a New Economic Order?
By: The Globalist | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
As the world recovers from the financial crisis, many governments have introduced measures to help economies rebound. While many of these are quick solutions, the fundamental structure of our economic order has to change, argues Jagadeesh Gokhale. He outlines a few reforms for long-term growth.
Leaving the euro: What’s in the box?
By: VoxEU.org | Friday, July 23, 2010
Rumours of Eurozone break-up are mounting. This column argues that exiting a strong currency for a weak one poses almost unthinkable challenges, from the redenomination of contracts and the imposition of bank restrictions to the restructuring of external debt and limiting of capital mobility.
Data Underline Some Banks′ Dependency on ECB
By: The Wall Street Journal | Thursday, July 22, 2010
Regulators Mull Early Release of Stress-Test Results. As the European Union prepares to prove to the world how solid its banks are, new data from around the euro area show that its weaker members' dependence on the European Central Bank has never been higher.
Bank Stress Tests: Too soon to write them off
By: The Economist | Monday, July 19, 2010
When America did public stress tests on its banks in 2009 they helped end the panic on Wall Street. The Federal Reserve opened banks’ books, imposed a consistent view about how bad losses might be and forced banks that lacked capital to raise more, with the taxpayer acting as a backstop investor.
Unlocking the elusive potential of Social Networks
By: McKinsey Quarterly | Friday, July 16, 2010
There is much hype about social networks and their potential impact on marketing, so many companies are diligently establishing presences on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms. Yet the true value of social networks remains unclear, and few consumer companies have unlocked this potential.
Why markets need Governments
By: EBR | Monday, July 12, 2010
The recent economic meltdown was at root not a failure of character or competence, but a failure of ideas. Behind the cupidity of bankers, the weakness of regulators and the myopia of macro-policy stood a set of dominant ideas about the proper relationship between the state and the market.
International Tourism: Recovery Confirmed, but Growth Remains Uneven
By: EBR | Monday, July 5, 2010
International tourist arrivals grew by 7% in the first four months of 2010 according to the latest issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This growth confirms the recovery trend beginning in the last quarter of 2009 and comes despite the challenging conditions of recent months.
EBS CEO Survey results: Putting Europe Back On Track
By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2010
It became clear from the results, presented at the beginning of the European Business Summit (EBS), that Europe's CEOs are confident, realistic, and broadly in agreement on the directions that they need in order to achieve recovery.
Where Europe and America differ on global banking regulation
By: Europe′s World | Tuesday, June 22, 2010
It's tempting to base ideas for global financial regulation on 'bashing big banks', says Avinash Persaud, who chaired the UN’s 'Stiglitz Commission' on financial reform. But he warns that the greater problem is that of diverging American and European views on a safer rulebook.
Systemic Failure: Lessons from the World of Trade for the World of Finance
By: The Globalist | Saturday, June 19, 2010
The great Crisis of 2008-09 may well be to finance what the Great Depression was to trade — namely, an inflection point that changes our view of the interplay of capitalism, globalization and sound regulation.
Nine World Cup teams play in Made-in-Taiwan uniforms
By: EBR | Friday, June 18, 2010
At the FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa, Taiwan will be appearing not among the 32 contending teams but as a maker of team uniforms. Nine of the competing teams will be donning uniforms made of recycled materials 100-percent made-in-Taiwan (MIT)
2010 Report on Public Finances
By: EC Press Room | Thursday, June 17, 2010
Events in Spring 2010 have exposed the urgency of addressing the fiscal challenge in the euro area and the EU. Sovereign risk premia increased to unprecedented levels in Member States with perceived high budgetary and macro-financial risks.
10 principles, 5 years, 1 challenge: to achieve a European Digital Strategy that truly works for consumers
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Major technological developments have significantly changed the way consumers live, shop, communicate, access employment offers, education, healthcare services, knowledge and information.
Cybersecurity - a key component in the new Digital Era
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Safer internet and effective measures against cybercrime is a multinational issue that needs to be addressed through various channels involving multiple partners, from business, government and civil society, working actively together.
The Digital Agenda for Europe
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The European Commission has just published its Digital Agenda, a key component of its EU 2020 Strategy. This highly political road map for the information society sector looks at delivering a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
What we need is a digital internal market!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner Neelie Kroes introduced the Digital Agenda for Europe, the first of the seven flagship initiatives under the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Europe Bought Time and Not Much Else
By: EBR | Monday, June 14, 2010
Stock markets reacted euphorically to the massive rescue package announced to prop up crashing European economies. Passions cooled slightly as the market rally halted, but still, it seemed, all was as it should be.
Hedge Funds: The EP call for less speculation
By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Monday, June 7, 2010
On Monday, May 31st, members of the European Parliament voted for new ways to deal with managers and hedge funds located outside the EU, a proportionality system to regulate less risky funds more lightly, and rules on remuneration policies of short selling.
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