Google's about turn in China
By: BBC News | Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Google has responded to what it terms 'a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure' aimed at getting access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists by announcing its desire to stop censoring search results on its Google.cn website.
In the midst of winter alpine tourism, Rodi Kratsa asks the European Commission on actions for dealing with the impact of climate change on alpine areas
By: EBR | Friday, January 8, 2010
Only a few days after the failure of the widely discussed UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Vice President of the European Parliament, posed a question to the European Commission raising the issue of the impact of climate change on winter tourism.
Making the most of Corporate Social Responsibility
By: McKinsey Quarterly | Wednesday, December 30, 2009
For companies that see CSR as an opportunity to strengthen the business, the big challenge is execution. Smart partnering can provide a practical way forward. Too often, executives have viewed corporate social responsibility (CSR) as just another source of pressure or passing fad.
The 5 Most Influential Bankers Of All Time
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Banking is at the base of our financial system. Financial meltdowns, like the Crash of 1929 and the 2008 subprime mortgage and credit crisis, make this abundantly clear. When banks fail to function properly, the economy follows, and like many elements of finance, banking has evolved over the years.
Greece: Swift Action on Economic Reforms
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged that his government will take swift action to promoting bold reforms in the country with the aim to restoring confidence in the economy and calm markets' fears over the country's ballooning debt and fiscal deficit.
Greece is not the next Iceland!
By: EBR | Monday, December 14, 2009
The Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, has defended the country's position in the eurozone. Greece's deficit has risen to more than 12% of national output this year, which is above the EU limit of 3%.
Greening the Brown Economy
By: EBR | Monday, December 14, 2009
The combined effects of financial crisis, climate change and energy concerns mean that we must overhaul our ideas on governance and harness public opinion, argues Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the European Environment Agency.
Oman: Through the eyes of a world famous explorer
By: Mikael Strandberg | Monday, December 14, 2009
Oman! I have just been back in Sweden for three days and I wish with the full strength of my heart that I was back in this spectacular country. What then is it I miss and long for?
Women’s Forum - Think again, think ahead
By: Julia Harrison | Monday, December 14, 2009
What a year? On its 5th birthday this year the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society faced a major task – to interest sponsors and participants in gender diversity and a three day conference in Deauville at a time when the world was going crazy around us...
Jean-Claude Trichet: Shaping the future of global financial market regulation
By: EBR | Monday, November 30, 2009
"We need to reach agreement on the overall level of capital in the financial system compared to pre-crisis levels, building on past and recent experience including national stress-testing exercises..."
EU set to extend holiday travel protection
By: EBR | Thursday, November 26, 2009
Millions of travellers who book holiday ‘packages’ with combinations of flights, hotels, car rentals etc on the internet or in the high-street look set to receive tougher financial protection if things go wrong, under plans put out for consultation by the European Commission.
European labour markets deeply hit by crisis, but more resilient than expected
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The current crisis is taking its toll on EU labour markets, reversing most of the employment growth achieved since 2000, according to the 2009 Employment in Europe Report published on November 24. Employment policies must focus on preparing for the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Avantis: Effective Cross - Border Cooperation
By: Christos Trikoukis | Monday, November 23, 2009
On Friday, 20 of November a delegation of over 50 journalists from the "Association of European Journalists (AEJ)" visited the "AVANTIS" Science and Business Park located on German-Dutch borders.
GDP in the OECD area rose by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2009
By: EBR | Monday, November 23, 2009
Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area rose by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2009, up from 0% in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates.
A new model for European Tourism
By: Christos Trikoukis | Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The necessity for European Union (EU) to develop a new tourism model based on European multicultural principles and values was one of the outcomes of the "2nd European Tourism Conference" that took place in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ten Things Not to Say When Firing an Employee
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Amid so much downsizing, it's risky and unnecessary for managers to let feelings confuse what ought to be a clean transaction. Since January, more than a million jobs have been cut in the U.S. Although the pace of layoffs has been declining, the downsizing is by no means over.
The Business Cycle between Greece and Eurozone
By: Dr. Nikolaos Georgikopoulos | Monday, November 9, 2009
Spread of the financial crisis from the US to the real economy of Europe was relatively quick and is related, among other things, with the strong correlation between their business cycles as well as the transmission mechanisms of the economic disturbances from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
Sustainable Tourism Solutions for Climate Change
By: EBR | Sunday, November 1, 2009
The tourism sector has proved to be very capable of adapting to extreme weather events and socioeconomic disturbances. However, the “Stern Report” argues that adaptation will cost national economies much more that mitigation actions taken now.
A guide to the 2009 ‘Green Biotech’ debate in the EU
By: FDBlueprint | Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Biotech crop debate lies at the heart of several issues that are critical to the future direction of European policy and business. FDBlueprint has produced this special feature for “European Business Review” to shine a spotlight on the complex issue of GM in Europe.
Why Taiwan-EU relations are improving
By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, June 18, 2009
Two recent press releases from CNA, the Taiwanese news agency (Taipei), make it clear that the relationship between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the European Union is expanding.
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