Posts Tagged ‘economic’
April 30th, 2013 | 
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Economic blockade and WikiLeaks: Iceland and beyond
On Line opinion Assange himself was buoyed, which is saying much since he has not had much to cheer of late. "We thank the Icelandic people for showing that they will not be bullied by powerful Washington-backed financial services companies like Visa." For the WikiLeaks … |
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Economic Blockade and WikiLeaks
CounterPunch European Commission documents released by WikiLeaks show that various figures on the hill had been busy getting the ear of those working for MasterCard. MasterCard Europe conceded that Senator Joseph Lieberman and Congressman Peter T. King had … |
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Economic Blockade and WikiLeaks: Iceland and Beyond
Scoop.co.nz (press release) Economic Blockade and WikiLeaks: Iceland and Beyond. Julian Assange had been using that term for a time, but economic censorship is as close to the mark as any. If you want to shut someone up, deprive them of funding, cut off the supply, hope they go … |
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Google's Eric Schmidt shares vision of digitally driven change in new book
Economic Times They interviewed an eclectic group that included former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Mexican mogul Carlos Slim Helu, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the former prime ministers of Mongolia and Pakistan. They also drew on the insights of a … |
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Julian Assange an outside chance in Australian vote: Poll
Economic Times SYDNEY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands very little chance of winning a seat in Australia's national elections, according to a poll published today, showing only modest support for his campaign. Australian-born Assange intends to run for the upper … |
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Don't think you're supporting Pakistan: Indira Gandhi told Richard Nixon in 1971
Economic Times This is what Indira Gandhi told US President Richard Nixon just days before India-Pakistan war when she met him in Washington in November 1971, according to a US diplomatic cable made public by Wikileaks. The cable on October 19, 1973 is based on a … |
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US felt threat of assassination of Indira Gandhi rose during Emergency
Economic Times The US had predicted an increased threat of assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay during Emergency, according to an American diplomatic cable released by the Wikileaks. ET SPECIAL: Samsung Galaxy S4. NEW DELHI: The US … |
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WikiLeaks: Businessman's offer to sell India's uranium set alarm bells in the US
Economic Times The Kissinger cables, released by WikiLeaks, gave a glimpse into the hectic exchange of cables and involving India as the purported fissile material was claimed to have smuggled out from nuclear facilities in "Bombay area". It all started with a cable from the … |
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Cong needs to explain, Govt should make public documents: BJP
Economic Times A newspaper report today claimed that as per secret cables leaked by Wikileaks Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for the Swedish company Saab-Scania, when it was trying to sell its Viggen fighter aircraft to India in the 1970s. His mother Indira … |
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The World Economic Forum recently identified the discovery of extraterrestrial life as an “emerging concern.”
According to the Forum’s website:
For over 40 years, the mission of the World Economic Forum – committed to improving the state of the world – has driven the design and development of the Annual Meeting programme. The Annual Meeting remains the foremost creative force for engaging leaders in collaborative activities focused on shaping the global, regional and industry agendas.
World Economic Forum logo. (Credit: World Economic Forum)
For the past eight years, the Forum has published a Global Risks report. The Forum explains:
The purpose of the current edition is twofold. First, it aims to show how experts from around the world, from different backgrounds, currently perceive the risks that the world is likely to face over the next decade. To capture these opinions, a survey was carried out, interviews were conducted with specialists in different fields, and a series of workshops and conference sessions were held with expert groups to interpret the research findings and to work out the three risk cases developed in the report. Second, with this report the World Economic Forum aims to continue to raise awareness about global risks, to stimulate thinking about how risks can be factored into strategy development, and to challenge global leaders to improve how they approach global risks.
Cover of the Global Risks 2013 report. (Credit: World Economic Forum)
In the Forum’s Global Risks report for 2013, the Forum collaborated with the journal Nature and identified five “X Factors,” which they define as “serious issues, grounded in the latest scientific findings, but somewhat remote from what are generally seen as more immediate concerns.” These X Factors are: Runaway Climate Change, Significant Cognitive Enhancement, Rogue Deployment of Geoengineering, Costs of Living Longer, and the Discovery of Alien Life. As the Voice of Russia reports, experts from the Forum contend that “given the pace of space exploration, it is increasingly conceivable that we may discover the existence of alien life or other planets that could support human life. In 10 years’ time we may have evidence not only that Earth is not unique but also that life exists elsewhere in the universe.”
The Forum points out these “X Factors” to encourage global leaders to “reflect on what countries or companies should be doing to anticipate them.”
This isn’t the first time an international economic forum has discussed extraterrestrial life. In January 2011, business leaders from around the world met at the 5th annual Global Competitiveness Forum where UFOs and extraterrestrial life were among the topics discussed. Experts presented information during a panel session titled “Contact: Learning from Outer Space.” The panel description read, “Using knowledge gained from research in the fields of Ufology and the search for extraterrestrial life, what might we possibly learn about hindrances to innovation in other areas of inquiry?”
With the increasing advancements and discoveries in space exploration, the topic of extraterrestrial life will likely find its way on the agendas of an increasing number of global conferences in the near future.
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