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Barack Obama on the campaign trail
I flew into New York’s JFK Airport yesterday evening, just as President Obama was leaving. He had been electioneering in the city, where he delivered the commencement address at Barnard College, a women-only liberal arts college affiliated to Columbia University. … Continue reading
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Michael Portillo on the euro crisis
If you can, do try and find time to watch Michael Portillo’s ‘Great Euro Crisis‘ on BBC iplayer. Michael, a “self confessed eurosceptic”, visits Greece and Germany in a bid to understand where the current crisis will end, and whether … Continue reading
John Hulsman on black swans
Good to catch up this morning with Dr John Hulsman, the leading geopolitical analyst and writer who has swapped his base in Washington DC for Germany, from where he advises private firms and governments (including the Dutch Ministry on Foreign … Continue reading
Paul Markillie: expert speaker on the third industrial revolution
Paul Markillie is the Innovation Editor at The Economist and the man behind the newspaper’s special report on the transformative potential of new innovations in manufacturing technologies, materials and processes. “As manufacturing goes digital, it will change out of all … Continue reading
Looking forward to meeting up with Ruchir Sharma in New York
This Spectator interview of Ruchir Sharma (4 May) is worth reading. Here’s more on Ruchir’s argument that we need to (i) adopt more realistic expectations about growth markets which are in line with previous trends and (ii) start being more … Continue reading
Philip Delves-Broughton on the art of the sale
Philip Delves-Broughton is a US-based journalist and commentator on management and business leadership. His new book, Life’s a Pitch (Penguin, 2012), explores the motivations and psychology and morality behind sales – what makes great salesmanship, what is the interface between … Continue reading
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Sir Mervyn King’s speech in full
Here’s a link to the Bank of England Governor’s Annual BBC Today Programme Lecture : http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9718000/9718062.stm And here you will find a link to an interview between Evan Davies and Sir Mervyn King, which followed the Lecture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9718000/9718367.stm
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Mervyn King speaks on Eurozone risk
In his BBC Today Programme lecture, given last night, Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King endorsed David Cameron’s recent warnings that the UK remains highly vulnerable to fall-out from the Eurozone crisis, which he described as”far from over”. He … Continue reading
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Nick Burns and Lionel Barber on the long term outlook for Europe and the US
Ambassador Nick Burns, a former US Under Secretary of State and US Ambassador to NATO and now Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard‘s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is coming to the UK shortly, and I am … Continue reading
Professor Hans Rosling on Asia’s inexorable rise
We’re big fans of Hans Rosling, the Swedish Professor of International Health who uses amazing visuals to show how rapidly the world is changing; speaking in India, Hans argues that India and China are closer to overtaking the US than … Continue reading