Composite economic indexes released for Australia by not-for-profit the Conference Board, predicted moderate economic growth, among softening conditions. City data from 2thinknow predicted spiky economic outcomes at city level. > more
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According to KPMG’s most recent “Competitive Alternatives” analysis, published last month, Greater Montréal has a cost advantage of 5.7% compared to the average for large US cities, making it the leader among the 30 largest North American metropolises that were analyzed. > more 
American high school students are poised to help solve Europe’s economic problems, as teams from 25 high schools, including teams from New York, gather at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on April 30th. > more 
The Copenhagen show is about to start, and for some uplifting specifics on what may be possible, as well as the broader challenges, take a look at some of the European Union leadership regarding climate change responses. > more 
The non-payment risk rate for online merchants in Europe has fallen to the lowest level in 7 years, to just above one quarter of one percent, in some cases superior to bricks and mortar transactions. These and other useful findings are summarised from the Deutsche Bank e-Commerce report. > more 
Diversification of products and accessing offshore markets are two key needs for Indian start-ups. That’s a key message from “Envisioning the Wired SME” conference, organized by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and IndiaMART.com, at the Sheraton, Saket, in New Delhi on Saturday. > more
Frost & Sullivan will be revealing its top African investment opportunities for 2010 in an online analyst briefing on Thursday, 3 December. The briefing will provide insight into the industries that Frost & Sullivan projects will offer the highest returns on investment in the coming year. The markets covered will be telecommunications, business process outsourcing, renewable energy, biofuels, mining and desalination. > more 
New mobile phone technologies like social network MXit enable banking and currency alternatives for transactions, potentially useful in African nations without full support for banking infrastructure nation-wide. > more 
Are high house prices good or bad for innovation? It seems the RBA are saying house asset inflation is good for Australia, perhaps mainly based around housing stock shortages. Our Executive Director, Christopher Hire, takes a look at property prices impact on innovation, and how they may prevent tomorrow’s employers – today’s start-ups – emerging. > more
Whilst some of the conclusions of this article are UK-centric, in general, credit card companies are facing trying times and an underlying paradigm shift. Opening the way for new innovations in finance… > more 
A new initiative in the Silicon Valley, centred around Santa Clara University, is creating a forum for the leading minds in ethical financial innovation, responsible risk management, and behavioral finance. A key feature examined in the new initiative, will be a much-needed alignment of incentives, for those participating in financial markets. > more 
Well when the management consultants say it, it must be close to mainstream. Deloitte calls for manufacturing back to the U.S. in the report, and indeed local manufacturing is critical for the development of innovation. In our view, the internet, fuel prices and supply chain improvements have disrupted cost dynamics, meaning manufacturing of a different sort may be here to stay. Read Deloitte’s take here… > more
Do you dream of outer space? Dream a little more, with this slideshow of NASA. > more |
      
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4 reasons why ASX is worth 4500 points
The Australian stock market has gone sub 4500 points on indices again. The innovation is awaiting a state change, as some sort of white knight. That horse and rider has not come yet. Instead investors may feel like it’s the shaded horseman of the apocalyptic kind. It’s overshooting on the down side. Here’s why there’s no joy for major index investors in shares – and that includes superannuation… > more