Over the past decade, Starbucks has come to define many aspects of mega-capitalism with its ubiquitous stores and one-size-fits-all business model, but during the past year it has appeared to turn over a new leaf. The recession has clearly not been kind to the coffee behemoth and change was definitely on the menu.
While its “inspired by Starbucks” [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 16th, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
Tagged with: carbon footprint, CORR, costs, environmental awareness, food, goals, green business, jobs, recycling, Starbucks, sustainability, waste disposal
Despite Congress’ current recess, the health care debate is still making headlines. I can’t read the NY Times, CNN, or the Huffington Post without seeing a new piece of information or perspective on the discussion.
The Wall Street Journal ran a piece yesterday that appeared to be little more than a platform for Iowa Senator Charles [...]
Filed under: Community, Healthcare, News on August 25th, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
Tagged with: costs, debate, discussion, government, health, health care, healthcare, media, US
An insightful editorial from the Washington Post authored by John Doerr, partner in the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Jeff Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric, points to the tremendous opportunities in the market for Green Tech solutions and America’s failure capitalize by taking the lead on innovation in this [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News, Technology on August 5th, 2009 @ 9:07 am
Tagged with: clean energy, costs, economy, efficiency, efficient, energy, entrepreneur, fundamental, fundamentals, global, government, Green Tech, infrastructure, innovation, innovative, insights, opportunities, opportunity, renewable energy, resources
Exxon, one of the world’s leading oil producers, posted a huge loss Thursday, with its revenues dropping to $3.95 billion from $11.68. The main reason for the loss was the worldwide bottoming of oil prices, leading many analysts to read these numbers as another sign of the necessary shift towards sustainable fuels.
Exxon’s chairman and chief [...]
Filed under: Business, News on July 30th, 2009 @ 2:06 pm
Tagged with: costs, economy, Exxon, global, innovative, jobs, NY Times, Oil prices, OPEC, opportunities, production, profits, Rex W. Tillerson, strategies
After years of hearing about the prudence of self-exam, and the routine screening for almost every type of cancer, including breast, ovarian, prostate, and others, new opinions are coming to light on the subject that brings this thinking into question.
One factor in this debate is the general costs applied to the healthcare systems as a [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on July 17th, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
Tagged with: costs, effective, efficient, fundamental, health, healthcare, medical, medicine, routine screenings
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.
MouliCohen.com: Today’s Generation Romanticized in Art http://bit.ly/cKjHUf