Launched in 1990, the Cinequest Film Festival prides itself on featuring little-known filmmakers and talent from around the world. Since its inception, Cinequest has turned out some of the most technically-advanced works ever and has continued to branch out, launching a production company and forming a group to help underprivileged teens who aspire to become [...]
According to Barron’s latest rankings, The World’s Most Respected Companies are companies whose shares have been strong performers. In fact, when it comes to calculating asset values, Wall Street is never at a loss. Investors pay up for respect, in part because respected companies tend to hold their value longer.
“Respected companies aren’t going to fall [...]
Filed under: News on February 19th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, global, growth, industry, innovation, innovative, investment, markets, opportunity
According to a report released last week by the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the biomedical industry is one of the most recession-resilient sectors in California’s hard-hit economy and a critical driver of innovation, job growth, and revenue that will help lead the state to economic recovery. However, the reports points to [...]
Filed under: News on February 8th, 2010 @ 9:02 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, growth, industry, innovation, markets, opportunities, Technology, US
The UK Innovation Investment Fund is off the ground with the first closing of the £125m Hermes Private Equity Environmental Innovation Fund.
The fund, managed by Hermes Private Equity, will immediately begin investing in low carbon and clean technology funds, and co-investing in companies to provide much-needed venture capital to help these innovative businesses grow. The [...]
Filed under: News on February 1st, 2010 @ 9:02 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, Community, economy, effective, efficiency, entrepreneur, government, growth, industry, innovation, markets, sustainability, Technology
China has likely overtaken Germany as the world’s largest exporter of goods, but the boom in Chinese manufacturing that looks to have given it the crown will actually help German industry.
Many German exporters do not compete directly with the Chinese, as they have undergone a comprehensive modernization over the past two decades, moving away from [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 25th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, global, growth, industry, markets
When it comes to global warming legislation, few places are more important than Sacramento – this is where California’s laws and regulations are written.
This gives the region a major boost in its effort to become a hub of the developing green economy. Local business leaders are looking to green / clean tech as a way [...]
Filed under: News on January 22nd, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, Community, economy, efficiency, energy, Environment, government, growth, industry, innovation, sustainability, Technology, US
President Hu Jintao has called for further efforts to increase the independent innovation and upgrading of the Chinese industrial structure during his inspection tour to Shanghai, which ended Sunday.
Hu visited scientific research bases, industrial parks, and workshops of enterprises during the four day tour, investigating the mode of economic growth and work to promote sound [...]
Filed under: News on January 20th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, global, government, growth, industry, innovation, marketing, markets, News, Technology
In response to deadlocked talks on a new international agreement to fight global warming, a new draft that circulated Tuesday at the United Nations sponsored climate change conference does not feature any targets for carbon cuts or financing.
The new draft also fails to provide any long-term goals for emissions reductions, the peaking of emissions, and [...]
Natural gas companies have spent the better part of two decades exploring, mining, and expanding into new territory in order to bring in more and more of the commodity. Since the recession hit, however, prices have taken a huge dive. Most economists have attributed this fact to oversupply, leading many companies to halt exploration activities [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Tagged with: Ben Smith, commodities, energy, energy markets, global, growth, industry, markets, natural gas, prices, recession, resources, strategies, success, sustainability
BusinessWeek points to some compelling research published by the National Venture Capital Association that highlights the true impacts that Venture-backed startups are having on the US economy. The overall findings support the growing importance of the entrepreneurial system, which is exciting news for the industry as a whole and shoul help to provide insights into future [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, industry, insights, jobs, National Venture Capital Association, NVCA, research, startup, success, sustainability, US, venture capital, venture-backed
GreenRoad announced last month that it has raised $10 million in financing from Generation Investment Management, the investment firm co-founded by Al Gore in 2004. GreenRoad, which is developing technologies to encourage safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior, intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of its GreenRoad 360 service among new and existing customers. GreenRoad [...].
Porsche revealed an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine super sports car that features hybrid and electronic drive technology at this month’s Geneva Motor Show.