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Top Ten Global Solar Trends for 2011

27 January 2011.

President Obama made a big deal of the economic potential for solar and other clean energy sources in his State of the Union speech this week,

about which, in principle at least, we could not be more enthusiastic.

But the picture is not quite as, er, sunny, as we certainly, and the President presumably, would like.

To be sure, 2010 was a boom year for the solar industry,

due largely to lucrative government subsidies in Europe, especially Germany and Italy.

US Bailout Banks “Securities Lending”: WE Win Together – You Lose ALONE

20 January 2011.

2011 Hot Trends in Digital Marketing

Marketing in the digital space has taken over. The incidental success of social network channels has enabled companies and organizations to reach consumers on a depth and level never before seen in traditional advertising mediums.

More companies and organizations are advertising online as they realize the internet’s potential to zero-in on their target markets and consumers with more flair and efficiency – and lower costs.

Legal Outsourcing Brings US / UK Attorneys to India

18 January 2011

We have consistently discussed how India’s economic development strategy differs from those of China, Japan, and most of the rest of East Asia:

Global Oil & Gas: A Libyan Perspective

17 January 2011.

200 Million Empty Apartments? China’s Complex Property Market

21 December 2010. How many flats in China are sitting empty?

It’s been said many times that China is experiencing a nationwide urban property price bubble.

Some months ago, the Chinese media floated a story – denied by power companies –

that 64.5 million urban electricity meters registered zero consumption over a six-month period.

That led to speculation that China has enough empty apartments to house 200 million people.

Dubai Property Entanglements Are “Forever”

On a sultry June evening in 2007, more than 100 people camped out at the offices of Emaar, a prestigious Dubai property developer,

to ensure that they would land a coveted spot in a gleaming new skyscraper scheduled to open this year near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

Today, the property, designed by the New York architect Frank Williams (who died in February), is like a number of others around Dubai — little more than a rotting foundation.

Rare Earths Deal Between Japan / Australia Firms

A top Japanese trading company has announced a deal to reduce reliance on Beijing for high-tech-vital rare earth mineral supplies.

The Tokyo-based firm, Sojitz, said it had signed a $250 million procurement deal with an Australian mining company

and warned that the outlook for stable shipments from the Chinese mainland remained far from certain.

InfoWars: The World’s First Information War Has Gone Live

It has been predicted for a while, and now it has gone live; the world’s first information war is now upon us.

First came the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against Wikileaks, together with the pressure from government agencies and Senator Joe Lieberman (who now seems more right wing than the Republicans) that forced Wikileaks off Amazon servers and off its registrar, not to mention financial facilities getting closed down.

Bundesbank: German Banks Reckless

The Bundesbank, the German central bank, said in its annual financial stability report that

German institutions continue to engage in risky practices that make them vulnerable to a rise in interest rates.

“Thanks to stable returns and improved capital, German banks have increased their ability to withstand risk,”

Andreas Dombret, a member of the central bank’s executive board, said at a news conference.