The world of electro-magnetism appears to overlap the world of spirituality. We’ve know for a couple of centuries that electricity creates a magnetic field. Now researchers have demonstrated magnetic particles behaving like electricity to conduct a charge. It’s demonstrated at the atomic level and in very cold conditions so we’re not going to start lighting …
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Species extinction accelerating.
Statistics demonstrate that the extinction rates of animal species are much higher than had been predicted only a few years ago. Scientists are warning of an alarming increase in the extinction rates because of threats to biodiversity and ecosystems posed by pollution, climate change and urban spread. Freshwater species are most affected, becoming extinct six …
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Listen to Roubini
OK, you don’t have to listen to me. But listen to Nouriel Roubini, the high profile economist that sees past the King’s New Clothes. World financial crisis ‘not over’ “There is a wall of liquidity chasing assets. But I think that there is a growing gap between asset prices and the real economy.” Beware of …
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‘The bellboys are handing out stock tips in the lifts’
Are markets reaching bubble proportions? Regular readers of our world of money blog know how I feel. That’s not to say you can’t make money in a bubble. Or that valuations won’t be maintained. But I just can’t get comfortable with the massive hole in the financial system on one hand and the buoyancy of …
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Sweets for children = violence in adults
The report is full of maybes, but the message is clear: children who are given sweets daily have poor self-control and tend to become unhappy, violent adults. It’s not just the red ones either. Parents know that red food colour has a tendency to make children frenetic and irritable, but this study illustrates the consequences …
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Sovereign wealth funds: much ado about some money
Sovereign wealth funds: much ado about some money by Charles Kovacs* The first sovereign wealth fund (SWF) was established by Kuwait in 1953,[1] and was followed by many others from 1973-4, after the first oil crisis.[2] Since then, each major jump in oil and gas prices increased the number and size of SWFs; after 2000, …
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The power of the internet: online advertising overtakes TV
According to Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers online advertising spend is now greater than TV advertising spend in the UK. The study lumps all online methods together but it remains a milestone. Apparently TV spend has a higher return though that may be changing – personally I rarely follow an on-line ad link, but then …
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The recession has not slowed humanity’s consumption of the planet.
You would have thought that an economic recession, which has slowed spending, raised unemployment and impacted trade, would have had a beneficial effect on humanity’s ecological footprint. But it has not. The Consumption Explosion continues. Humanity’s footprint is still as large as ever. Today is “ecological debt day”, the day that humanity has used the …
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Guide to Socially Responsible Investment
See here the Guide to Socially Responsible Investment by NEF (pdf).
Happy Planet Index 2.0
See here the Happy Planet Index by NEF (pdf).