Today, a few newspapers trying to interpret Obama’s remarks on the auto industry make me feel like the President’s auto task force is planning to do exactly what I wrote on November 30th, 2008. Searching Google News you’ll find numerous articles claiming that Obama wants to split General Motors into a “good company” and a [...]
Three hours ago, President Obama outlined his plan for struggling U.S. car makers. He blamed a “failure of leadership from Washington to Detroit” for the dire situation of GM and Chrysler and forced GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner to resign. GM president Fritz Henderson - who had been president of Singapore-based GM Asia Pacific and later chairman [...]
[originally posted on my old blog on October 4th, 2008; updated March 29th 2009]
Nowadays, almost everybody is talking somehow about energy issues. Be it the majority of drivers squeezed at the gas pump or environmentalists worrying about the consequences of our exuberant energy consumption: greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Others worry about the threat [...]
Singapore is leading Asia in Information and Communications Technologies according to the World Economic Forum. The South-East Asian business hub was ranked 4th on the Networked-Readiness Index (NRI) of the The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009.
(http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Information%20Technology%20Report/index.htm)
I recommend you to read my post Singapore determined to master the storm for more information on Singapore’s economy.
Being a global [...]
This concept was developed by CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology), a privately held research and development company. These “Solar Islands” should make it possible to transform large amounts of solar energy into electricity and hydrogen at a reasonable cost. The rotating solar islands could be set up in remote areas of the world with high solar irradiation. Floating [...]
