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Jack Straw - keynote confirmed for The General Counsel Conference 2010
We are delighted to confirm Jack Straw, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor , Labour Party as a keynote speaker for our 14.00 session on our programme. Prior to Mr Straw providing his keynote, we will also hear from Todd Stitzer, former CEO, Cadbury who will give a keynote presentation at...
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Photos from the The Economist's City Lecture
See the photos from The Economist's spring City Lecture with George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management and John Micklethwait, Editor-in-chief, The Economist. The lecture took place on April 13th 2010 at Haberdasher's Hall, London.   Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer // <![CDATA[ var so = new...
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Redesigning the business landscape: globalisation and technology
On January 28th 2010, Economist Conferences, in association with Accenture, held its third Davos breakfast forum, based on the results of an ongoing research programme on globalisation conducted by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit. To watch the full discussion, please click here The twin forces of globalisation and technology will...
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The Global Agenda 2010
EXCLUSIVE DINNER AND BOARDROOM MEETING A private gathering of 50 chairmen, CEOs and influential thinkers from politics and academia, The Global Agenda provides a unique opportunity for world leaders to meet and discuss the key business, political and economic issues of the day.  Alongside The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief will be three other...
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The Emerging Markets Summit
Getting your strategy right in emerging markets means more than seekingnew opportunities; it could be critical for your company’s survival. Just as the West once underestimated the potential of emerging markets, it now fails to grasp the complexities of a fluid, multi-directional global business landscape.  The Emerging Markets Summit 2010...
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The 2009 Emerging Markets Summit
Over 300 senior executives from 20 countries met at the Park Plaza Riverbank, London on September 17th-18th for a lively debate on emerging markets. Speakers included three heads of state, leading policy-makers, and chief executives of some of the world’s largest corporations. The diverse programme, and the participation of more than 300...
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Idea: Globalisation
The freer movement of goods, services, ideas and people around the world Globalisation is the more or less simultaneous marketing and sale of identical goods and services around the world. So widespread has the phenomenon become over the past two decades that no one is surprised any more to find Coca-Cola in rural Vietnam, Accenture in Tashkent...
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Seasonal review - Business Growth
Since early 2008, business leaders around the world have been battling the worst economic and financial crisis for more than a generation. They have endured gut-wrenching asset prices falls (notwithstanding recent equity rallies), declining customer confidence and log-jammed credit markets, to name just a few. In recent months, we have seen...
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The fragile web of foreign trade
The recession makes globalisation more necessary, but more precarious A FEW years ago, Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick, two economic historians, coined the term “Chimerica” to describe the symbiosis between the world’s two great powers. Chinese people save, they observed, allowing Americans to borrow and spend more than they earn. American...
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Countdown to Copenhagen - An EIU Report
2009 has the potential to be a watershed year for climate change. The clock is counting down to the Copenhagen conference in December, where the world's governments will meet with the aim of thrashing out a workable successor to the Kyoto Protocol and bringing both developing and developed countries into the framework in some way. The outcome will...
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