Last weekend bankers, including Goldman Sachs’s big guns, were actively courting GroupOn to lead its speculated IPO this year. This week Goldman (again) announced that it had raised a US$
ContinueThis week’s summit in Washington between Hu Jintao and Barack Obama was carefully choreographed to put the emerging relationship between China and the US into a positive frame. With recent
ContinueGUEST BLOG from Greg Rice, CEO Activate Media, long-time Silicon Valley investor and tech guru: FaceBook now has 600 million users, less than six months since it passed the 500 million mark,
ContinueAs the news came through on the Arizona shooting tragedy on Saturday, I was finishing a report on belief-based organizations. Since then, I have been reflecting on the role of
ContinueLook out for our January 2011 GT Briefing, which gives you a single source to find some of the more interesting and important trend forecasts and predictions for 2011. There’s
ContinueAs 2011 looms closer, thoughts naturally turn to what lies ahead. What events will we see unfold? Which hopes will be realized and which will be dashed? What new ideas
ContinueA couple of weeks ago, I wrote that the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables highlighted that we are living in an age of unprecedented transparency, one where information is
ContinueBut are the streets paved with gold? Interesting research has come out in the last few months focusing on the potential opportunities and influence of emerging and established urban markets.
ContinueWikileaks – the story of the moment. The question is: Is it a story of heroes or villains? There are plenty of commentaries in the press on both sides, lots
ContinueBoundaries are blurring in many industries. For an example see our article “Who’s Looking After You?” which focuses on how industry boundaries are blurring in the health and wellness value
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