As we saw yesterday with China’s massive preference for petrol cars over hybrids, developing countries are discovering carbon-emitting technologies right when the developed world doesn’t…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | September 8, 2009 11:54AM | No Comments »
BYD, the Chinese car manufacturer, may have the approval of Warren Buffett, have its petrol cars selling well with China’s emerging middle class,…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | September 7, 2009 12:23PM | No Comments »
It’s nearly a year since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, toppling banking confidence and generally going on to cripple the spring in everyone’s noughties step. Everyone…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 4, 2009 2:08PM | No Comments »
Hedge funds, with their wildly fluctuating rates of return and dependence on the short-term health of investments, are pretty much the first place you start…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 3, 2009 11:45AM | No Comments »
The debate about geoengineering, the process of intervening in and manipulating the natural environment, comes as the UK government’s energy promises have been admirably ambitious,…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | September 2, 2009 1:30PM | 1 Comment »
If government fraud investigators are G-Men, then Kroll is like Philip Marlowe – a private and independent snoop for hire for when you want things…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 1, 2009 11:31AM | No Comments »