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Shell Global Scenarios to 2025

December 8, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

For over 30 years, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group has used these scenarios to identify business risks and opportunities in ways forecasts cannot. Now for the first time these scenerios are available to the public. This book portrays three plausible futures with contrasting economic, political, and regulatory features and distinct implications for the energy system.

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Sunfood Living: Resource Guide for Global Health

December 4, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

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“Sunfood Living is a lifesaving book. Its abundance of documented facts demonstrates how our current way of living and eating rapidly destroys the environment and our health. John McCabe offers a wide spectrum of sustainable solutions from around the world. I consider this book a timely eye-opener for individuals, families, businesses, and governments.”–Victoria Boutenko, author of the books Green for Life; 12 Steps to Raw Food; and co-author of The Raw Family: A Tru…
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Global Private Banking and Wealth Management: The New Realities

December 1, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

Wealth management is one of the areas in which banks and other personal financial services players are investing heavily. But the market is changing fast. Going forward, players therefore need to adapt their strategies to the new realities: what worked in the past will not, for the most part, be appropriate in the future. This unique book, written by a former McKinsey consultant, offers an up-to-date, detailed, practical understanding of this exciting area of financial services.…
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Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment, Second Edition

November 16, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

From Publishers Weekly

In this timely book, Speth, dean of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, sounds the alarm on the seriousness of the global environmental crisis. Although he contends that it is not too late to avert disaster, he stresses that we are running out of time and that we can’t afford to let current trends continue. He acknowledges that there have been a few hopeful developments, such as the ban on ozone-depleting chemicals around the w…
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Investing in Internet Stocks: The Global Gold Rush of the New Economy

October 25, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Discover the best strategies and proven techniques for scoring in high tech and Internet stocks With the dramatic and unprecedented growth of high tech and Internet stocks on Wall Street, private investors are looking for information on how they can capitalize on this sector. This book provides the serious equity investor with a host of investing ideas and insights from top stock market players around the world. Focusing on Internet and other high tech stocks, this book will hel…
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Global Shift: How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity

October 16, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

A remarkable change is taking place that will profoundly influence the way we see ourselves and our world. The dominant materialistic, separatist worldview–a perspective that leads individuals to value their own needs over the good of the whole–is giving way to a humanitarian-spiritual orientation. This shift will revolutionize both the way humanity interacts on a global scale and how we live on a day-to-day basis. Global Shift explores the roots of such current planetary cri…
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Understanding the Global Spa Industry: Spa Management

October 12, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales.Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine management practices in this industry and offers a groundbreaking and comprehensive approach to global spa management, covering everything from the beginnings of the industry through to con…
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Ending Global Poverty: The MicroFranchise Solution

September 15, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

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“I am hugely impressed. This is exactly the kind of foreign aid in which I myself deeply believe.” –Jay Ambrose, Colorado, Chief Editorial Writer, Scripps Howard News Service.”I really enjoyed this book. I sent it to several colleagues within my company as well as external partners who are engaged in various MicroFranchises in India.” –Karishma Kiri, Emerging Markets, Microsoft.”This is precisely what we need in this country.” –Maximo San Roman, Peru, former Vice President…
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Ethics, CSR, & Sustainability:: An Aristotelian Vision, Mission, And Strategy For The Global Economy And A Sustainable Planet

September 5, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, & Sustainability is a practical guide to business ethics, offering universal guidelines on strategies, choosing a professional board, establishing sound oversight practices, and being a good environmental neighbor. The book illustrates how Classical philosophies and the spirit of Eudaimonia can be incorporated into corporate principles.

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