Zoe Tabary
is the contributing editor for the Marketing community.
Bringing it all together
Hepatitis C may be the serious disease that most combines widespread prevalence with widespread ignorance. According to the WHO, it kills 350,000 people per year, and 150 million have the chronic form of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Yet, HCV is entirely preventable and largely curable.
James Chambers
is the contributing editor for the Healthcare community.
For Folk's Sake
When Obama talked of 'working folks' and 'folks coming here legally' in his latest state of the union address it signalled the US president's return to one of his favourite terms of address. The word 'folk' was notably missing from his second inauguration speech in January, but had been previously used with such abandon during the re-election campaign that it became an object of comment for more than one political watcher...
Sara Mosavi
is the contributing editor for the Global Markets community.
Sitting tight
It's no secret that companies around the world are sitting on record levels of cash. And it seems quite clear that the situation is not likely to change any time soon.
Klaus Kirchhoff
is a guest blogger for the Global Markets community
Stock market snakes and ladders
Many of the Chinese companies listed on the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt continue to trade below their issue price. A lack of trust in these companies and those listed on other western exchanges has persisted since the Sino-Forest affair. This is notwithstanding strong growth and high profits. Yet recent news indicates that this could change soon.
Anandajit Goswami
is a guest blogger for the Energy & Utilities community
The biofuels equation
What is the current situation in developing and developed countries concerning the production of biofuels?
Alex Laskey
is a guest blogger for the Energy & Utilities community
Changing behaviours
From 2010 to 2030, the global middle class is predicted to swell by 172%. Though increasing the quality of life for hundreds of millions, this population boom will also result in growing pressure on energy infrastructure and demand for reliable, affordable and cleaner energy supply.
Denis McCauley
is the contributing editor for the Technology community.
Doctor-patient-computer relationships
When a computer diagnoses a patient or prescribes a treatment, who’s to blame if the diagnosis or treatment proves incorrect? The scenario of computer-generated diagnosis in health care is not the distant future. IBM Watson, the supercomputer which famously defeated the all-time champions of the American quiz show Jeopardy a couple of years back, is part of pilot programmes under way at a handful of hospitals, including the Sloan-Kettering...
Sam Botterill
is the contributing editor for the Energy & Utilities community.
The new energy landscape
The coming of the long awaited Electricity Market Reform poses a most interesting prospect for the New Year, as it began progress in the House of Commons in November 2012. The bill aims to provide certainty to investors and bring forward the investment in new infrastructure needed to move toward a diverse, low-carbon economy as affordably as possible. The intent is that this will also support the creation of over 250,000 energy-related jobs...
James Wilde
is the contributing editor for the Energy & Utilities community.
Biofuels and the role of innovation
Unfortunately there is no silver bullet to solve the challenge of climate change. This means that low-carbon technologies will be required to significantly reduce carbon emissions. Many see this transformation as a cost to the economy but responding to climate change represents a huge commercial business opportunity through the creation of new markets. Bioenergy has the potential to decarbonise electricity generation, heat and transport in...
The Big Ideas Project
is a collection of videos showcasing Economist Events' most inspiring speakers
Chris Clark on what the customer needs
In this Big Ideas Project for the Financial Services community, Chris Clark, Group Head of Marketing at HSBC looks at how prioritising the customers' needs will result in success.
Filmed at The Big Rethink which took place on March 3rd 2012 in London.
Tom Standage
Digital Editor at The Economist
Updating my “Top 10” technologies for 2013
As the editor of Technology Quarterly it’s my job to keep up with promising new technologies, and to help me do that I maintain a list of emerging technologies that are worth watching. Items are added to the list if I think they are worth keeping an eye on, and removed if they either become widely accepted, or fail to deliver on their promise. Enterprise social networking was on my list for some time, for example, but I removed it last year...
Denis McCauley
is the contributing editor for the Technology community.
Is your IT department listening?
When it comes to technology drivers of competitiveness, all things mobile are the centre of gravity in businesses today. Rank and file employees, rather than senior management, are the reason for this. The more that we use our smartphones and tablets for everyday work activities, and the more untethered we become from our desktops, the more interested we are becoming in enabling truly efficient mobile working. And because we are also someone...
Sara Mosavi
is the contributing editor for the Global Markets community.
Still a man's world
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi's job is never done. Chairwoman and CEO at PepsiCo, one of the giants in the food and beverages industry, she's also director at the Consumer Goods Forum, a global industry network and board member at the World Economic Forum, an international organisation. During her career, Ms Nooyi has held a range of posts from corporate strategy to serving as Chief Financial Officer. She's also sat in many a boardroom, including...
Dougal Thomson
is the contributing editor for the Natural Resources & Environment community.
Getting tough on obesity
I don't like seeing a small child drinking a huge soda. It´s like a monkey smoking a cigarette: unsettling, unnatural and unlikely to end well. Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York, presumably feels the same way, given his attempt to limit the size of sugary drinks on sale in the Big Apple to 16 ounces (473 mils).
Around 60 percent of the city´s adults and 40 percent of its children are overweight or obese. As the Mayor explained...
Phil Burns
is a guest blogger for the Energy & Utilities community
Keeping the nuclear option open
The European Union is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050, in the context of necessary reductions by developed countries as a group. At the end of 2011, the European Commission published the Energy Roadmap 2050, which explores the challenges posed by delivering the EU's decarbonisation objective while at the same time ensuring security of energy supply and competitiveness.
