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World military spending: over $1.4 trillion in 2008

September 6th, 2010 Comments off

World military spending in 2008 topped $1.4 trillion. Military spending has been on the rise since the late 1990s.

Using 2005 constant prices (where the spending for 2008 would be equivalent to just over $1.2 trillion), a comparison of previous years can be seen:

This page has been updated with various new and updated charts, as well as further discussion on peace spending vs. military spending and US military spending debates about pegging it to GDP or not.

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Lexmark International
Level 3 Communications
Lawson Software
Land Software

Global Financial Crisis: Rich countries resisting meaningful reform

August 15th, 2010 Comments off

A number of global forums have taken place to address various aspects of the global financial crisis, from immediate measures to discussion on long-term reforms and changes. However, it appears that rich nations are blocking meaningful reform and resisting calls from developing countries for fundamental changes that would democratize the international order and give more voice to developing countries to have a say in their own economic affairs. This update includes a description of this in further detail.

Hynix Semiconductor
Infosys Technologies
International Business Machines
Inventec
Kddi

Global Financial Crisis: Rich countries resisting meaningful reform

August 9th, 2010 Comments off

A number of global forums have taken place to address various aspects of the global financial crisis, from immediate measures to discussion on long-term reforms and changes. However, it appears that rich nations are blocking meaningful reform and resisting calls from developing countries for fundamental changes that would democratize the international order and give more voice to developing countries to have a say in their own economic affairs. This update includes a description of this in further detail.Adobe Systems
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
Alliance Data Systems
Alltel
Amazon.Com

World military spending: over $1.4 trillion in 2008

August 6th, 2010 Comments off

World military spending in 2008 topped $1.4 trillion. Military spending has been on the rise since the late 1990s.

Using 2005 constant prices (where the spending for 2008 would be equivalent to just over $1.2 trillion), a comparison of previous years can be seen:

This page has been updated with various new and updated charts, as well as further discussion on peace spending vs. military spending and US military spending debates about pegging it to GDP or not.

Read full article: World Military Spending

Take-two Interactive Software
Syntel
Syntax-brillian
Synopsys
Synnex

World military spending: over $1.4 trillion in 2008

August 6th, 2010 Comments off

World military spending in 2008 topped $1.4 trillion. Military spending has been on the rise since the late 1990s.

Using 2005 constant prices (where the spending for 2008 would be equivalent to just over $1.2 trillion), a comparison of previous years can be seen:

This page has been updated with various new and updated charts, as well as further discussion on peace spending vs. military spending and US military spending debates about pegging it to GDP or not.

Read full article: World Military Spending

Fair Isaac
Factset Research Systems
F5 Networks
Epicor Software
Emulex

Global Financial Crisis: Rich countries resisting meaningful reform

August 2nd, 2010 Comments off

A number of global forums have taken place to address various aspects of the global financial crisis, from immediate measures to discussion on long-term reforms and changes. However, it appears that rich nations are blocking meaningful reform and resisting calls from developing countries for fundamental changes that would democratize the international order and give more voice to developing countries to have a say in their own economic affairs. This update includes a description of this in further detail.Kddi
Kla-tencor
Koninklijke Kpn
Lam Research
Liberty Global

Let’s fund every entrepreneur

August 2nd, 2010 Comments off

There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator’s AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham’s comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington’s comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I’ll join in now.Take-two Interactive Software
Syntel
Syntax-brillian
Synopsys
Synnex

Global Financial Crisis: Rich countries resisting meaningful reform

July 31st, 2010 Comments off

A number of global forums have taken place to address various aspects of the global financial crisis, from immediate measures to discussion on long-term reforms and changes. However, it appears that rich nations are blocking meaningful reform and resisting calls from developing countries for fundamental changes that would democratize the international order and give more voice to developing countries to have a say in their own economic affairs. This update includes a description of this in further detail.Mantech International
Manhattan Associates
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Linear Technology .
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Let’s fund every entrepreneur

July 31st, 2010 Comments off

There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator’s AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham’s comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington’s comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I’ll join in now.United Online
Unisys
Triquint Semiconductor
Trimble Navigation Limited
Trident Microsystems

World military spending: over $1.4 trillion in 2008

July 20th, 2010 Comments off

World military spending in 2008 topped $1.4 trillion. Military spending has been on the rise since the late 1990s.

Using 2005 constant prices (where the spending for 2008 would be equivalent to just over $1.2 trillion), a comparison of previous years can be seen:

This page has been updated with various new and updated charts, as well as further discussion on peace spending vs. military spending and US military spending debates about pegging it to GDP or not.

Read full article: World Military Spending

Liberty Global
Lm Ericsson
Logitech International
Memc Electronic Materials
Microsoft