Innovation Blog
Monday, January 18, 2010
| Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Business
| Tags: innovation,
government,
entrepreneur,
google,
London Evening Standard,
Russia,
Sergey Brin,
Boris Berezovsky,
Abramovitch,
Putin,
Japan,
Dmitry Medvedev
Russia is aspiring to be a global force for the innovative and ambitious
“The secret of politics?” said Bismark, “Make a good treaty with Russia.” Otto von Bismark, Prussian Prime Minister, founder and Chancellor of the German Empire, knew how to separate roubles from rubble. Today, more than 100 years after Bismark, the dead dog of communism has awakened as a proud lion. Russia ended 2008 with GDP growth of 5.6%, following 10 straight years of growth averaging seven per cent.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
| Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Education
| Tags: innovation,
financial,
media,
government,
entrepreneur,
university,
india,
car,
talent
Neutron Jack is back. Jack Welch, General Electric’s supercharged former CEO, is putting formidable wealth right next to his informative mouth, launching a new online MBA which he claims will compete with bricks and mortar programmes.
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Friday, May 08, 2009
| Posted by: Brian Maguire
Categories:
Healthcare
| Tags: innovation,
entrepreneur,
energy,
science,
healthcare,
pharmaceuticals,
nanotechnology
Defence of our nation’s health persists as a matter of priority. It’s an irrational position to take, for ultimately the nation cannot preserve our health, we all expire, a bit like identity cards. Our expectation, is that one day we won’t shuffle off this mortal coil, but just go for a refit, an upgrade, popping into Me-Me World at lunch to get memory chips expanded and a couple of heart valves replaced.
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