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Cool It
At the Hamptons International Film Festival, I saw “Cool It,” the new documentary directed by Sundance two-time Grand Jury Prize winner, Ondi Timoner (“Dig!,” “We Live in Public”). It features Bjorn...
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“Cool It” Redux
It is worth seeing the commercial version of “Cool It.” Hurry, though, since I don’t think 4 people in an audience at each showing will be commercially viable. Ondi Timoner must have gotten more...
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What to Expect for the Economy and the Climate in 2011
2011 is shaping up to be an interesting year for the global and the US economies, and it could be an interesting year on the climate change front as well. In mid-December, 2010, it is the normal time...
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California Climate, Iben Browning and the Business of Weather
Southern California lashed once more by rain, slides The tail end of a storm that dumped rain on Southern California for nearly a week gave the region one final lashing on Wednesday, burying houses and...
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Shutting Down Nuclear Power in Germany? This May be the Best Thing for...
So, Germany is shutting down all of its nuclear plants by 2022. At the peak the plants produced 27.5% of Germany’s electricity. Renewable Energy is now up to 17.5%. There is a big gap to fill in a...
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A Brief Look at the World—China, the US, Europe and the Lake Forest...
I am heading out to Chicago for one of the triannual meetings of the Lake Forest Investment Society. We have been meeting three times a year (yes, triannual can mean three times a year) for many years...
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Marcellus Shale:New York::Prudhoe Basin:Alaska. Why Not?
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has put out a 46 megabyte document with proposed regulations on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale formation in...
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What Could Happen in 2012 (and Beyond)
Byron Wien, the Election, the Economy, Immigration, China, India, South America, Education–surprises! Byron Wien does the most thorough job of putting together thoughtful, provocative and useful ideas...
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Labor Market, Stock Market, The Economy, and Why the JOLTS Report is Both...
The labor market is fine, but there are some concerns (and opportunities). Listen to the podcast of a conversation with Bloomberg’s Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn of “The Hays Advantage” on Bloomberg...
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The Economy, The Markets, Obama’s Climate Change speech and Idealab: A Podcast
I recently did a broadcast on the Hays Advantage reviewing the turmoil in the marketplace, tying it back to our outlook of last November. We also spent some time on Obama’s speech and introduction of...
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