A former banker at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, who worked in London and Madrid for nearly a decade, has embarked on a mission to raise standards in luxury swim shorts right from the heart of Punta del Este in south-eastern Uruguay on the Atlantic coast. The goal is to tap a share of a booming swimwear market.
This Time it’s Personal. It Really is All About You
The future of advertising, really the future of all business, social interaction, our quality of life and learning is about to be governed by algorithms. Rubbish I hear you say, we are in control of our lives, decisions, learning and future. Well, not for long unless we look very carefully at how we structure the internet and our collection of personal data over the next few years and tailor the code, that will soon run much of it, with an eye to ethics and quality of life over personal gain.
The UN-backed World Forum on Natural Capital will be the first major global conference devoted to understanding the economic value of natural capital.
Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, will join the prestigious line-up of speakers on the first day of the inaugural World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh this November.
The UN-backed event will help business and sustainability leaders to identify the economic value of natural capital – the world’s natural resources such as water, forests and biodiversity, on which we rely for our economic and social wellbeing.
The process of the regionalisation of Latin America has clearly seen Brazil emerge as the dominant single nation in the region, with some 193 million of a total of 572 million population on the continent, contributing to 40% of the region's total GDP. This massive success is partly due to the underlying power of the demographic expansion of Brazil, as well as the pragmatic nature of its people, and has taken place despite the less than optimal policies of the country's popular President from 2003-2010 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Invesco and Jyske Invest Win Top Group Awards
London – Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, recently announced the winners of the Lipper Fund Awards 2013 UK. The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community.
Invesco and Jyske Invest collected the top Group Awards.
The full list of Group Award winners include:
Group Award
Invesco
