Economy

Guy Kawasaki: The Top Ten Ways to Tell If Things Are Really Bad

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on October 15, 2008 - 5:39am.

The experts are promulgating many esoteric ways to determine the financial condition of the economy. It's irrational to base one's mood on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). After all, (a) what does that have to do with the real world? And (b) it reflects the buying (and selling) decisions of the same investment bankers who got us into this mess.

tags: Investing | Humor | Finance | Economy |

Will Internet Advertising Be Affected By Recent Wall Street Woes?

Authored by Jay Baage on September 18, 2008 - 10:40am.

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tags: Marketing | Advertising | Economy |

EU Unveils Five-Year Program to Boost Digital Economy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2005 - 8:48am.

Brussels -- The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a five-year program to boost Europe's digital economy and close the gap with the U.S. and Japan. Dubbed i2010, the program aims to create a framework for investment in the IT sector, boost consumers and businesses' adoption of IT and deal with the increasing convergence of technologies. "(Internet telephony), Web TV, on-line music, movies on mobile telephones … all this is now reality," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "To enhance investment in this promising sector of the economy, we must provide a coherent regulatory framework for Europe's digital economy that is market-oriented, flexible and future-proof." Reding said the EU would focus its research spending on key information and communication technologies, such as nanoelectronics.