| Currency of Ideas-Updates from the Global Conference |
| "Freemium" access and the future of news |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 05:46 PM |
| Information wants to be free. On the other hand, journalists want to eat.
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| Keeping tabs on the Fed |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 05:28 PM |
| The Federal Reserve, facing growing deflationary pressures in the U.S. and abroad, is unlikely to tighten monetary policy until early 2011. Read more... |
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| Hooked on math and science |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 05:17 PM |
| What if students looked up to our world’s greatest scientists and engineers just like they do our star athletes? Read more... |
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| Credit alternatives needed for SMEs |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 05:09 PM |
| With large banks reluctant to lend, a panel of experts urged investors to support alternative means to channel funds to small and medium-size firms. Read more... |
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| Looking at the big picture with Nouriel Roubini and Mike Milken |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 03:28 PM |
| Two of the most knowledgeable minds in economics and finance sat down for an in-depth conversation about everything from sovereign debt to "super-McMansions." Read more... |
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| Hope on the horizon in the fight against cancer |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 03:00 PM |
| Some 1,500 Americans die every day from cancer. Despite these staggering statistics, a panel of scientists and cancer survivors said they've never been more hopeful about treatment and cures. Read more... |
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| Banks at "serious risk of atrophying," Whitney says |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 02:18 PM |
| The balance sheets of large U.S. banks are weaker than advertised, and the institutions are at serious risk of losing market share in key business lines, a leading bank analyst said. Read more... |
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| What's ahead for the housing market? |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 02:08 PM |
| Industry experts predict next year's home prices, what will happen to home sales, and how immigration will affect the market, among other topics. Read more... |
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| Superhero blockbusters: There is no Batman without the Joker |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 01:32 PM |
| Comic-book blockbusters are as much about the villains as the heroes, according to a panel of directors, producers and studio executives. Read more... |
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| China: Long or short? |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 11:52 AM |
| Who knew this question would provoke such fireworks? Read more... |
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| Civility returns to politics |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 11:01 AM |
| The topics at Tuesday's political panel were potentially incendiary, but it was one of the more civil political discussions of the past 12 months. Read more... |
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| How can the U.S. implement lasting, comprehensive education reform? |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 10:42 AM |
| Given the resistance to changing the status quo, can the American K-12 system be reformed? Read more... |
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| Health reform: Where do we go from here? |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 09:24 AM |
| With the health reform law in place, leaders in the industry had more questions than answers about its implications. Read more... |
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| Streamlining the FDA |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 09:19 AM |
| The agency that regulates 25 cents of every dollar spent by U.S. consumers has a budget that is half what Americans spend every year on potato chips.
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| The Eurozone's big, fat Greek debt problem |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 08:58 AM |
| Tuesday's Global Conference session on the Eurozone seemed ripped from the headlines. Read more... |
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| Do our financial models still work? |
| Posted on April 28, 2010 at 07:51 AM |
| The failure of financial models revealed two fundamental problems — their inability to account for liquidation values and the dynamics that result when traders make similar bets. Read more... |
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| Rebalancing America's energy portfolio |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 08:14 PM |
| Just like you wouldn't have only one stock in a portfolio, said Jay Pryor of Chevron, America needs to diversify its energy sources. His solution? "Invest, baby, invest." Read more... |
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| Hedge funds: Rebuilding trust |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 07:48 PM |
| Investors are stepping up their due diligence like never before. Read more... |
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| Inside the minds of great innovators |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 06:58 PM |
| Everybody talks about innovation, but these people actually do something about it. Read more... |
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| Halting the spread of nuclear weapons |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 06:26 PM |
| Is nuclear disarmament a pie-in-the-sky goal? Read more... |
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| "Edupreneurs" as game-changers: The charter school's role in driving innovation |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 06:13 PM |
| In 1990, there were no charter schools. Now there are 5,000 across the country, gaining attention as a viable option for parents. Can these "pockets of innovation" be scaled up? Should they be? Read more... |
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| The stimulus in hindsight: What would you have done? |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 05:32 PM |
| With the benefit of hindsight, panelists in the U.S. Overview session were asked what worked and what they would have done differently. Read more... |
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| The bulls are back in private equity |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 04:18 PM |
| The economy may have entered a slow recovery, but the market for private equity has snapped back so dramatically that buyout firms are struggling to find bargains. Read more... |
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| Philanthropy with maximum impact |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 03:42 PM |
| In a panel that gathered several giants in the world of philanthropy, tennis great Andre Agassi spoke movingly of why he chose to focus on helping children. Read more... |
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| It's not true that fences make good neighbors |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 03:11 PM |
| Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, had powerful comments about proposals to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more... |
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| Rethinking financing for global health |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 02:49 PM |
| This year's conference highlighted the vital need for creativity and innovation in our thinking about how to fund medical R&D targeting diseases of the developing world. Read more... |
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| Alphabet soup of financial products isn't all bad |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 02:08 PM |
| It's one of the fallouts of the financial crisis. Acronyms for financial products have gotten a bad name. Read more... |
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| Governors: Is more education spending a magic pill or a placebo? |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 10:26 AM |
| Can education be improved by throwing money at it? It depends on whom you ask.
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| Fun hotel fact |
| Posted on April 27, 2010 at 09:35 AM |
| From a panel on the hospitality sector: Which guests are the biggest complainers? Read more... |
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| Zinger of the day |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 09:48 PM |
| Glass ceilings have consequences . . . Read more... |
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| Fantasy features for future mobile phones |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 09:33 PM |
| Five professionals in the mobile industry reveal their fantasy phone features. Read more... |
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| Wall Street, get ready for another regime change |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 09:06 PM |
| A panel of leading investors reckons the fortunes of Wall Street firms will soon be reshuffled again by financial reform legislation, which is expected to become law next month. Read more... |
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| CalPERS may radically alter investment strategy |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 08:15 PM |
| The California Public Employees' Retirement System is radically rethinking the way it allocates its $213 billion portfolio,Chief Investment Officer Joseph Dear said. Read more... |
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| Transforming schools with technology: What does it take? |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 08:00 PM |
| The federal government has pumped $100 billion into the stimulus to promote innovation and change in the nation's schools. Are states and districts ready to take the technology plunge? Read more... |
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| Open innovation could open doors in medical research |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 07:28 PM |
| A panel of experts from across the medical research spectrum said that one of the biggest hurdles on the path to faster medical cures is a growing disconnect between academia and industry. Read more... |
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| Human capital, technology key to expanding access to education in developing nations |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 06:05 PM |
| Education delivery is no longer solely "brick and mortar" — today's reference to a teacher standing in front of 25 students in a traditional school setting. As technology expands exponentially, so is education around the globe. Read more... |
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| Changing our health-care priorities: Incentivizing prevention and cures |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 05:20 PM |
| Health reform legislation is a positive step toward providing more Americans with insurance, but there's a big omission: The law doesn't do enough to promote prevention, innovation and cures. Read more... |
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| Boards of directors: Calling for more accountability |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 01:54 PM |
| Boards of directors in corporate America, having failed to stop companies such as Enron and Lehman Bros. from self destructing, will emerge from the financial crisis with enhanced clout, independence and diversity - and a new mandate to really use their new new role to stop abuses and recklessness. Read more... |
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| Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens: When it comes to America's energy future, there's no time to waste |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 01:14 PM |
| Ted Turner didn't mince words: "We've gotta get off the Titanic before it sails." He and T. Boone Pickens argued passionately that America has to start weaning itself off foreign oil imports — and do it now. Read more... |
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| A stimulating debate over federal intervention |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 11:50 AM |
| What is the appropriate role for government in the economy? That was at the root of the discussion during "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs." Read more... |
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| Where are we on the road from recession to recovery? |
| Posted on April 26, 2010 at 10:12 AM |
| The economy is clearly looker brighter and more stable than it did 12 months ago, but what are the prospects for building real momentum – and finally adding jobs? Read more... |
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| The media have arrived |
| Posted on April 21, 2010 at 02:52 PM |
| The Global Conference is making headines this week. The Beverly Hilton is buzzing with camera crews and correspondents. Read more... |
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| Global Conference, by the numbers |
| Posted on April 21, 2010 at 01:35 PM |
| It’s a business conference, so we can’t help it: We have to do the math. Read more... |
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| "I'd like to thank the Academy - and the Milken Institute" |
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| After more than a dozen years, Global Conference has its own lore. A Milken Institute favorite is how the conference played a supporting role in bringing about the award-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
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| But wait, there 's more! |
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| We've got a great program that gets better by the day. NBA Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas, film producer Brian Grazer and investor Richard Li are just a few of the late-breaking additions. Read more... |
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