Brian HicksPosted June 22, 2007
As you well know, we think that the wave of Web 2.0 is continuing to build and will transform not just how information is made available, but also where it comes from. A large part of that, of...
Brian HicksPosted June 21, 2007
It will come as no surprise that the military planners deep within the Pentagon continue to wrestle with the growing threats posed by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army. But the biggest risk to...
Brian HicksPosted June 20, 2007
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: As the clock struck midnight on June 10, I had just arrived in Amman, Jordan. My local hosts, vibrant young entrepreneurs and rising stars in government investment initiatives...
Brian HicksPosted June 15, 2007
When it comes to taste in all thing digital, Steve Jobs is a man with an uncanny knack for the pulse of consumers everywhere. Its a simple fact thats not lost on his biggest rival, Bill Gates.
Brian HicksPosted June 15, 2007
At a commercial real-estate conference earlier this week, Alan Greenspan downplayed concerns that the Chinese might sell their significant holdings of U.S. Treasuries.
Nick HodgePosted June 14, 2007
Investing in water makes perfect sense. These companies are going to make money. . . because no matter how much it costs, there's no substitute for water--period. The laws of supply and demand don't...
Brian HicksPosted June 12, 2007
As Web 2.0 wave continues to evolve, a falling housing market has become the least of every realtors nightly worries. Buried beneath the surface is something potentially more disruptive than any...
Jeff SiegelPosted June 8, 2007
In terms of coal production, the US will likely hit its peak between 2020 and 2030. And that has nothing to do with all that legislation coming down from Capitol Hill (as well as individual states)...
Brian HicksPosted June 8, 2007
By tripling the tax on brokerage transactions, the Chinese government succeeded, at least temporarily, in restraining the surging Chinese stock market. But my expectation is that the correction will...
Brian HicksPosted June 7, 2007
KETURA, ISRAEL: What do you get when you mix an Israeli father and a Jordanian son? A bright idea and a hundred million dollars.
Brian HicksPosted June 7, 2007
As Barry Bonds continues to assault the home run mark established by Hank Aaron in 1976, Im reminded of the last great home run record to fall. That was in 1998 as Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa...
Brian HicksPosted June 6, 2007
In the same way that the State of Israel was not born into a vacuum, it is essential to put Israel's energy development in a regional context. Today on the Red Sea, I heard European, Jordanian, and...