“LEBANON THIS WEEK” ISSUE 80 AUGUST 29 2008
August 31, 2008 at 2:16 pm | In Arabs, Economics, Financial, Middle East, Research | Leave a CommentLEBANON THIS WEEK – Issue 80
Byblos Economic Research Team
Fri, 29 Aug 2008
Dear All:
Please find enclosed the 80th issue of Lebanon This Week.
For past issues of Lebanon This Week, please visit our website at
http://www.byblosbank.com.lb/newscenter/economic_research/index.shtml
Best Regards,
Nassib Ghobril
Head of Economic Research & Analysis
Byblos Bank Group
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P.O. Box 11-5605
Beirut, Lebanon
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LEBANON THIS WEEK – Issue 80
Byblos Economic Research Team
Fri, 29 Aug 2008
CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL DIMMING
August 31, 2008 at 12:44 pm | In Earth, Globalization, Research, Science & Technology | Leave a CommentGlobal Dimming
Prof. V. Ramanathan
Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0221
La Jolla, CA 92093-0221
Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
http://www-ramanathan.ucsd.edu/
Director, Center for Clouds, Chemistry & Climate (C4)
Chief Scientist, Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment (CEPEX)
Co-Chief Scientist, Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)
Chair, Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC)
Chair, Committee on Strategic Advice on the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
On Global Dimming
Overview of Global Dimming and Brightening – observations, causes, consequences, and hypotheses
V. Ramanathan, International Workshop on Global Dimming and Brightening opening talk, Ein Gedi, Israel Feb. 10-14, 2008. (.ppt)
Ramanathan, V., Role of Black Carbon in Global and Regional Climate Change, Testimonial to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 18, 2007.
Global Dimming by Air Pollution and Global Warming by Greenhouse Gases: global and regional perspectives
V. Ramanathan, ICNAA Plenary lecture, Galway, Ireland Aug. 13-17, 2007
Bjerknes Lecture: Global Dimming and its Masking Effect on Global Warming
V. Ramanathan (2006), Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A23D-01
Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Hemispherical and regional variations in long range transport, absorption, and radiative forcing. Ramanathan, V., F. Li, M.V. Ramana, P.S. Praveen, D. Kim, C.E. Corrigan, H. Nguyen (2007). J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S21, doi:10.1029/2006JD008124.
Ramanathan, V., et al., 2001: The Indian Ocean Experiment: An Integrated Assessment of the Climate Forcing and Effects of the Great Indo-Asian Haze. J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres,106, (D 22), 28,371-28,399
Global Dimming
MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA (MENA) RESEARCH
August 31, 2008 at 12:11 pm | In Africa, Economics, Financial, Middle East, Research | Leave a CommentNBK Capital MENA Research
NBK Capital MENA Daily Publication
NBK Capital MENA Research MENAresearch@nbkcapital.com
MENA Daily – 31 August 2008
Sun, 31 Aug 2008
Please find attached NBK Capital MENA Daily Publication.
This is a daily NBK Capital publication that tabulates the performance of each of the MENA region’s twelve markets.
Thank you,
NBK Capital MENA Research
Ahmed Al-Jaber Street, Sharq
P.O. Box 4950 Safat 13050
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Tel.: +965 224 6663
Fax: +965 224 6984
NBK Capital MENA Research
NBK Capital MENA Daily Publication
NBK Capital MENA Research MENAresearch@nbkcapital.com
MENA Daily – 31 August 2008
Sun, 31 Aug 2008
H.G.WELLS ANTICIPATIONS OF THE ATOMIC AGE
August 30, 2008 at 5:45 am | In Books, Research, Science & Technology | Leave a CommentThe Last War
H. G. Wells (Author) and Greg Bear (Editor)
“From nearly two hundred centres, and every week added to their number, roared the unquenchable crimson conflagrations of the atomic bombs. The flimsy fabric of the world’s credit had vanished, industry was completed disorganised, and every city, every thickly populated area was starving or trembled on the verge of starvation. Most of the capital cities of the world were burning; millions of people had already perished, and over great areas government was at an end.” The Last War erupts in Europe, rapidly escalating from bloody trench warfare and vicious aerial duels into a world-consuming, atomic holocaust. Paris is engulfed by an atomic maelstrom, Berlin is an ever-flaming crater, the cold waters of the North Sea roar past Dutch dikes and sweep across the Low Countries. Moscow, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and hundreds of other cities become radioactive wastelands. Governments topple, age-old cultural legacies are destroyed, and the stage is set for a new social and political order.“
“The Last War” is H. G. Wells’s chilling and prophetic tale of a world gone mad with atomic weapons and of the rebirth of human-kind from the rubble. Written long before the atomic age, Wells’s novel is a riveting and intelligent history of the future that discusses for the first time the horrors of the atomic bomb, offering a startling vision of humanity purged by a catastrophic atomic war.”
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H.G.WELLS IDEAS ON A NEW WORLD ORDER
August 30, 2008 at 5:06 am | In Books, Globalization, History, Literary, Philosophy, World-system | Leave a CommentThe Open Conspiracy:
What Are We To Do With Our Lives?
by H., G. Wells (Author)
Editorial Reviews
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This is a guidebook on world control and management, a program that Wells believed should be orchestrated (and would be successful) through what he called the “Open Conspiracy”. This conspiracy is fully outlined in this work and is designed to be run by many separate organizations working together, as opposed to being run by just one group. Is this required reading for the world’s most powerful people? Maybe it is. Or maybe it should be. Wells was a visionary and genius whose work should be paid attention to. Chapters include The Idea of the Open Conspiracy, We Have to Clear and Clean Up Our Minds, The Revolution in Education, Religion in the New World, What Mankind Has to Do, Modern Forces Antagonistic to the Open Conspiracy, The Resistances of the Less Industrialized Peoples to the Drive of the Open Conspiracy, The Open Conspiracy Begins as a Movement of Discussion, Explanation and Propaganda, Development of the Activities of the Open Conspiracy, Human Life in the Coming World Community, and more.
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The Open Conspiracy calls for various things that either have been implemented since like a centralized world bank controlling all money creation, which all “world citizens” (at this point in time unwittingly) would pay a tax into. He also calls for eliminating property ownership, replacing individual land owners with “householders” or “tenants.” Wells being the generous enlightened type that he is does think that to a degree the “householder” should be allowed to “fashion his house and garden after his own desire.”
Other choice things discussed in The Open Conspiracy, and these are direct quotes, are Wells talking about the need for a “mental sanitation process” where feelings of nationalism are to be replaced with an acceptance being a “world citizen”. Wells says the main objective of the “Open Conspiracy” in the early stages of the social engineering process is to “disentangle all traditions, loyalties, and time honored ideas”, meaning loyalty to ones country, race and family. He also calls for education reform to have education that pushes “the cause of world reconstruction” as well as publishing books that push this idea and making sure all libraries are stocked with them. He also says the Open Conspiracy must “impose freedom”.
The New World Order
by H. G. Wells (Author)
Editorial Reviews
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The New World Order is an important book by novelist H. G. Wells and features his belief that it would be beneficial to the world if a new world order ruled the world which would united all the worlds people and at the same time cause war to no longer exist. This is an excellent book for individuals who are interested in reading about H. G. Wells New World Order belief as well as people who are fans of his writings.
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“George H. W. Bush had less knowledge about the “New World Order” than H.G. Wells himself.
This is probably true of most of the neo-cons that are pushing this concept for America and Planet World.”
TWO NEW ISLAMIC FUNDS: AB INVEST JORDAN
August 29, 2008 at 11:56 am | In Arabs, Financial, Globalization, Middle East, Research | Leave a Comment|
Two new Islamic Sharia compliant funds
AB Invest
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AB Invest launched two new Islamic Sharia compliant funds, both sponsored by Islamic International Arab Bank (IIAB). The first, IIAB Islamic MENA Fund, is an open-ended fund that invests in Sharia compliant equities in the MENA region. The other is also open-ended, but is focused on Sukuk and Murabaha, a distinctive and highly growing asset class. The Fund is named IIAB Sukuk & Murabaha MENA Fund.
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Al Arabi Investment Group Co.
Al Arabi Investment Group Co.
Al-Rabieh
Abdullah Bin Rawaha St.
Building No.1
Near Pharmacy One
P.O.Box 143156 Amman 11814
Tel: +962 6 5522239
Fax: +962 6 5519064
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Brokerage:
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CHINA’S NEW CHALLENGES: AUSTRALIA-JAPAN RESEARCH CENTRE
August 29, 2008 at 11:16 am | In Asia, China, Economics, Financial, Research, World-system | Leave a CommentAPEC Economies Newsletter September 2008
Aylwen Garden (Aylwen.Garden@anu.edu.au)
Fri 8/29/08
Please find attached your latest copy of the APEC Economies Newsletter.
This month’s theme article is:
China’s New Challenges after Thirty-Years of Reform by Ligang Song
The PDF file has been sent using basic MIME encoding. To view this document please use Adobe Reader software version 5.0. If you do not have a copy of this program, you can obtain it at the following website: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
The newsletter is also available from the AJRC homepage (click on newsletter) at the following address:
http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/publish/publish.php
Thank you for your interest in the APEC Economies newsletter.
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
Australia-Japan Research Centre
Crawford School of Economics and Government
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
JG Crawford Building No. 13
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
T: +61 2 6125 0568
F: +61 2 6125 0767
W: www.crawford.anu.edu.au
APEC Economies Newsletter September 2008
Aylwen Garden (Aylwen.Garden@anu.edu.au)
Fri 8/29/08
U.S. GDP AND CORPORATE PROFITS
August 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm | In Economics, Financial, Research, USA | Leave a CommentBEA News: GDP and Corporate Profits, 2nd Qtr 2008
(preliminary)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (subscribe@bea.gov)
Thu 8/28/08
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today:
Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The full text of the release on BEA’s Web site can be found at
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
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BEA News: GDP and Corporate Profits, 2nd Qtr 2008
(preliminary)
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Thu 8/28/08
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 101: FINANCIAL TURBULENCE
August 28, 2008 at 2:32 pm | In Economics, Financial, Globalization, Research | Leave a CommentBIS Review
Bank for International Settlements
BIS Review No 101 available
Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org)
Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org)
Thu 8/28/08
Please find BIS Review No 101 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.
Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm.
What’s included?
BIS Review No 101 (28 August 2008)
Mario Draghi: Deep interdependence – the transatlantic economy and its prospects
Masaaki Shirakawa: Recent economic and financial developments and the conduct of monetary policy
Philipp Hildebrand: Lessons from the financial market turbulence
Lucas Papademos: The economic outlook, financial market developments and prospects
David Longworth: Work in progress – the Bank of Canada’s response to the financial turbulence
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please e-mail press.service@bis.org.
BIS Review
Bank for International Settlements
BIS Review No 101 available
Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org)
Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org)
Thu 8/28/08
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
August 27, 2008 at 3:09 pm | In Economics, Financial, Globalization, Research | Leave a CommentEnvironmental Policy, Globalization, and Alternative
Economics
Save the Date: GDAE Open House –
Wednesday September 17th
Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE)
on behalf of GDAE Announce (GDAEannounce@tufts.edu)
GDAE Announcements (gdaeannounce@tufts.edu)
Wed 8/27/08
Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE)
GDAE
Open House
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 5:00 – 6:30 PM
44 Teele Avenue (off Packard Ave at the bottom of the hill) Tufts Medford Campus
click here for directions
Students, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to stop by the GDAE Open House to enjoy food and drinks while learning about our interdisciplinary work on:
Environmental Policy, Globalization, and Alternative Economics Textbooks.
Also learn about GDAE Campus Events, Books and Publications, Job Opportunities, and Academic Resources.
Please send RSVP and questions to joshua.berkowitz@tufts.edu
Download a flyer for the event here
For more information on GDAE events, click here
please email gdae@tufts.edu
Save the Date: GDAE Open House – Wednesday September 17th
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Wed 8/27/08
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