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Water, Water Everywh |
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| Ironically, the world��셲 most precious resource is also one of its most plentiful. More than three-quarters of the world is literally covered in water. Yet, only 1 percent of the world��셲 water supply is fit to drink. Ninety-seven percent is salt water, and 2 percent is frozen in glaciers or polar ice caps. |
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The Growing Mountain |
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| Microsoft made headlines recently when the company surprised analysts and investors by announcing the most generous one-time corporate dividend in history. By paying out $3 per common share, or $32 billion to its shareholders, the company passed along more than half of the $60 billion in cash it had accumulated. |
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The Informal Economy |
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| When you pay for a steak at a restaurant, you��셱e supporting the formal economy. Part of the price of your meal pays for taxes, which in turn pay for schools, roads, police and fire protection, and so on. |
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Tapping into the For |
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| If we view the world萸� population as a pyramid ?with the richest people at the top, and poorest people at the broad base ?it may surprise you to realize that some of the best business opportunities await those who target the bottom of the pyramid. |
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Space: The Final Eco |
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| Forty to fifty years ago, space stations and commercial space travel were part and parcel of nearly everyone��셲 vision of the 21st century. We all remember the ��쏱an Am space-plane��� arriving at the enormous rotating space station in the early moments of Stanley Kubrick��셲 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
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