NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ FRIDAY WORLD, April 12: * SNOW SKIING TO WATER SKIING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE * JAPAN TO FLOAT WIND * CHINESE SOLAR MARKET VOLATILITY * THE GROWING WORLD ELECTRIC BIKE OPPORTUNITY THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT THURSDAY, April 11: * THE BIBLE FLOOD WAS CLIMATE CHANGE …
Taxing Wall Street Speculation
Ethical Markets also supports the financial transactions tax since 1995! Nice it’s now gaining traction globally! Hazel Henderson, Editor Taxing Wall Street Speculation There’s Another, Better Way To Go After the 1 Percent Than the Obama Administration’s Proposed “Buffett Rule.” by Wallace Turbeville As the White House mounts a major …
European Parliament seals ban on ‘sovereign debt speculation’
News European Parliament seals ban on ‘sovereign debt speculation’ 15 Nov 2011 EUROPE – The European Parliament has voted into law a regulation to curb short selling and trading in credit default swaps (CDS). With the vote, naked CDS trading – the purchase of default insurance contracts without owning the …
Ban Calls On G-20 Summit to Show Boldness to Solve Global Economic Crisis
New York, Oct 25 2011 7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world’s biggest economies to heed the voices of global public protest at their G-20 summit next week and show the bold leadership needed to resolve the global economic crisis and achieve sustainable development. “The gathering force of public protest is …
World’s largest investors, worth $20 trillion step up call for urgent policy action on climate change
World’s largest investors, worth $20 trillion step up call for urgent policy action on climate change Call coincides with landmark Washington D.C. Global Roundtable on financial stability and sustainability Geneva/London/New York/Melbourne, 19 October 2011 – Despite the global economic crisis, and increased market volatility, the world’s largest investors today urged …
‘Robin Hood’ Tax on Bankers Could Raise as Much as UK Aid Budget
New research published today by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) finds that a worldwide financial transaction tax (FTT) on foreign exchange transactions could raise US$26 billion (£17.6 billion). In the UK alone it could raise US$11 billion (£7.7 billion), roughly the same as the entire UK aid budget. But …