The perfect storm that has swept oil prices to $132 a barrel may subside over the coming months as rising crude supply from unexpected corners of the world finally comes on stream, just as the global economic downturn begins to bite.
The forces behind the meteoric price rise this spring are slowly receding. Nigeria has boosted [...]
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Oil’s perfect storm may blow over
Posted in Wireless, tagged boic, crude supply, Gerbsman Partners, global economic downturn, global economy, nigeria, oil crisis, oil price, telegraph on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rice, death and the dollar
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Investments, Market research, tagged Asia Times, asia times online, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Economy, food crisis, food prices, gepolitical catastrophe, grain prices, monetary crisis, rice, Robert Tillman, weak dollar on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The global food crisis is a monetary phenomenon, an unintended consequence of America’s attempt to inflate its way out of a market failure. There are long-term reasons for food prices to rise, but the unprecedented spike in grain prices during the past year stems from the weakness of the American dollar. [...]
The monster and the sausages
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Market research, tagged Asia Times, assets, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, german banks, Horst Koehler, loan crisis, Robert Tillman, securities, subprime mortgages on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The German financial system wanted to consume low-quality American assets, but did not want to look on what it was eating. German banks have written down about US$25 billion in securities derived from low-quality (“subprime”) American mortgages, and doubtless will lose a great deal more.
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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index Q1 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Board Of Intellectual Capital, crisis management, Distressed Intellectual Property, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, mark cannice, maximizing enterprise value, silicon valley, Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Confidence Index on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Founder and Executive Director of University of San Francisco Entrepreneurship Program for the MBA program, publishes The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index TM on a quarterly basis.
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