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Posts Tagged ‘Vestas’

Clean Start

Clean Start

Last week, as I was writing about the Zayed Future Energy Prize, I came across an article about Martha Wyrsch. Martha is President of the Americas for Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, this year’s winner of the Zayed prize. I made a note of her background and her career path–it followed the same pattern as [...]


Simply Brilliant

Simply Brilliant

The price of a barrel of light, sweet crude is up almost 15% in the past week, flirting with $100 for the past two days. Even though Libya supplies less than 3% of the world’s oil, the violent turn to the demonstrations there has amplified the sense brought on by events in Tunisia and Egypt [...]


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Culture

What I've Been Watching and Reading
What I’ve Been Watching and Reading

As 2012 draws to a close, I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a handful of the article

Finance

The Art of the IPO
The Art of the IPO

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Innovation

Five Go-To Reads on the Creative Process
Five Go-To Reads on the Creative Process

Elizabeth Streb is an extreme choreographer, MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the visionary behind th

Leadership

Transparency Trustfund
Transparency Trustfund

Back in June I wrote a brief note in which I enthused about just-launched flash sale site Fab.com. M

Political Economy

The Sex Appeal of Freight Rail
The Sex Appeal of Freight Rail

As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress on job creation and the state of