According to an Asian biodiesel pioneer Long Tian Ching, Managing Director of Singapore’s Vance Bioenergy, the palm oil biodiesel business may not be as lucrative as some people believed. His company is one of the largest companies involved in the manufacture of biodiesel from palm oil. He is bullish on the future prospects for biofuels [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
investing
Portfolio Rebalancing – Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate Investing Tips
Read an interesting article by Chet Currier @ Bloomberg on portfolio rebalancing, which is something most of average stock market investors ignore and plain are unaware of! The idea is simple: You have an asset allocation plan, in terms of percent of investment allocated to each type of asset. To begin with, most of us [...]
it-future
US Federal IT Outsourcing to be 18 billion $ by 2011
Growing at a compounded annual rate of over 5%, the total IT outsourcing from US government sector is expected to reacg 18 billion US $ by 2011, according to a report, as mentioned by PTI. The news item further states that there will be a shift within the federal market from government-owned and operated models [...]
learning
Longevity Linked To Learning – Yahoo Report
Longevity Linked To Learning – Yahoo Article Ongoing Learning Increases Longevity, Researchers Sayby Gabby Hyman This Feb 2007 compilation by Yahoo is quite an interesting one that suggests that continuous learning is perhaps the long sought holy grail for youth. Excerpts: 1. After decades of studies, researchers continue to find that those who keep their [...]
it-future
e-Governance – Streamlining Govt Processes through e-Gov
e-Governance – Streamlining Govt Processes through e-Gov e-Governance is not exactly new, nor is it a much-hyped buzzword. On the other hand, e-Governance has extra-ordinary potential to transform the way a government functions by streamlining internal government processes, operations, and simplifying democratic government and the business interactions of a government with its citizens Simply put, [...]
alternative_energy
A Car that Runs on Compressed Air? Air Powered Autos
A Car that Runs on Compressed Air? Air Powered Autos Though it sounds like hot air at first sight, a number of technology companies have actually tried their hands at developing automobile engines that run on compressed air. How does this technology work? The car engine works on what is called Compressed Air Technology System [...]
biofuels
Water vs. Biofuel – Biofuels will Make India, China Thirstier
Water vs. Biofuel – Biofuels will Make India, China Thirstier In an interesting article in Bloomberg, Andy Mukherjee points out how, in the craze about biofuel, the world is not thinking much about an equally important resource – water. He says, “If water were a globally traded commodity, with unmet demand in China and India [...]