Month March 2008

John Doerr: Lack of energy R&D is almost criminal

John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins super VC, told a group of students, investors and entrepreneurs at the Berkeley Energy Symposium on Friday that “it’s almost criminal that we’re not investing more in energy R&D.” And Doerr, who’s firm has already put…

Europe moving socialist?

The socialist ruling party in Spain has won the general elections while Socialists picked up many new municipal councils in France while retaining the two biggest cities, Paris and Lyons.

Africa’s “first narco-state”

Guinea-Bissau, a failed state, has no prisons and few police, it’s now being used as a major transport hub to move cocaine from South America to Europe and Asian heroin to the US. ‘Coke fashionistas’ are ruining Africa – UN…

Subprime ghost towns

Marc Slavin of the Arizona Short Sale Office says his company has been to neighborhoods where nearly every house is vacant. It’s happening in NYC and Cleveland too, as well as many other areas too.