Showing posts with label PGP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PGP. Show all posts

Thursday, August 30, 2007

So is Wal-Mart truly cleaning up?

Doubts persist as on one hand, it talks of reducing CO2 emissions by 2.5 MMT by 2013, on the other, its planned additions of 680 stores by 2008-end alone would add 1 MMT of CO2! Considering how Wal-Mart is consistently lambasted for issues related to employee & community welfare, the company can’t afford any complacency on the green front. There are other marauders, but the biggest will always be the easiest to target!

For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article

Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Even China couldn’t resist this!

The state investment agency of China has announced plansThe state investment agency of China to invest $3 billion in US private equity firm Blackstone in a landmark deal for the industry and the government. The agency, which was only established in March, will acquire the stake at 95.5% of the price to be set in Blackstone’s flotation, which is planned for later this year. Th e purchase of a stake, which will be just under 10%, values the whole of Blackstone at $30 billion. The Chinese government typically invests most of the reserves in more secure though lower-yielding US Treasury bonds.
For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article

Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative