China now has 37 companies in the Fortune 500 while the US has 140.  That doesn’t sound so bad, but when you notice that 140 is the lowest total for the US since Fortune began its rankings in 1995, then it is a cause for concern.  China also sold 6.1 million cars in the first [...]

I wrote once before about a panel discussion I attended that included Gao Xiqing, the GM and CIO of China’s Sovereign Investment Corporation.  I was browsing through a review of the event and I came across something that I wish the current administration and congress would consider a little more closely.
He said America’s chronic overspending [...]

Forgive me for writing about the space program.  I worked an internship at United Launch Alliance (a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing) and have been following space exploration ever since.
Have you ever heard of SpaceX?  It’s a privately owned space transportation company founded in the United States by Paypal co-founder, Elon Musk.  Last [...]

From the New York Times:
“The trillions of farm animals around the world generate 18 percent of the emissions that are raising global temperatures, according to United Nations estimates, more even than from cars, buses and airplanes.
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“It’s an area that’s been largely overlooked,” said Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations Intergovernmental Panel [...]