The Report

Archive: 09-2012

• Turning the threats of new technology into new business models

  At an unusual panel at The Economist’s Human Potential conference, speakers shared thoughts on technologies that threaten entire industries, from retail to education–and how to embrace...

  September 27, 2012, 7:51 PM PDT | By Reena Jana

• In San Francisco, the business of temporary parks

  In San Francisco, temporary parklets add urban language that subtly tells residents where they really live.

  September 26, 2012, 5:25 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

• Using Amazon’s cloud to jumpstart the energy data market

  Cloud computing platforms, including Amazon EC2, are powering a new market in energy data services.

  September 26, 2012, 3:15 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey

• Obama: Human trafficking ‘not a business model’

  Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting, U.S. president Barack Obama condemned human trafficking and announced programs to combat the problem.

  September 25, 2012, 12:23 PM PDT | By Andrew Nusca

• Romney: Free enterprise trumps foreign aid

  Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney kicked off the final day of the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting with a resounding call for free enterprise where foreign aid has...

  September 25, 2012, 11:42 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca

• Can architecture and design help improve women’s rights?

  At the Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting, leaders in the architecture field discussed how innovation in the built environment can help empower women and girls worldwide.

  September 24, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT | By Reena Jana

• Design: a key strategy for large-scale social innovation?

  At the opening session of the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting, luminaries from the design, diplomacy, and business worlds discussed how to use design to scale new ideas.

  September 23, 2012, 5:11 PM PDT | By Reena Jana

• On track to a better airline trolley

  It may be too ambitious to elevate lowly airplane meals, but it is possible to rethink the fusty food carts that ferry them.

  September 20, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Lindsey Tramuta