Australia Week
18 January 2010Most people following SNS know that I picked Australia several years ago as a future source of economic growth and success, and this has worked out exactly right so far. Since then, I have joined the Australia American Leadership Dialogue, and met with PM Kevin Rudd, Deputy PM Julia Gillard, and most of the current [...]
The Future From Down Under
25 August 2009From NPR & KPLU Radio:
KPLU’s technology commentator, Mark Anderson [of Strategic News Service], has just returned from Down Under, where he took part in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Mark tells KPLU’s Dave Meyer that Australia’s economy is healthy, and the country is about to pull ahead of [...]
China vs. Australia vs. The World
11 August 2009I have had the pleasure of arriving a bit early for my time with the Australia American Leadership Dialogue, set to start in a couple of days, and so I have been able to pick up my reading on world events and trends from the Australian press and media over the last few days. Of [...]
Shorting the Shorts
20 November 2008Today, Citigroup begged the U.S. government to reinstate the ban on short selling in the financial sector. CNBC ran an interview piece on shorts yesterday, with experts generally agreeing that drops of over 15-20% per day in a stock was not because of value, but could only be because of shorting.
A day earlier, a US [...]
DC Comments
2 July 2008I am prevented from writing about my experiences last week as a guest of the Australia America Leadership Dialogue by the rules of the meeting (everything was off the record). Having said that, there are a few things I can probably say without violating those rules. To wit:
1. The whole experience was well run and [...]
Off to DC
21 June 2008Tomorrow morning I leave for most of a week in DC, as a guest of the Australian American Leadership Dialog. Having selected Australia as the country with the greatest promise recently, I’m looking forward to meeting the new members of the Australian government, my fellow members of the AALD, and to having more fun with [...]