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Aviation authorities throughout the UK, France, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe were forced to halt all flights today as a giant plume of volcanic ash blow over the continent. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted Wednesday, causing some flooding and general inconvenience domestically, but the lingering and drifting cloud has caused the most problems. [...]
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European winter. Airline security. The asteroid apocalypse. These were the topics of the discussion when us editors of Risk Managment got together to record this fourth installment of the RiskCast for your listening pleasure. Those of you who listen to the whole thing will get to hear a candid conversation about our biggest fears. Morgan’s [...]
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Well, according to Eurasia Group, the number one risk for 2010 is U.S.-China relations. In their annual “Top Risks” report, the firm’s president, Ian Bremmer, and head of research, David Gordon, announced their top risks today, which states that “2010 is likely to be much more turbulent geopolitically than 2009, when the world was preoccupied [...]
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Would you offer your soul as collateral for a loan? In Latvia, people are lining up to do just that. Latvian Viktor Mirosiichenko has started his own loan company, asking that individuals sign an agreement stating that the company is obliged to the client’s “immortal soul” should they fail to pay back the money owed. Mirosiichenko said his [...]
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