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Is there a Silver Lining for Global Competitors? By Té Revesz

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Is there a Silver Lining for Global Competitors? By Té Revesz
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Charles Kolb is President of French-American Foundation-United States

“Everywhere we look,” says former White House advisor, Charles Kolb, “the U.S. seems to be driven by short-term thinking and short-term decision making.”

SHORT TERMISM has become the mindset of corporate America and a value embedded in American culture. Corporate decision making is driven by quarterly earnings performance, government by next election. Capital markets regarded by many as casinos rather than vehicles for long-term investment. Even education policy is driven by short term test results. The results? U.S. students lag their international peers, infrastructure crumbles, innovation declines, corporate governance becomes an oxymoron and long term shareholder value is actually destroyed. Can the U.S. turn it around? How? Meanwhile, how can international competitors use the U.S. fixation on short termism to their advantage when marketing in the U.S. and competing with U.S. companies abroad?

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.

Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.

Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).  Tune in for a new episode of Global Reach for “As Americas Fixation on the Short Term Erodes U.S. Competitiveness and Shareholder Value Is there a Silver Lining for Global Competitors?” on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

Guest Biography: Charles Kolb

Former White House advisor Charles Kolb is President of French-American Foundation-United States, the principal non-governmental organization linking France and the US. Before July 2012, he served as President of the Committee for Economic Development, a leading, nonpartisan, business-led research and policy organization that promotes sound macroeconomic policy affecting the US economy. From 1992-to-1997, Kolb served as General Counsel of United Way of America. During the George H. Bush administration he served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (1990-1992). From 1983 to 1990, he held positions at the Office of Management and Budget and US Department of Education. Prior to government service, he practiced law in Washington, DC. He also was a law clerk to US District Court Judge Joseph H. Young. He also authored a book on policymaking in the first Bush White House as well as numerous law review and op-ed articles.

Tim Wu “Father” of Net Neutrality, on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Tim Wu “Father” of Net Neutrality, on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Join me for an interview with Tim Wu, the “father” of Net Neutrality, author of “Master Switch” and democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York. It’s a wide open discussion on policy and politics impacting entrepreneurs, innovation and the fight for free and open networks and economies. Who does control the Internet? Could the Internet come to be ruled by one corporate leviathan in possession of “the master switch”? Is the borderless world an illusion? As the U.S. FCC ends its review, what is the fate of Net Neutrality? How should EU and U.S. governments shape competition and antitrust laws to nurture creative, innovation economies? Entrepreneurial economies? Is political corruption an innovation killer? What policies and regs help small businesses thrive? Should information be a public good? Can we have an open internet and “paid prioritization? What is the future of internet governance? How can you impact the formation of policies that impact your business?

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Tim Wu is best known for his work on Net Neutrality theory and as a force in the fight for free and open networks and economies. He is author of “The Master Switch,” “Network Neutrality,” & “Broadband Discrimination.” Wu is a policy advocate and professor at Columbia Law School, who is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor of New York alongside, Zephyr Teachout. He writes also about private power, free speech, copyright and antitrust. In 2013 he was named one of America’s 100 Most Influential Lawyers; He is a fellow at the New America Foundation, and contributing editor at The New Republic. He previously served as a senior advisor to the Federal Trade Commission, Chair of Media reform group Free Press, as a fellow at Google, and worked for Riverstone Networks in the telecom industry. He was a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner and Justice Stephen Breyer. He graduated from McGill University (B.Sc.), and Harvard Law School.

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market. Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

Diving Deep into the Deep Web: Cyber Sleuths Protect Your Brand Rep and Bottom Line

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Diving Deep into the Deep Web: Cyber Sleuths Protect Your Brand Rep and Bottom Line

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Protecting your business from internal and external threats is an unfortunate necessity in today’s global economy. In addition to cyber criminals and disgruntled employees, international markets are plagued with disputed transparency, material misrepresentations and corruption.  Due diligence has never been more challenging.

So how can you get the actionable Intel you need?

Well a touch of global clandestine experience couldn’t hurt!

Former NCIS Special Agent Mark Johnson, CEO of Sovereign Intelligence LLC, shares how they combine proprietary cyber technology with human Intel to protect companies’ assets, bottom lines and brand reps.

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Mark Johnson is CEO of Sovereign Intelligence LLC. As an attorney, former NCIS Special Agent and intelligence case officer, Mark’s legal, investigative and global clandestine experience offers sophisticated clients the credibility and trust necessary for strategic decision-making.

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Charles Kestenbaum, Director of  Global Intelligence also serves as President of BK International, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on Middle East business.

Joined by Middle East business expert, Charles Kestenbaum, SI’s Director of Global Intel, they’ll tell you how to mine the deep web.

  • Why you should never underestimate the peer-to-peer world.
  • What cyber tools can help shape your decision-making and protect your company?
  • What defines cyber Intelligence in the era of big data and cloud computing?
  • How do you conduct a Cyber Security Forensic Investigation?
  • How will corporate intelligence developing in the next 5 years

Join us for a lively discussion and insightful answers to these provocative questions for a new episode of Global Reach for “Diving Deep into the Deep Web: Cyber Sleuths Protect Your Brand Rep and Bottom Line”

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in a fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

The Modi Effect: Metis Capital Management Co-founders on Optimism and Opportunities in India By Té Revesz

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The Modi Effect: Metis Capital Management Co-founders on Optimism and Opportunities in India By Té Revesz

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Is now a good time to invest in India? “Yes!” say my guests, Gaurav Aggarwal, CFA & Piyush Sharma co-founders of Metis Capital Management, both the cyclical & structural factors are improving due to the political changes & economic climate. The government of Narendra Modi & his business-friendly Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to attract more foreign investment & boost business by lowering barriers & clarifying tax laws. But India is different from other emerging markets in terms of sector mix & pace of development; its structure & politics make it a most complex market. So what does it take to invest successfully in India or penetrate its $2 trillion domestic market? Metis runs 2 portfolios: India Undervalued & intriguingly India Underserved. Aggarwal & Sharma share their deep-dive forensic approach to finding small & mid-sized cap firms that helped them achieve an 84% return over the past 36 months. Their strategy can also help you ID the right sector & partner for your products. Tune in now for this Global Reach Episode “The Modi Effect: Metis Capital Management Co-founders on Optimism and Opportunities in India.”

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

Té Revesz Welcomes Zephyr Teachout on Global Reach about The Arrogance of Institutions

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Té Revesz Welcomes Zephyr Teachout on Global Reach about The Arrogance of Institutions

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“Democracy without constant vigilance against corruption is an un-stable, unmoored thing, subject to gusts of whimsy, and likely to collapse.” “The meaning of the concept of corruption  is at the center of the most vital legal dispute in our democracy one that threatens to unravel what the framers of the US constitution built.” - Zephyr Teachout, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuffbox to Citizens

 

“The concept of corruption is at the center of the most vital legal dispute” says Zephyr Teachout, author of “Corruption in America”. Why should business care? Because it’s “impacting the survival of US democracy [and] threatens to unravel what the framers of the US Constitution built.” The framers, corruption—situations where politicians & public institutions serve private interests at the public’s expense—as a danger to the new republic & created safeguards. Today’s Supreme Court narrowed the definition to 1 thing: explicit bribery. Thus its Citizens United decision gave corporations the right to spend limitless money to influence elections (in SCOTUS-speak, gain democratic responsiveness). With unlimited spending transforming US politics for the worse, warns Teachout,” the American experiment in self-government could collapse.” Are there remedies? Teachout, who is challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, gives us practical, constitutionally sound ideas.

Why should international business care how the U.S. Supreme Court defines corruption? Well how many of us really want to get in a continual bidding war for legislator access? Or be force to compete in a world of crony capitalism?

The framers of the U.S. Con-situation, says my guest,Zephyr Teachout, saw cor-ruption as a danger to their new republic. It went, In their view, beyond “blatant bribes and theft from the public till” to encompass “many situa-tions where politicians and public institutions serve pri-vate interests at the public’s expense.” In writing the Constitution they crafted many clauses to keep corruption out of interactions between representatives of government and private parties

Since the 1970, the Supreme Court has narrowed the defini-tion to one thing: quid pro quo exchanges, i.e. explicit bribery.  Using this logic, its 2010 Citizens United decision gave corpora-tions the right to spend limitless money to influence elections (in SCOTUS-speak, gain democratic responsiveness).  “With unlimited spending transforming US politics for the worse,” warns Teachout,” the American experiment in self-government could collapse.” If it is have a future, “then we must revive the traditional meaning of corruption and embrace an old ideal.” But How? Be sure to tune in for Global Reach with Host Té Revesz “The Arrogance of Institutions: Zephyr Teachout on how the Supreme Court redefined Corruption and put U.S. Democracy at risk”

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Teachout, who is also challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, has come up with a number of eminently practical & constitutionally sound ideas that can help restore responsive government and level the playing field. 

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We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

Why Venezuela Matters by Té Revesz

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VenezuelaVenezuela’s rising wave of anti-government protests & the bloody government response has drawn far less attention than the Ukraine. It shouldn’t. The crisis in South America’s large oil producer, says Victor Hugo Rodriguez, CEO of The LatAm Alternatives Group has the potential to impact the economies & stability of many LatAm countries. Venezuela is not only the region’s largest oil supplier; it is its biggest importer, adds Daniel Osorio, President of Andean Capital Management. Together my guests will explore how alternative outcomes could change the risk/reward equation for multinationals and for institutional & private investors. How will it affect access to LatAm growth opportunities? What countries will be hurt? Who will benefit? How will the conflict impact the burgeoning Trans Pacific Partnership (Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico)? Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay)? The Caribbean economies? Is there a China factor? How should investors & MNCs position themselves?

Tune in for “Global Reach” with Host Té Revesz for her new episode “Why Venezuela Matters” on the Voiceamerica Business Channel on every Thursday 11am Pacific Time.

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market. Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

Pension Power and Corporate Accountability with Therese Revesz

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He’s been called “the unsung hero of Albany.” As part of our series on leadership & governance, New York State’s popular Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli talks about using the power of the state’s $173 bn pension fund to improve corporate transparency, accountability & community responsibility. The leverage he and fellow public pension fund fiduciaries exercise produces stronger long-term investment performance benefitting not only their fund participants, but individual shareholders as well. Should mutual fund managers follow suit? A leader of campaign finance reform and environmental impact accountability, Tom will also talk about the comptroller’s role in improving governance in New York and in consequence in the state’s business climate. And that’s not all. Liz Kennedy of Demos looks at what’s going on with the SEC and disclosure. She’ll also update us on moves in several states to “take back” the first amendment and end the sale free (political) speech goes to highest bidder.

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Tune in for a New Episode of “Global Reach: Winning in Global Markets” with Host Therese Revesz. She will be discussing “Pension Power and Corporate Accountability: an interview with NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Plus, whats up with the SEC?” This will be aired January 30th at 11 am Pacific Time.

We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

 

Positioning Your Portfolio for 2014 An interview with Wells Fargo Advisors Chief International Strategist

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Positioning Your Portfolio for 2014 An interview with Wells Fargo Advisors Chief International Strategist

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What does 2014 hold in store? For investors? For international business? For our 100th broadcast, Paul Christopher shares Wells Fargo Advisors’ outlook for the world’s economies and markets over the next 12 months and in the longer term. What does the WFA Investment Strategy Committee see ahead for equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies? What are their recommendations? Should investors stay the course? Retreat? Or rebalance. Which assets should you overweight? Even-weight? Underweight? How should we balance regional opportunities and risks? § Where are the investment opportunities? ¨ Is Europe back on track? Should we look at Germany? At Sweden? What about Poland? ¨ Is Turkey a good bet? ¨ Reforms undertaken in the largest emerging economies (notably India, China and Brazil) could trigger rising unemployment and bankruptcies. § How will their governments cope? § How should international investors prepare? § What will that do to your markets in those countries? ¨ What other emerging economies bear watching in the rest of Asia and LatAm? In Africa § Portfolio or commerce, what is the forecast for the world’s major currencies? Euro, yen, dollar or pound sterling? § What’s the commodities forecasts? Metals? Agriculture? ¨ Will gold and silver retain their luster § International equity markets are close to, or above, annual highs? Could investors run into near-term headwinds? ¨ Will the correlation among markets continue? ¨ Is it time to rebalance? How? Where? § What’s the take on sovereign debt? § Does four years of economic recovery in the U.S. signal time for a slowdown, or the early stage of a potentially long economic expansion? ¨ Households are still deleveraging, what does that portend? ¨ What is the jobs outlook? ¨ What key challenges will the U.S. economy and markets face over the 12 months? ¨ Should we expect a rougher ride? ¨ What about cyclical sectors? § Going into 2014, the single most important unanswered question facing bond investors is how the Fed will wean the economy of its bond purchasing stimulus. What does WFA expect?

Tune in for a New Episode “Global Reach”  Thursday at 11 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel.  Listen to this weeks episode “Positioning Your Portfolio for 2014 An interview with Wells Fargo Advisors Chief International Strategist.” Also Listen to past Shows On Demand.

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We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).

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