Financial Times Why the obstacles to a deal on climate are mountainous Article looks at a recent paper by LSE Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, entitled Key Elements of a Global Deal on Climate Change. The paper was launched at LSE in April. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac48bb92-4d4f-11dd-b527-000077b07658.html
Library Journal Reviews The Endless City: An Investigation of Our Urban Future Human society recently reached a historic watershed: more people today are living in cities than outside of them, a trend that is expected to continue. Edited by Burdett and Sudjic, this hefty book is part of the Urban Age Project, introduced here as ‘a worldwide series of conferences investigating the future of cities’ and organized by the London School of Economics and the Deutsche Bank's nonprofit Alfred Herrhausen Society. (Source: Lexis)
Guardian Would be bankers set for bruising ride Although there is no evidence to suggest graduates are turning away en masse, universities are concerned for next year's intake and, with banks such as Citigroup and Bear Stearns cutting jobs, some students are less keen. ‘The more I met people from the investment banking sector, the less I liked what I saw,’ said 21-year-old Marion Deneuville, a London School of Economics student who investigated jobs with large investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7638863
SourceWire CNET networks UK unveils finalists of the 2008 Business Technology Awards Winners will be selected from the many entries received by the Awards Judging Council. The panel comprises senior practitioners and experts from the technology industry and media including Dr Carsten Sørensen, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, London School of Economics. http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40140&hilite=
