Bigmouthmedia CEO is European Entrepreneur of the Year

Steve Leach, chief executive of Europe's largest digital marketing agency, Bigmouth, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year at the European Business Awards. Leach was chosen from among a field of competitors representing 25 of the 27 European member states. The judging panel identified him as having demonstrated exceptional vision and leadership qualities alongside an innovative approach that has been backed up by bigmouthmedia’s strong business performance.

(from webwire.com)

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The credit crisis will likely enhance the euro’s global prestige

Financial Times columnist Wolfgang Münchau demonstrates how the US credit crisis could accelerate the rise of the euro as the predominant global reserve currency. He cites the weak dollar, the likelihood of rising inflation in the US, and the weakening of the US financial sector as reasons why the euro will likely overtake the dollar in the coming years.

(from the Financial Times)

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Will Chinese tech entrepreneurs surpass the west in innovation?

An interview with China expert Rebecca Fannin, who is the international editor of the Hong Kong weekly Asian Venture Capital Journal.  She argues that Chinese tech entrepreneurs will soon outstrip their western counterparts in innovation.  After an initial wave of “copycats” who successfully replicated and adapted western business models in China, a second wave of “innovators” is emerging.  Fannin argues that they will ultimately win the tech race.

(from Forbes.com)

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Entrepreneurial economist leads the field in carbon trading

The Wall Street Journal online offers this profile of Richard Sandor, a 66-year-old economist described as “a gregarious climate-change entrepreneur”. Sandor has lately emerged as a leader in the European carbon trading market. His London based company, Climate Exchange PLC, which handles about 90% of trades on European carbon exchanges, tripled revenues in 2007.

(from the Wall Street Journal online)

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