Special Report: A World Of Risk
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Life is but a series of bets. Herewith, a guide to boosting the odds.
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By Michael P. Kleiman  Predicting the harmful effects of space weather on a U.S. military asset or mission has been advanced with the delivery of a prototype that combines environmental information with system specifications and thresholds.
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This organization fell victim to what can be described as the Achilles' heel of storage infrastructure - the intersection of technology bugs and human error. This is a highly unpredictable type of risk, and unfortunately the opportunities for prevention and avoidance are few.
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Some suggest that excess liquidity could threaten the world's economy.
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Turbulence in world credit markets illustrates the dangers of globally-linked financial sectors and the need for the International Monetary Fund to sharpen its role as overseer of the world's financial system, IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said on Thursday.
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Putting the recent collapse in perspective.
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An international scientific report warns of floods, famine and global water scarcity. Sound familiar? But the government has yet to edit before it's presented in April in Brussels. By the Associated Press.
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The risks in GE's financial services operations are worrisome.
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The problems of subprime loans hint at broader risks in financial markets.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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This year the leaders of some of the worldâs most respected financial institutions have been caught either unaware or uninformed about giant risks their companies took.
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Except when it's your enemy. A look at the sharp decline in world stock markets.
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(Source: Symantec) Greg Hughes, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Services and Support, writes about the best practices of managing and balancing information risk and reward.
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"Has it ever occurred to you how astonishing Western society really is? Industrialized nations provide their citizens with unprecedented safety, health, and comfort. Average life spans increased fifty percent in the last century. Yet modern people live in abject fear. They are afraid of strangers, of disease, of crime, of the environment. They are afraid of the homes they live in, the food they eat, the technology that surrounds them. They are in a particular panic over things they can't even see - germs, chemicals, additives, pollutants. They are timid, nervous, fretful, and depressed. And even more amazingly, they are convinced that the environment of the entire planet is being destroyed around them. Remarkable! Like the belief in witchcraft, it's an extraordinary delusion - a global fantasy worthy of the Middle Ages."
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What you don't know can hurt your portfolio.
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Whitney Tilson shares how he protects his portfolio in uncertain times.
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A global network of insurance executives joins up with the OECD to study financial plans for major disasters.