Can you believe this first decade of the new millennium is nearing an end already? There have been some highs and a lot of lows. Which ones were the most memorable? Which were the most important? Which events made the biggest impact on you or your business? Click the comments link below to add your thoughts.
- UK internet sales during the holiday season were expected to double to in excess of £1.7bn in 2002. In February 2009 they averaged of £167m per week (over £8.5bn for a year).
- Harvey Pitt stepped down as Securities and Exchange Commission chairman in 2002 amid unfolding financial scandals. Little did we know what was ahead.
- In 2005, Business Week Magazine profiled the rising importance of India and China, in a piece called The Rise Of Chindia.
- In 2007, the growing service industry in India created a new "middle class" and provided significant opportunities for women there.
- The Business Events Forum met in 2007 to find ways to tackle the problem of climate change.
So what do you remember? What were the major business events and trends in the past decade? Click the comments link below to add your thoughts.
The new yechnology set to overturn MICROSOFT!
The biggest story that can only be, is of cash. When we lack this, we complain. When we have more of this, we boast.
Our pockets are empty now. When we had we created the huge farced wars on Iraq and more for vengeance when we knew that our recourses are very limited. USA took lead and Tony Blaire followed blindly, these led the prices of houses to net and PCs so low that we are now ashamed of ourselves. Did we fall for these jokes? Churchill Lincoln, Kennedy would not have let us down.
I thank you
Firozali A Mulla