Interest rates, including those that states and cities pay on traditional municipal bonds, are at their lowest levels in decades, said Thomas Doe, chief executive of research firm Municipal Market Advisors, a research company.
The divisions will become part of a new firm, to be named Smith Barney, and led by former chief executive of research firm Sanford C. Bernstein, Sallie Krawcheck.
Whether such data is controlled by big business or citizens is not yet clear, but it is worth remembering what cities were originally designed for, says Dan Hill, chief executive of research firm Fabrica.
"We think the industry changed with the iPad launch because the tablet is effectively a PC - it doesn't need to be connected to a network to work and runs third-party applications," Steve Brazier, chief executive of research firm Canalys, says.
Joint action is possible through EUROHORCs, the group of presidents and chief executives of national research organizations in Europe who meet informally twice a year (1).
In addition, again this is something that I've started since coming on, this group of chief scientific advisers is now meeting with the chief executives of the research councils every 3 months.
Stian Westlake is executive director of research at Nesta, the UK's innovation foundation.
Mr. Moeller, 34, is the executive director of research and analytics at the Media Behavior Institute, a consultancy in New York.
In 1974 Boyle became executive director of research on light wave communication, quantum electronics, and digital electronics at Bell Laboratories.
The efficacy of bamboo is still being investigated, said Steve Hasher, the executive director of research and development at Estée Lauder Companies, but clearly "it's a nice exfoliator".
