Reached by telephone in the crazed, slushy shuffle that is Davos, Mrs. Reding detects the 25/8 world shifting in favor of women.
"Investors see macro as a hedge to the world shifting," reckons Mr Novogratz, who oversees his firm's macro funds.That enthusiasm means other kinds of hedge fund are busy buffing up their expertise in macro.
Studying the life he observed along the way, Mr Safina like a country doctor found himself taking the pulse of the planet.Everywhere he found the natural world shifting in response to humanity.
With the world shifting to more health-conscious products, farmers responded by moving away from Jerseys, with milk rich in butterfat, to larger Friesians, which provide more protein-rich milk.
By 2050 Canada could be the second largest oil producer in the world, shifting the global energy security equation but exacerbating global climate change in a way that has scarcely been considered.
According to the DEA, in its heyday the Juárez cartel was the biggest drug trafficker in the world, shifting more than 50percentnt of all narcotics consumed in the US, under the control of Amado Carillo Fuentes, 'Lord of the Skies', who died mysteriously in 1997.
But hold the phone: Is that the sound of the world shifting?
While water issues are particularly acute in the developing world, shifting climate patterns and soaring demand are creating significant shortages across the planet.
