Nelsons (Homeopathy) Charles, Prince of Wales announced a partnership between Nelsons and his Duchy Originals brand to produce a line of herbal remedies. He watched the first batch of products being produced and afterwards gave a speech to staff where he said he had great admiration for the company and had been brought up with their products. In 2009 Nelsons was named ‘Best UK Family Business, £25m+ turnover category’ in the Coutts Prize for Family Business 2008/2009. 2010 was the 150th anniversary of the founding of Nelsons, which was celebrated with a float at the Lord Mayor's Show in London. The Dublin
Who Owns the Future? Who Owns the Future? Who Owns the Future? is a book by Jaron Lanier, published in 2013. Lanier posits that the middle class is increasingly disenfranchised from online economies. By convincing users to give away valuable information about themselves in exchange for free services, firms can accrue large amounts of data at virtually no cost. Lanier calls these firms "Siren Servers," alluding to the Sirens of Ulysses. Instead of paying each individual for their contribution to the data pool, the Siren Servers concentrate wealth in the hands of the few who control the data centers. For example, he points to