Monthly Archives: December 2009
Campus for Finance 2010 draws Memorable Speakers
Every year for the past ten years, the students of the WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar/Koblenz, Germany, have held their own New Year’s Conference on finance. Putting internationally renowned speakers from the worlds of politics, academia and … Continue reading
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Change is Never Easy
Yes, that title is a platitude, but an apt one. As the batons fly through the air raining down on hippies in Copenhagen, It’s seems a good time to discuss the (non) movement of the climate change negotiations in Denmark. … Continue reading
Filed under business news, China, Green Businesses
Just How Bad Could It Have Been?
Even though Eurocheddar is devoted to the world of business, I think it’s safe to say that the world itself become much more devoted to it as well, in the last year. Suddenly, everyone has an economics degree. That’s what … Continue reading
It’s Gonna Be Big Next Year
It’s that time of the year again, when journalists go on autopilot and fill column inches with “The Best Movie’s Of All Time”, “100 Greatest Songs”, “Next Years Hot Picks”…you know, survey’s and year-end lists and predictions from hacks on … Continue reading
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Paint It Green, That Makes It Healthy
Image by Getty Images via Daylife From Abu Dhabi to Idaho, McDonald’s is the ubiquitous brand that seems to weather every storm. When Morgan Spurlock defamed the classic image of the smiling clown with “Super Size Me”, perhaps some people … Continue reading
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We Can Dream, Can’t We?
I know we all love to loath banks. Especially now, the time is right for mid-week support groups to pop up and have an AA style baring of the soul, “Hi, my name is Alan (everyone –hi Alan!), and I’ve … Continue reading
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Waiting To Take The Lead
With the Copenhagen environmental round-table rapidly approaching, energy leaders are saying that businesses can’t afford to wait for their governments, and citizens can’t afford to wait on businesses to make the leap to clean energy. The head of the UN … Continue reading
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The Battle Is In The Search
It’s an interesting time for media content rights. Eurocheddar has discussed Rupert Murdoch’s recent jousting for control of News Corp.’s titles and content and he’s already taken some verbal bashing from the co-founders of both Twitter and LinkedIn. His main … Continue reading
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One Hot Potato
The tax on banker’s bonuses is the ever-present topic in the news right now. And it seems Sarkozy is aligned with Gordon Brown on the issue. Of course, those in the financial sector are not taking it lying down. As … Continue reading →
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