Category Archives: business news
Veribo and The World of Online Content Management
The relatively new phenomenon of ‘full information disclosure’ online is still something to get used to. If you want to find a friend that you haven’t seen for twenty years, it’s possible with an online search; likewise, what the friend … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news, Tech
Branson’s New Baby
Richard Branson’s entrance into the decrepit, tawdry world of high street banking is now rolling forward at lightning speed. The tycoon has purchased the failed lender, Northern Rock, from the government after its nationalisation four years ago; many are saying … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news
It’s a Zuckerberg World
One of the most appealing aspects of the British broadsheets must be the readers’ comments under the editorials; they are usually quite informed, full of pluck and tend to be more acidic than a bottle of vinegar – often correcting … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news, United States
Countdown to meltdown?
The seriousness of the European debt crises is such that France’s Nicolas Sarkozyflew to Frankfurt for emergency meetings with Germany’s Angela Merkel ahead of the eurozone’s weekend deadline – and missed the birth of his child! If Obama’s administration had … Continue reading
Filed under business news, China, Economy, Europe, Finance
In Memoriam: Steve Jobs
It’s quite interesting to read the press after the passing of an icon. Especially when the qualities that made that person, in this case Steve Jobs, a celebrity, are those that have nothing to do with traditional fame – not … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news, Profiles, Tech
Alan Azizollahoff: Gaming and Giving in Equal Measure
Anyone who has spent time in Las Vegas can understand the thrill of casino life, a Mecca devoted to the big pay-out is almost intrinsically linked to the very notion of what America means; the idea that you start with … Continue reading
Filed under Branding, Business, business news, Economy, Marketing, Profiles, Social Media, Tech
Paying the World with Payoneer
We are living at a time when technology is making what was once cumbersome and tangible, virtual and instant. This is not without its problems, of course. The ‘cloud computing revolution’ is still in its infancy and the planet’s reliance … Continue reading
Ikea: working hard to crack new markets
The BBC reports that omnipresent flat pack masters of the modern home, Ikea, have for the first time published their financial results for the year ending in August, and guess what? They’re making buckets of cash! Despite the recession, they’ve … Continue reading
Filed under business news, India
Apple Ping: there’s always something brewing
Business news can rarely be described as ‘fast breaking.’ Oh sure, there are profound exceptions – the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy came as something of a bolt from the blue – but mostly markets rise and fall in an understandable capacity. … Continue reading
Filed under business news, Tech
Landmark in the Land of Ideas – The 21st EBS Symposium 2010
This coming fall, from 16-18 September, The European Business School (EBS) will be holding its annual student-run conference: The EBS Symposium. Every year for almost the past two decades, the EBS Symposium has been held on the EBS campus, to … Continue reading
Filed under business news, High Finance
