Category Archives: business news
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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No Longer A Saab Story
If you live in Sweden, as I do, you realize that as a foreigner (American) on Swedish soil I see Scandinavians in a light, culturally, that they often don’t see themselves. To cater to clichés, it is the land of … Continue reading
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Stick To Your Guns
The world of brands is as fickle and ever changing as the customers who choose them. After all, the customers’ perception ultimately makes the brand. With money tight right now, many luxury items have had to join the discount bargain … Continue reading
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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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Paint It Black
One of the more interesting (entertaining) fracas in recent months is the Citigroup/ Guy Hands/EMI debacle. Here’s a chap who made a lot of money running an investment business, with a large enough ego to think that he could turn … Continue reading →
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