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The Floodgates Are Open
After the meteoric rise of social media in the last five years, it’s quite incredible that something ostensibly so trivial as Facebook and Twitter could facilitate the revolutions that have happened recently in Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya. The (once) … Continue reading
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New Dawn at Davos?
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is the 41st of its kind. And the initial reports from the five-day summit are that, as the BBC has said, ‘the doom and gloom of the credit crunch’ has now given … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Global Markets
Who Can You Trust?
As The WikiLeaks architect, Julian Assange, is currently donning a fake moustache and hiding somewhere in Bromley trying to avoid Interpol arresting him on two rape charges, one has to wonder about credibility. Here’s the chief whistleblower on all things … Continue reading
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Wikileaks and the business of business
As the press continues to have a field day with the naked cables exposed on Wikileaks recently, the reality of the situation is far less explosive than the dailies want us to believe. After all, comments by senior US government … Continue reading
M-Pesa: The Future of Banking?
With the world’s collective ire still placed at the feet of the banking industry – Ireland’s stormy meltdown, a further illustration – it’s interesting to think how the banking industry is placed in society and where the populace exists in … Continue reading
Christmas is made in China
Every year, around this time, retailers are wondering whether the massive shipments of toys they’ve ordered as far back as July will be a hit for them and the kiddies once Christmas rolls around. It’s a gamble to say the … Continue reading
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The New Welfare State
Along with Scandinavia and Germany, Britain is considered the progenitor of what we now consider the modern welfare state. But the UK’s new austerity cuts are about to change what many view to be a birthright. Work Secretary, Iain Duncan … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Finance, United Kingdom
Flowers and Chocolates for China
First it was France’s Nicolas Sarkozy that rolled out the red carpet for China’s leadership in an attempt to grab onto the latter’s economic coattails, and now it’s Britain’s turn to ‘woo’ the Chinese into making business deals to help … Continue reading
Filed under China, Finance, United Kingdom
Tough Times? Print More Dosh
It’s been a very bad week for President Obama. First, he’s lost the lower house of Congress to the Republicans, and now he’s being publicly rebuked in the press by Europe’s leaders for his administration’s approach to the financial rut. … Continue reading
Filed under Finance, Global Markets, United States
Myopia Dystopia
Just as more Internet ink is being spilled to describe the spiralling cost of oil, the major US governmental report into the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater disaster has finally been issued. Politicians, and certainly businesses are being increasingly nudged to … Continue reading →
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