Tag Archives: Economics
A Stern Mistress Needed for EU?
Berlusconi is ensconced in the dock awaiting new trashy allegations, Cameron and Co. are busy with looting yobs in the UK and Greece, Ireland and Portugal make the former two nations look dependable in comparison. Europe’s a mess, and the … Continue reading
Economics? Don’t ask a footballer
The current dilemma facing Ireland spotlights how the financial sector’s earlier ‘misdeeds’ are not being easily forgotten by politicians, or the public. Joblessness, property market collapse and the lack of fluidity of bank lending are real problems affecting the everyday … Continue reading
No Safe Haven
After having read a recent column in the Financial Times about how America should adopt some of the ‘brutal’ austerity tactics of Britain’s new government, I was struck by what appears to be the approach of David Cameron and George … Continue reading
Filed under Finance, politics, United Kingdom
Where Are We Headed?
Every year the world’s movers and shakers gather in the otherwise sleepy, picturesque Swiss ski town of Davos for the World Economic Forum to discuss what has happened in the last twelve months, and try to share ideas and policies … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Finance, Global Markets, Green Businesses
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
Filed under Business, business news, Finance, High Finance, Profiles
Do Nothing, Get More Done
Ah, Europe in August. The piazzas of Italy and villages in France reverberate with the sounds of shuttered windows closing and look more like a Sergio Leone scene than a place with a competitive GDP that closely rivals America. Everyone … Continue reading
Filed under Business Commentary, business news
Profiles in Business: The Legacy and Future of South Africa’s Diamond Industry
In almost biblical fashion, South Africa’s now ubiquitous association with diamonds began with the surprising discovery of the magical white rock in a stream in 1866, by a shepherd named Erasmus Jacobs. If this sounds like Mark Twain fiction, or … Continue reading →
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Filed under Commentary, Diamonds Industry, Global Markets, Profiles, South Africa
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