If you can lose your head when all around are trying to save theirs, then you can be Chairman of the Fed, my son*. Bernanke's latest idea for saving the USA's economy is hackn...
Economies: China bemoans falling growth rate
China's upset. Whilst the rest of the world falls into what economists call negative growth and the rest of us call recession, the growth rate at the world's factory is a &quo...
Economies: Netherlands buys 8.5% of ING
Dutch financial giant ING, which has been mounting a stealth-attack on the title of world's largest financial institution and has made it into the top 20 with almost no one n...
Business Strategies: paying bonuses in times of hardship
Barclays wants to buy Lehman Brothers in the US, and it needs to borrow to make the deal despite the fact that it's buying a bankrupt company when other businesses are being all-but given away. The bank may or may not not be taking a UK Governme...
UK acts to keep out business travellers
If you want to visit the UK for a quick trip, it's easy: turn up at the airport, say you'll be in the country for a few days, tell them the truth: you're speaking at a confernce, attending a training course, holding meetings or checking samples....
One swallow does not a.... oh, never mind. That and every other cliché one...
Economies: how BusinessWeek got it (almost) right long before the symptoms showed
On 24th October 2005, BusinessWeek carried an article with the headline "Wanted: Fed Chief with foreign flair." The premise was that &q...
Economies: markets repair after weekend of frantic messages from governments
The world's major markets picked up on late Friday gains in the USA and goo...
Economies: after months of waiting, Singapore admits recession
The signs have been in place for a year and every month it's been getting closer. Now the inevitable has happened and Singapore is officially in...
Economics: Seoul market collapses as lemmings and threats take control
The Seoul stock market has fallen more than 7% in morning trading following down other Asia Pac Markets. But threats from North Korea aren't help...
