Hold the front page, while you can
Worrying about business models used to be the preserve of strategy gurus and management consultants. Nowadays, even journalists are in on the act. Not because they suddenly think business models are...
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Dark clouds, silver linings
It's not all doom and gloom for Greece and the euro zone - yetThe euro zone gets a bad press these days. But are the doomsayers right? Not entirely, if the views of some of the money men who spoke on a...
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Putin's challenges as he takes charge of the Kremlin againDid you know that Russia has its own version of the Nobel Prize? Neither did I, until the other day that is. Catching up with the local news on...
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Why M&A is going out of fashionDid Facebook pay too much or too little in buying Instagram for $1 billion the other day? Pundits are divided but the correct answer, as with all mergers and...
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In a league of its own
What football tells us about Europe's economyJust as surely as night follows day, so too must the England football team raise the hopes of its fans to a fever pitch before ultimately dashing them....
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The Olympics is one hell of a party for Britain, never mind the hangoverThe Olympics are only in part about sports; they are quite often as much about politics and economics. That was the case with...
View ArticleNew York, London, Davos and…Astana?
How the world’s appetite for natural resources is putting new cities on the globetrotter's mapWith nothing but the empty expanse of the central Asian steppe surrounding it, the designer skyline of...
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Wanted: High flyers with their feet on the ground
Why CFOs are more in demand than ever beforeWhen all is said and done, what business boils down to is numbers. And when it comes to numbers there is usually no better guide to them in a company than...
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