by Guy | Jul 31, 2013 | Business - General, Investing, Lifestyle, Marketing
Just a few years ago, the concept of a driverless car was nothing more than science fiction. Today, it is fast becoming reality with Google cars having already covered over 500,000 miles (800,000 km) without any accident while under “robot control.” Of course, it’s...
by Guy | Dec 17, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Europe, Investing, Recession
There’s been an enormous amount of ink used on the ‘veto’ that David Cameron used in Europe last week, with warnings of dire consequences if the UK doesn’t help to support the Euro. Frankly, I don’t understand this as the Euro has been...
by Guy | Mar 28, 2011 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, Economy, Investing, Lifetime Value, Recession, Upturn
The world is in a state of flux. With the economic downturn lingering far longer than most people expected, governments are under growing pressure to kick-start economies. However, a growing number of countries with looming debt crises and a consequent unwillingness...
by Guy | Jan 20, 2011 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, Economy, Investing, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Recession, Upturn
Why is it that although many companies, and almost all large ones, grow through mergers and acquisitions, most of these result in a decline in overall value, rather than the envisaged increase? In the lead-up to such activity – the “engagement period” if you like –...
by Guy | Jan 10, 2011 | Banking, Business - General, Economy, Investing, Recession, Social Media
A group of hedge-fund managers are launching a multi-million dollar hedge fund next month, using Twitter as its market indicator to determine sentiment and to thereby make investment decisions. This information came from a recent article on CNBC / Yahoo Finance which...
by Guy | Sep 17, 2009 | Board & Governance, Business - General, Economy, Investing, Leadership, Recession, Strategy
It appears that one potentially good thing to emerge from the global economic meltdown is a return to sensible business planning and cycles.One of the scourges of many businesses – this started in the US and spread out from there – is ‘Quarteritis.’ Not strictly...
