by Guy | 28 Mar, 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 | 20 Jan, 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 | 10 Jan, 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 | 17 Sep, 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...
