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 5, 2010 | Business - General, Economy, Recession
Image by jordi.martorell via Flickr There’s an interesting phenomenon surrounding October as regards the stock market – it’s probably the single most feared month of the year, with the three biggest crashes all occurring (or starting) in October. Will October 2010 be...
by Guy | May 2, 2010 | Advertising, Airlines, Banking, Business - General, Customer Service, Lifetime Value, Recession, Social Media, Strategy
Image via Wikipedia 2010 certainly seems to be going down as the year when the proverbial corporate skeletons are coming out of the cupboard: Toyota – which had built its brand on reliable, safe vehicles – recalls many millions of cars all around the world in an...
by Guy | Mar 17, 2010 | Business - General, Economy, Recession, Strategy, Technology
Image by Getty Images via Daylife One of the potential side-effects of the global economic slowdown that could have far-reaching financial and political consequences is the question of whether offshore jobs should be brought back onshore. After all, since the...
