As the end of 2011 draws closer, we can see that it has been a particularly troublesome year for financial markets as a whole, with disasters such as the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, floods in Thailand and the European and American debt crises. These factors played major roles in the market and the end of [...]
Dictator, Leader, Controller. Kim Jong Il was considered to be one of the last longstanding dictators of the modern millennium. Whether it be controversial rants against airing his team’s football defeats or generally controlling propaganda within his country. Jong Il has always been one to maintain his ideological viewpoint, ensuring that his country has [...]
Made in Chelsea star and diamond mogul, Francis Boulle seems to be on to something with the whole ‘Business is the warfare of the modern age….’ idea. Although, he is not the first to coin the expression. Mahathir Mohamad, the ex prime minister of Malaysia expressed a similar view when talking about the financial crisis that [...]
Poor market performance has been in line with the collapse of MF Global (MFG), which has become the largest US financial institution to be affected by the Eurozone crises as it filed for bankruptcy on Monday.
MF Global, the cash and derivatives broker and dealer’s collapse is deemed to be due to the fact [...]
You may hear many people talking about how bankers’ bonuses are unjust and unreasonable and how someone earning in excess of triple the amount of their basic salary is a greedy tyrant who makes no contribution to the welfare of society… Many of these speeches are made by people who feel as though they have [...]
With years of hearing about the success rate of China and its position as long time leaders in manufacturing goods due to an endless supply of cheap labour, the tangible business ethic that resonates through the culture and the recent troubles with the Eurozone debt crisis, America losing its triple A credit rating and the [...]
Technical difficulties experienced by BlackBerry users earlier this week meant that many were unable to access email, web browser and messaging services. RIM (Research In Motion), the Company responsible for BlackBerry released an announcement shortly after the first set of technical faults occured in Europe, the Middle East and Africa stating that the issue had been [...]
We all know that city execs are the first to show off in their new toys, and with the release of the brand new, executive cars from market leaders, Rolls Royce and Bentley, recent times have been no exception….
Stroll the streets of W1, London’s prestigious West End and every other car will be [...]
Fears of a european debt crisis have been circulating since late 2009, between many of the european countries, including eurozone members Greece, Ireland,Spain and Portugal and also some EU countries outside the area. The issue has arisen as a result of stronger governments not being prepared to bail out indebted governments that have defaulted on repayment. Before we address the [...]
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the company has announced.
The Silicon Valley icon, who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone, had stepped down as chief executive of the world’s largest technology corporation in August.
Mr Jobs, who underwent [...]
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