Why is Cyprus Tourism Failing?
October 2nd, 2014
World tourism is the one industry that does not seem to have been affected by the financial crisis. Tourist arrivals to various global destinations have grown steadily. The numerous upbeat statements of the Cyprus Tourist Organization (CTO) give the ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
Tax Tactics Threaten Public Funds
October 2nd, 2014
When the European Commission charged this week that Ireland’s sweetheart tax treatment of Apple amounted to an illegal corporate subsidy, the company said that it had done nothing wrong. Corporate tax strategies intended to minimize global taxes, by hook ...
Walmart appoints Instagram founder Kevin Systrom to its board
September 30th, 2014
The world’s largest retailer has come over more Walden than Walmart, after it appointed Instagram founder and chief executive Kevin Systrom to its board. The US-based supermarket, which owns Asda, said Systrom’s “digital expertise will be invaluable” – so ...
Alibaba IPO shows why lawyers matter
September 29th, 2014
Following the record-setting IPO of Alibaba, Jack Ma is now a global business icon. In China he has been a business titan for a much longer period of time. When the appointed date arrived, Ma was incensed to learn ...
Yahoo must take essential decision once again
September 26th, 2014
Yahoo, more than any other investor, should have benefited from the public market debut last week of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. The company sold Alibaba shares worth $6 billion after taxes, and its remaining stake is valued at ...
China Manufacturing Rebounds
September 23rd, 2014
A Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly increased this month, suggesting export demand is helping the economy withstand a property slump. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics was at 50.5, matching the highest estimates in ...
Multinational Companies aim at Low budget consumers
September 18th, 2014
For years, multinational companies had little interest in lower-end consumers, figuring no money was to be made. Now, they are increasingly attractive to all types of industries, from consumer product makers to technology businesses. Google just announced plans to ...
China anxiety over Asian stocks, Aussie dollar hit
September 15th, 2014
Asian stocks skidded to five-week lows on Monday, giving European markets a negative lead after a batch of weak data out of China raised the spectre of a sharp slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy. “As if traders didn’t ...
Nevada lawmakers consider $1.3 billion in tax breaks for electric car maker
September 12th, 2014
Nevada lawmakers on Thursday approved a package of bills to provide $1.3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives for Tesla Motors, clinching a deal for the electric car company to build a massive factory in the state. “This ...
