With interest rates at historic lows and the stock market at record highs the articles below contain critical information! The Business of Law: ‘Keep Growing: What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There‘ ‘Hamptons Mansion Buyers Have More Choices With Sales Sliding‘ ‘Emerging market debt triples since 2005, posing threat, Moody’s says‘ ‘Corporate debt seen […]
There are likely others but, for readers to get an overview of what is going on around the world, this Top 10 is a great place to start! 1. Three American contractors have been kidnapped by “militias” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the pan-Arab news channel Al Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing its own sources. The Americans […]
Could the migrant crisis and Paris terrorist attacks spell the beginning of the end of the European Union (EU)? End of the EU? A strong statement indeed! On what basis do I say that the flow of migrants and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris could be the catalyst to, if not the end of the EU, to […]
When employees are hanging around the proverbial water cooler this morning, what topics do you think that they are they most likely going to be discussing? Of course if they are following standard business protocol they will not be discussing religion or politics. But, as dedicated employees, perhaps they will be debating the best way for […]
Ten of the top world news stories to be aware of today! From Business Insider… 1. Greece’s parliament on Wednesday approved a package of civil-justice and banking reforms that European creditors required before beginning negotiations on an €86 billion bailout. 2. US President Barack Obama is close to announcing a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison and transfer out the […]
Fodder for conspiracy theorists is the fact that over the course of 2014 36 bankers around the world have died in unusual ways! And while LinkedIn is certainly not the venue for conspiratorial speculation over how Belgian banker Geert Tack Haaltert died after disappearing about a month ago, the fact that he turned up December 3 […]
As an estimated 90% of eligible Scottish voters head to the polls today to decide on independence from Britain, these are some key issues to follow if the result is YES! In the article ‘Q&A on the September 18th referendum over Scottish independence!‘, the basics surrounding what was going to take place today as the […]
On September 18th Scots will be voting on a referendum to determine whether Scotland will become independent or remain in a union with the UK! As in any vote of this magnitude, the stakes are extremely high not only for these two countries, but for the entire world as well. And because this Scottish referendum […]
Last week’s article, ‘Violating one of the cardinal rules of business!‘, discussed how in business there are certain topics that are basically supposed to be off-limits and how sometimes that rule needs to be ignored! These topics to be avoided typically include religion, world events and politics but, in that article, this basic tenet was […]
US Economic Calendar for the Week of July 21, 2014 The economic calendar in this article provides the days and times for this weeks key releases containing data that will potentially impact the direction interest rates may move in the short and intermediate-term. In addition this economic data will provide investors and businesses both anecdotal evidence about the future direction […]
