04 August 2016 Is Women’s Ambition Different From Men’s? Should this be a taboo subject? by Lynda Goetz Last week, Kevin Roberts, chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi (the global communications and advertising agency now based in New York and with 140 offices in 76 countries) and head coach at the parent company, Publicis Group, took… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Is Women’s Ambition Different From Men’s? (Linda Goetz)
Month: August 2016
Issue65: 2016 08 04: Wolf at the door (Neil Tidmarsh)
04 August 2016 Wolf At The Door Trouble in store for Italy. By Neil Tidmarsh The wolf – the symbol of ancient Rome, the saviour of Romulus and Remus – is thriving in today’s Italy. It was given legal protection in 1971, when its wild population was down to less than 100, and in the… Continue reading Issue65: 2016 08 04: Wolf at the door (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 65: Crossword – Pack your bags
04 August 2016 Crossword by Boffles Pack your bags To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 65: Crossword – Pack your bags – printable
4 August 2016 Crossword by Boffles Pack your bags Across 7 Is it life under canvas which often makes him unhappy? (6) 8 Many will go by it (3) 9 Short destination and gateway to China (2) 10 Italian beach (4) 11 Favourite holiday destination of Sam and Dave (or… Continue reading Issue 65: Crossword – Pack your bags – printable
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Chevalier(j.R Thomas)
4 August 2016 Chevalier A film by Athina Rachel Tsangari Reviewed by J.R.Thomas If you are hoping to make a big rating soap opera for TV, what you firstly need is a central and defining setting – a Coronation Street or a Downton Abbey. And if what you are about is more ambitious, say a… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Chevalier(j.R Thomas)
Issue 65: Crossword – Inventions and Discoveries – solution
04 August 2016 Crossword by Boffles Inventions and Discoveries – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Contents
28 July 2016: Issue 64 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment University Education by John Watson The need for reform. Terror Attacks In Europe by Lynda Goetz The differences and similarities between France and Germany. A Bad Time For Organised Crime by Neil Tidmarsh Believe it or not, the forces of law and order are winning some… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Contents
Issue 65:2016 08 04: To the starting blocks (J.R.Thomas)
4 August 2016 To The Starting Blocks How to do conventions. by J.R.Thomas It is probably not Mr Trump’s style, but he might have learnt much if he had cleared his diary last week, found a comfortable chair, a plate of cookies, a flask of coffee, and watched the Democratic Convention. That’s how to… Continue reading Issue 65:2016 08 04: To the starting blocks (J.R.Thomas)
Issue65:2016 08 04: A tale of two Brexits( by Frank O’Nomics)
04 August 2016 A Tale of Two Brexits by Frank O’Nomics It is the best of markets, it is the worst of data. There is a marked divergence between the interpretation of the implications of Brexit by equity markets and the evidence provided by the more recent releases of forward looking economic data. FTSE has… Continue reading Issue65:2016 08 04: A tale of two Brexits( by Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 65:2016 08 04: Minimum Requirements(Don Urquhart)
04 August 2016 Minimum Requirements by Don Urquhart This is written in praise of German bank auditors. They taught me a few things which I would like to pass on. I worked for a German bank. Almost as soon as I joined my department in London I was visited by auditors from the Bundesfinanzamt in… Continue reading Issue 65:2016 08 04: Minimum Requirements(Don Urquhart)
Issue 65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief International
04 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Traditional summer festivities such as open-air concerts, firework displays and sporting events have been cancelled in many parts of the country as a result of recent terrorist atrocities. Security forces have begun operations at sea, with coastal patrols and helicopter monitoring of ferries entering French waters.… Continue reading Issue 65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief International
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
04 August 2016 Computers and Risk Could what went wrong in banking go wrong elsewhere? by John Watson When Kevin Rodgers states that traders get better with age, he is wholly convincing. His book “Why Aren’t They Shouting?” (Random House Business Books 2016) takes you through his career as a banker specialising in foreign exchange… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
Issue65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief financial
4 August 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY STEADY…: There is a great deal of chat now that Brexit vote has not had the expected negative effects on the UK economy and that the economic outlook is good, even dazzling. And also, in direct contradiction, that economic indicators are weak and pointing steeply downwards… Continue reading Issue65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief financial
