Shareholder Value: Outdated and an Obstacle to Corporate Success

The pursuit of increased shareholder value is much overrated, may hurt corporations and is certainly not the legal requirement some…

11 years ago

Sheri McCoy: The Avon Lady

Sheri McCoy is one of the relatively few global business leaders to have risen through the ranks of a major…

11 years ago

Now Even More Powerful: Our Hero Helen Clark

Helen Clark, born in 1950, served as New Zealand’s prime minister from 1999 to 2008. She was the first woman…

11 years ago

Reef of Contention: Spain Talks Tough on Gibraltar

The Spanish government is taking a cue from Argentina: Whenever beset by apparently insurmountable problems and tanking approval ratings, find…

11 years ago

Doomsayers Enjoying a Field Day with Deutsche Bank

A tiny but apparently growing number of pundits is pretty sure the Deutsche Bank will shortly tumble and fall. As…

11 years ago

Maxima – Busy at Work

The people of The Netherlands quickly came to adore the young, attractive Argentinian economist Maxima Zorreguieta who married their Crown…

11 years ago

Karen Agustiawan – Confirmed for Second Term at Pertamina

Karen Agustiawan had her tenure as CEO of PT Pertamina (the Indonesian state owned oil company) extended for a further…

11 years ago

Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: China, Brazil – Two Tales of a Growth Slowdown

China and Brazil are both facing a growth slowdown, as compared to the period prior to the global financial crisis.…

11 years ago

Super-Size My Pay: US Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job

Thousands of workers in the US fast food industry went on strike earlier this week to demand a super-sizing of…

11 years ago

Female Head of Petrobras is the ‘Inside Outsider’

As the first female CEO of a major global oil company appointed by Brazil’s first female president, there has been…

11 years ago