Category Archives: Global Articles

M&A report for Financier Worldwide

By David Nicholson | Published: March 10, 2011
German investment prospects Germany’s economy has so far emerged relatively unscathed from the credit crisis.  Whilst overall Eurozone growth has showed signs of slowing, the German economy is faring comparatively well.  The country is defying global trends and its central bank reported a ‘surprisingly positive’ start to the year in mid-March.  Growth this year is...

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Richard Branson Profile

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Richard Branson profile for Hertz magazine On the 24th July 2003, billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson wrote a letter to Geoff Dixon, chief executive of Qantas, the Australian airline. “Dear Geoff,” it began. “I was amused to read Qantas’s completely dismissive comments about Virgin Atlantic’s chances of getting permission to fly to Australia.” He went...

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Profile of Tiger Woods

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Profile of Tiger Woods for Open Road magazine “Golf, as we know it, is over,” wrote Gary van Sickle in Sports Illustrated in 1996, having watched the 20-year-old Tiger Woods play. “He’s not just a promising young Tour pro anymore, he’s an era.” Some people might have shrugged and thought Woods a flash in the...

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Media-Controlled Games

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Researchers at Nokia Research Centre in Tampere are experimenting with new technology that could transform the way we play games on our mobile phones. Instead of a game having a musical accompaniment wired into it, we could play the music of our choice and this could make the game easier, harder or more varied. For...

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The Rise of Vladimir Putin

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
‘The Age of Assassins’, Russia Book review about Vladimir Putin, for CNBC Russia watchers have been pontificating furiously over the significance of the emergence of Dmitry Medvedev as the country’s new President, along with Vladimir Putin’s sidestep into the Prime Ministership. Is Putin still pulling the strings? they ask; will Medvedev be able to clean...

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Report for Ernst & Young

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Active industry sectors Infrastructure With a rapidly rising population, vast cash reserves yet poor basic infrastructure in many parts of the region, the Middle East will have an acute need for investment in the sector for many years to come. Highways, water desalination plants, power stations, airports, schools and hospitals are all needed, either to...

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Economic report from NAI Global

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Huge wealth coming out of Alberta’s oil sands has caused Canada’s economic centre of gravity to shift westward, with British Columbia enjoying unprecedented prosperity and new waves of investment. “Things can’t get any better from an economic point of view,” says Greg McPhie, director of NAI Commercial in Vancouver. “We have full employment, yields at...

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Asia-Pacific Innovation Report

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
About the report This report, produced by Grant Thornton in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), examines the thoughts and attitudes of business executives in the Asia Pacific region towards innovation. Research conducted by the EIU is combined with insight from Grant Thornton specialists from around the international organisation. This report forms part of...

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