What is the view of the Eurocrisis as seen from the dining table at Park House? As you may imagine, this is currently a hot topic and dominates our discussions as we enjoy a tender slice of locally shot wild duck, a tasty caper sauce and one or two of those excellent bottles of dark Chilean Merlot, followed by Jeannette's mouth-wateringly delicious meringue and ra...
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Euroblog - Tabletalk
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Saving The Euro
září 22ndposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0Saving the Euro requires action on a huge scale
It lies with the politicians to convince international markets that the euro is worth saving. Markets, and in particular, speculators, continue to bet against it and the single currency faces potential ruin. Yes; it has got that serious. Nothing short of a series of drastic financial measures from politicians of euro-zone...
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What goes around comes around
září 15thposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0What goes around does indeed come around:
Four hundred years ago, British capital began to flow into India. The East India Company was created and the foundations of the empire were laid.
But over the last ten years, the opposite has occurred. Capital is beginning to flow in earnest in the other direction. Tata Group; a conglomerate with a va...
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Where does the economy go from here?
září 12thposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0After a nerve-racking month for the economy, there is a likelihood that things could get worse before they get better over the coming months.
America is running out of ideas for how to give their economy the boost it so desperately needs. In the past couple of years, they have adopted a policy known as “Quantitative Easing” – the process of creating money to...
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Using Business English
září 8thposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0An exercise in learning how to use business English vocabulary appropriately in real-life cases
Despite innovative designs continuing to differentiate their products from those of their competitors, several months back it was becoming clear that their trading position had deteriorated. One could only foresee difficult trading conditions ahead for them.
Fu...
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European Markets forget the holiday season
září 5thposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0The markets in Europe forgot it was the holiday season
August is holiday season in Europe. Businesses, and indeed governments, tend to wind down for a month, and employees (those that can still afford to!) slope off to sunnier climes.
Politicians, particularly, in the European Union countries, have not been able to relax on their summer sojourns this time around. The ma... -
Corporate Culture
červen 27thposted by Administrator in Helpful Tipscomments: 0Here at Parkhouse Training, we come into contact with many individuals who work for global, multi-cultural organisations. Some are already leaders, and others are well on their way to becoming tomorrow’s leaders.
Each organisation represented will have a corporate culture. That is to say, they will each have a shared set of attitudes, values, goals, and... -
E.coli Outbreak
červen 8thposted by Administrator in Business Newscomments: 0E.coli outbreak highlights how difficult it is to manage communication on such delicate issues:
In the space of a few days, the health-conscious German nation has become a crisis zone. It was somewhat reassuring that cucumbers from Spain could be quickly identified as the source of infection. However, in the end, that lead has proved to be false, but has neverthe...
