Monster IMF loan brings hope to ailing Argentina
THE biggest loan ever from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – $57.1bn – will be made to Argentina over a three-year period in a...
High hopes for Coca-Cola ‘recovery drink’ with CBD cannabis extract
COCA-COLA is considering putting a drug-related substance into one of its beverages – and not for the first time.
Coke became one of the world’s...
Dramatic fall in half-year profits strikes to heart of John Lewis
JOHN Lewis Partnership’s June predictions of low-to-zero profits for the first half of 2018 have proven precise, rather than pessimistic: a plunge of 99...
VW emissions court case forced to find bigger venue for crowds
GERMAN car manufacturer Volkswagen has gone on trial in Braunschweig higher regional court in the first case over the diesel scandal in which emissions...
Get with the programme for real active business learning
BV’s HEATHER LEAH SMITH sits down, faces the front, takes out her exercise book and has a look at education trends
MONOTONOUS lectures and rote...
Football safety report lit fuse to UK call centre’s ‘big bang’
BRITISH contact centre specialist Kura has acquired two new divisions, making it the UK’s largest independent outsourcer.
Kura was formed as Response in 1991 and...
Good reasons cryptocurrency is likely to become ‘the future of commerce’
Analyst BRIAN G. SEWELL speculates that Bitcoin et al, although flawed, will change the way the world does business
I WOULD rather see the SEC...
China gives US a level glare over mooted extra tariffs
‘Precise’ response promised in escalating trade war
TARIFFS are back in the headlines as China threatens to impose more of its own taxes on US...
New export strategy to bring ‘superpower’ status to Britain
BRITAIN’S International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced an export strategy that “will make Britain a 21st Century exporting superpower”.
“As we leave the EU,...
Harley’s cut-and-run tactics draw tweet fire from Trump
HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S great escape from the EU-Donald Trump tariff trap – a plan to move some production out of the US – is causing anguish...
Boundary change plan revives controversy in Costa del Sol
Proposals to shift borders within Spain’s Marbella council area are raising land values – and eyebrows. BV’s man-on-the-ground JASON AGNEW has a sniff around.
MARBELLA,...
Change is the only constant, and a true secret of survival
IBM’s story provides a roadmap for using ambitious goals and constant communication to reinvent a company. Former IBM employee DIANE BRINK of the Kellogg...