MBA entrepreneurs start up with a leg up June 20, 2012 PLENTY of successful entrepreneurs don’t have MBAs. For many, to be an entrepreneur is to possess a constellation of hard-wired personality traits – an appetite for risk, an eye for an opportunity, the personality to carry investors on an exciting bandwagon from start-up to IPO. Surely these qualities can’t be taught? Many business schools disagree. [...]
The journey of an idea from a classroom to the boardroom June 20, 2012 SUSAN Cooper is founder of Accutrainee, a start-up that aims to reduce costs and increase flexibility for law firms by outsourcing their trainee solicitor needs. The company employs the trainees and seconds them out when required. Cooper is a former lawyer – she spent several years working at Hogan Lovells and then in the construction [...]
Inflation relief helps push FTSE to its highest close in six weeks June 19, 2012 BRITAIN’S leading share index hit a six-week high yesterday on growing hopes for concerted economic stimulus measures from central banks, with a fall in UK inflation seen as increasing the chances of another Bank of England move. Consumer price inflation (CPI) eased unexpectedly in May to its lowest in two and a half years due [...]
Hopes the Federal Reserve will extend stimulus lifts US stocks June 19, 2012 US stocks rose yesterday on hopes that the Federal Reserve will agree to extend stimulus measures as the economy struggles to recover and the Eurozone’s debt crisis gets worse. The S&P 500 has gained 7.2 per cent from a five-month intraday low reached on 4 June. The benchmark index closed above its 50-day moving average [...]
Explore beyond limits: Acer sets its sights on emotional branding June 19, 2012 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 37 DAYS TO GO Q What’s your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A Acer is proud to be the world-wide computing partner of the Olympic movement. We feel we share the Olympic values, and have a deep respect for the sports and its athletes. [...]
The euro may rise despite the crisis June 19, 2012 THE Eurozone is in crisis and it is impossible to argue otherwise. For years, the governments of member states spent more than they were able to collect from their citizens in taxes. So they went to the debt markets to make up the shortfall. The markets took the view that the stronger Eurozone nations would [...]
UK market’s euphoria over Greek vote is short-lived as crisis lingers June 18, 2012 UK equities closed slightly higher yesterday, slipping off one-month highs as initial euphoria after Greek elections reduced the chances of an imminent euro exit quickly gave way to the realisation that the region’s crisis is still far from resolved. Greek conservatives secured a narrow victory over the radical left at the weekend, increasing the likelihood [...]
US tech stock rally stymied by debt fears June 18, 2012 THE Nasdaq advanced yesterday, propelled by a rally in Apple and other big-cap tech stocks, but fears Europe’s debt crisis is in danger of worsening limited broader gains. Positive analyst comments lifted both eBay, up 4.5 per cent to $42.49, and Groupon, up 10.8 per cent at $11.15. Apple accounted for about half the Nasdaq’s [...]
Why traders should not worry about Europe’s plight June 18, 2012 AS THE European markets shrug off another short-lived rally, it is not just the frequency with which the Eurozone is hit by bad news that is striking, but also the speed with which the European markets move from each brief rally to a return to their downward trend. News that Greece’s pro-bailout parties had won [...]
