The man from Icann is after new net gains August 17, 2011 JANUARY 2012 marks the start of “a whole new commercial phase for the internet”. And Peter Dengate Thrush (pictured, right) should know – as the former chairman of the board of Icann, the body responsible for the internet’s top-level domain name management, he oversaw the introduction of the reforms that are about to upend the [...]
Other Aim-listed companies to consider August 17, 2011 ON THE difference between buying small as opposed to large company stocks, investment guru Jim Slater notably remarked: “Elephants don’t gallop.” While true, the worry for many investors is that instead of lasting 70 years, many Aim-listed companies have a life expectancy closer to that of the mayfly. However, not all Aim companies are born [...]
Merkozy’s business-killing tax plans August 17, 2011 TUESDAY’S announcement by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy that they intend to implement a financial transactions tax in the EU was bad news all round. But such a tax would be particularly damaging to those within the forex market. Forex is the largest financial market in the world, with a £2.5 trillion average daily turnover. [...]
Social network your way into a new career August 17, 2011 TECH gurus everywhere were shaking with excitement when Google’s answer to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn was launched earlier this year. Google Plus hopes to carve out its niche by giving users greater control over who sees what information. This could make it very popular. Stories like that of the jobseeker who tweeted: “Cisco just offered [...]
We must reinvent our meetings culture August 17, 2011 AUTHOR I THINK 100 years from now, we’ll look back at the absurd amount of time organisations spend inside of meetings and we’ll laugh. Or maybe we’ll cry. The meeting problem has grown into a full-blown debacle. Back to back to back, poorly executed, tortuously long meetings are hijacking our calendars and draining our enthusiasm. [...]
Glamorous war reporter’s memoir of danger and love August 17, 2011 GHOSTS BY DAYLIGHT BY JANINE DI GIOVANNI Bloomsbury, £16.99 JANINE Di Giovanni is statuesque: a voluptuous brunette, she seems to tower over most of her peers. She seems larger than life but this is not just a physical thing: for twenty years she reported on the world’s grizzliest wars, returning again and again to Bosnia, [...]
The death of chivalry? Men aren’t paying for dates anymore August 17, 2011 DEAR VEXED: I am confused. As a recently single woman, I’ve been dating quite a lot. Seven out of ten times the man doesn’t pick up the tab on the first date. Is this because they’re chumps or because they don’t know if I’ll see it as infringement on my feminine liberation? Marsha, 29, human resources [...]
OUT OF OFFICE August 17, 2011 “I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS” AT THE HILTON PARK LANE What better way to get over the start of the week than a Sunday night spent in the lap of luxury, with in-room treats of popcorn and Prosecco and a selection of films. Monday morning will begin with a continental breakfast delivered to the room and [...]
The gastropub kings with their sights set on the City August 17, 2011 IF you’re the sort of person who appreciates London’s classier pub offerings, the chances are you’ve been a customer of Tom and Ed Martin. The brothers, a pair of gangly good eggs who exude bonhomie and serious business ambition in equal measure, are the operators of an impressive number of the capital’s upper echelon public [...]
The sociable way to barbecue August 17, 2011 ONCE again, this summer’s been a dud for barbecue weather. We’re still holding our hopes out for the rest of August though – at time of writing, the weekend looks like a possible scorcher, and we may yet make it to one last bank holiday of sunshine. Fingers crossed. If by some miracle that does [...]
