A globalised MBA can come in a host of different wrappings April 18, 2012 GLOBALISATION, both as a buzz word and as a practical reality, is informing business education everywhere. But the way in which schools have responded to this demand is very different. MBA programmes widely trumpet their global reach. International business requires executives and managers to appreciate cross-cultural sensitivities, to understand localised priorities, to have broad networks, [...]
Variations on the theme of global MBA courses April 18, 2012 Prospective MBA students have a vast selection of courses to choose from. They also have access to some interesting alternatives that are designed to offer a slightly different business education experience, but still in a global setting. The Global Entrepreneurship Programme is a one year course, a collaboration between EMLyon Business School, in France, Zhejiang [...]
Will Windows 8 be smashing? April 18, 2012 Microsoft has announced more details about its hotly-anticipated Windows 8 operating system, which promises to streamline its products across your all your devices. The company says it will be the biggest overhaul of the world’s best-selling operating system since the iconic Windows 95. But what exactly will the changes mean for the average user? We [...]
Make or break for Microsoft April 18, 2012 Given all the publicity Apple receives, it can be easy to forget that Microsoft still controls 85 per cent of the operating system market (Apple has 10 per cent across both desktop and mobile). So a complete overhaul of Windows is going to affect the vast majority of computer users over the next few years. [...]
A WINDOW INTO THE PAST April 18, 2012 1985 | Windows 1.0 This is where is all started: when Microsoft made the leap from MS-DOS’s lines of basic coding to the boxes (or “windows”) that are still a staple of computing today. Cynics say Gates lifted the idea from rival Xerox. 1995 | Windows 95 A landmark for Microsoft, in which the rough [...]
Banks plot to sue EU over bonuses April 17, 2012 Banks have hired lawyers to look into suing the EU if Brussels imposes new restrictions on bonuses that they say would wreck their businesses, City A.M. has learned. The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), an industry group representing banks across the continent, has brought in top law firm Clifford Chance to see whether [...]
Sage of Omaha Warren Buffett tells investors he has prostate cancer April 17, 2012 Warren Buffett, the world’s most famous investor and head of Berkshire Hathaway, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 81-year-old told investors the stage one disease is “not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way”. Buffett will begin two months of daily radiation doses in mid-July. He said treatment for the cancer – [...]
Spain slams Argentina for its move to seize oil firm April 17, 2012 SPAIN rounded on Argentina’s move to seize control of oil giant YPF yesterday, threatening swift economic retribution for the nationalisation plan. Spanish industry minister Jose Manuel Soria promised “consequences” in the coming days. “They will be in the diplomatic field, the industrial field, and on energy,” he said. And Repsol, the current owner of a [...]
Bank of England’s inflation over-optimism must now end April 17, 2012 EXCUSES, excuses, excuses. Once again, the Bank of England has suffered the humiliation of seeing consumer price index (CPI) inflation increase, rather than drop, last month. The CPI measure increased from 3.4 per cent to 3.5 per cent; let’s never forget that the target that the Bank is meant to be sticking to is two [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 17, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Canadian approached for BoE job Mark Carney, governor of Canada’s central bank, has been informally approached to be a candidate to replace Sir Mervyn King as head of the Bank of England in June next year. One of the world’s most respected central bankers, Carney also heads the Financial Stability Board, which oversees [...]
