How an MBA can make you an entrepreneur March 24, 2010 SURVEYS of this newspaper’s readers always show that a large proportion of them hope to start up their own business one day. But if that is your dream, how do you go about it? Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? There is a mystique around entrepreneurialism and those who have succeeded often promote the [...]
TWO?MBA?ENTREPRENEURS March 24, 2010 OLGA NEFEDOVA Having worked as a senior drilling engineer for oilfield services giant Schlumberger for four years, and then for Mitsubishi Steel Trading, Olga Nefedova took a full-time MBA at Warwick Business School in 2008-2009. She now combines a customer services manager role at Schlumberger with running an online gallery selling Russian art, the Kohgan [...]
Size matters when it comes to your MBA March 24, 2010 IN 2006, there were 299 people on London Business School’s full-time MBA course. In 2010, the intake was 401, bringing the total number of students on the two-year course to around 800. The 2010 intake at Paris’s INSEAD is 980. At the upper end, the number of people at the large MBA schools is increasing [...]
TALE OF THE TAPE | DAVIDS AND GOLIATHS March 24, 2010 LBS: 401 for a two-year MBA, meaning at any one time there will be around 800 full-time MBA students. INSEAD: INSEAD admits two classes per year, each comprising nearly 480 students, from over 70 nationalities. SAID: 240, from 48 nationalities, with 95 per cent international students. EMLYON: 30 students, from 13 countries. VLERICK LEUVEN GENT: 50 students, more [...]
Insider dealing raids rock city March 23, 2010 SIX people were hauled away by police yesterday in the biggest ever insider trading sting seen in the UK. Senior executives at Deutsche Bank and Exane BNP Paribas and a trader at hedge fund Moore Capital were arrested as the Serious Organised Crime Agency stormed offices across the City. A further three men arrested are [...]
Darling is told not to raise taxes March 23, 2010 ALISTAIR Darling should not announce any new tax rises in today’s Budget, according to our panel of City and business professionals. And he should cut spending across all government departments, instead of “ring-fencing” areas like education and health. Sixty-nine per cent of panelists were against any new taxation, although 30 per cent thought Darling should [...]
McCall leaves the Guardian March 23, 2010 EASYJET last night unveiled Carolyn McCall as its new chief executive, replacing Andy Harrison who stands down in June. The decision by McCall, currently head of Guardian Media Group (GMG), shocked the media world. Her move comes after GMG posted pre-tax losses of £90m in the year to March 2009, compared with a profit of [...]
Don’t expect miracles from Darling March 23, 2010 THERE is just one thing going for Alistair Darling today and that is low expectations. Nobody is anticipating any miracles from the Chancellor, for whom this will probably be the last Budget, regardless of the outcome of the general election. His growth forecasts will be too optimistic once again, he won’t be open enough about [...]
CDS market opening up March 23, 2010 THE Greek debt crisis and the role played by Goldman Sachs has forced legislators internationally to work on new rules to regulate the $450 trillion (£299 trillion) privately traded derivatives markets. Governments want regulators to have access to trade information in the markets, including positions held by large counterparties. Depository Trust & Clearing (DTCC) will [...]
Eat chewing over sale March 23, 2010 Eat sandwich chain owner Penta Capital is in early stage talks with a single party to sell at least part of the business, which provides a popular eating spot for City workers. The chain, which was set up 14 years ago by Niall and Faith MacArthur then sold to Penta, now has more than 100 [...]
