“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Rechtsanwalt (Attorney) Carsten Lexa, LL.M. I´m not sure whether the following are really “secrets”. Very likely they are not. But they are definitely not commonly known – even to US-Americans, who use, on average, about 8 credit cards per person. Especially the Germans always wonder about the problems the US-Americans have with credit cards and how it is possible
By: Ainsley Brown Anti-dumping investigations rose by more than 25% in 2008 over the previous year, says the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 2008 numbers, 208 in total, are to be contrasted with the peak of 366 in 2001 and the eleven year low of 2007 of only 163. It will be interesting to see what the numbers will be
By: Ainsley Brown The world economic down turn has had many knock on effects, many of which unexpected. It seems that bad times has the uncanny effect of making the once unthinkable, unsayable and undoable all very much possible. The Swiss banking model can be best characterized with one word: Secrecy. This don’t ask don’t tell attitude is more than
By: Ainsley Brown This is an update to Shareholders Fail in Human Rights Cases Against UK Government. The Northern Rock shareholder group, lead by the Hedge Funds SRM Global and RAB Capital, last week launched their appeal of the decision reach in the High Court about the UK government’s nationalization compensations scheme. The appeal comes in the form of judicial
By: Ainsley Brown General Motors (GM) this week in another move in its restructuring plan has taken further steps to divest itself of its European operations. First it was Swedish Saab now it’s the UK’s Vauxhall. According to the report in the Times GM is prepared to sell Vauxhall at a discount price – you could even say at a
The Summit of the Americas will begain today. The meeting, being held in Trinidad and Tobago, is being held under the theme of: Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity. Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability. On a side note: Canadian PM Harper plans to immediately after the summit will be in Jamaica for a 2 day visit from April
By: Ainsley Brown I must say that I consider myself a relatively intelligent person – though admittedly not an economic guy – I believe myself able to grasp practically any concept once explained. And the Obama toxic asset plan, I just don’t get it. Please do not read this as either a general criticism of the President or the specific
By: Ainsley Brown The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that there will be no cut in oil production. This is a status quo-hold-wait and see strategy by OPEC. By keeping oil production as is OPEC hopes to keep oil prices at exsting levels in the further hope that this will have no adverse effect on any pending
BY: Ainsley Brown The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) or as it is now known, CARICOM Single Market and Economy is moving towards greater harmonization. The Single Markets’ members have either completed or are in the process of having their laws and administrative practices and procedures reviewed in order to facilitate the objectives of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.
By Ainsley Brown President Obama is going to make his first foreign trip today. And where is he going? To his northern neighbor – CANADA. Welcome to Canada President Obama! The visit as short as it is, only six hours, is an official state visit – put simply he is meeting with the Governor General not just the Prime Minister