Wow! This one almost slipped under my radar but, as I was heavily involved in establishing TowerGroup Europe, it should be noted. The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) acquired TowerGroup last week. That's interesting as, when I worked with TowerGroup they were owned by Reuters. Reuters sold them to MasterCard and now MasterCard have sold them…
The big coup in this month’s Management Today (MT) is an interview with the exiting Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, Sir Victor Blank, who will be replaced by former Citibank Chairman, Sir Win Bischoff at the end of the year. The editorial of MT starts by saying: “nobody, least of all Sir Victor Blank, wants…
The big coup in this month’s Management Today (MT) is an interview with the exiting Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, Sir Victor Blank, who will be replaced by former Citibank Chairman, Sir Win Bischoff at the end of the year. The editorial of MT starts by saying: “nobody, least of all Sir Victor Blank, wants…
Just stumbled across Yoram Bauman, the Stand Up Economist, who is obviously a chap who believes in the power of economic thinking as he has a Ph.d. in Economics. His ten principles of economic theory are quite fascinating in fact. He bases his principles on Greg Mankiw’s, a professor of economics at Harvard University,who states…
Just stumbled across Yoram Bauman, the Stand Up Economist, who is obviously a chap who believes in the power of economic thinking as he has a Ph.d. in Economics. His ten principles of economic theory are quite fascinating in fact. He bases his principles on Greg Mankiw’s, a professor of economics at Harvard University,who states…
I blogged in positive terms recently about Royal Bank of Scotland and the 'Powered by NatWest' partnership it had created as a mobile payments processor for O2. Just as this landmark partnership was created, RBS decided to close down their internal mobile payments team. So much for a commitment to the future and the most…
