Archive
Issue: November 2008
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Social workers
Social responsibility is the new name of the international business game and for those firms embracing the concept it could be the making of them and the communities in which they operate. Flemmich Webb reports
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Oil, Gas & Mining
the new cold front
The West is more shaken than stirred by Russia’s recent actions in the Caucasus, but what does it mean asks Pamela Ann Smith
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Country, Regional & City Reports
austria
With recent elections likely to produce another coalition, there is, says Justin Keay, at least one thing the parties agree on: Centrope
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Banking & Investments
Profit scenter
Josephine Moulds tracks down the hot stocks to watch this month
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Banking & Investments, Leadership
high flier
Simon Hobbs talks to Louis Gallois, CEO of EADS, about socialism, the civil service and saving Airbus
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Alternative Investments
a bull market?
The economic meltdown couldn’t stop British artist Damien Hirst busting records at his recent auction, but is the rest of the art market as robust? asks Simon de Burton
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Banking & Investments
Safe haven or slippery slope?
With the credit crunch continuing to decimate the banking sector, where next for the high-net-worth individual’s money? Chris Owen reports
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Art & Books
Culture
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Banking & Investments
short circuit?
Before Black September the hedge fund model was both simple and seductive. Hugh Lundin looks at the sector’s future
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Automotive
end of the road
Faced with high oil prices and eco-anxiety, US carmakers are having to rethink their gas-guzzling ways and take some lessons from their European rivals, says Ben Oliver
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Real Estate
Playing chicken
Ukrainian vendors are holding onto their properties, hoping prices will rise, says Neil Barnett. As a result the market is grinding to halt
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Banking & Investments, Cover Story
Gamblers Unanimous
World markets were brought to their knees by the collapse of US investment banks. Chris Owen looks at the casino culture that brought the house down.
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Travel & Leisure
Hills are alive
Like the Swedes themselves, the new Hills Golf Club outside Gothenburg is serious and strange at first, but bags of fun underneath, says Richard Gillis
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Marketing
brand royalty
In business, culture and sport, Abu Dhabi and Dubai are spending trillions to establish their respective brands — and better each other. Boyd Farrow reports
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Innovation & Start-up
Hope springs
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Country, Regional & City Reports
the next china?
Booming and confident Vietnam has moved past its troubled colonial history and the brutal war with the US, says Justin Keay
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Innovation & Start-up
welcome to the promising land
Israel is about to join the OECD and foreign investment is booming, but many Europeans have yet to join the party, says Hanan Sher
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News & Views
business watch
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Hotspots
Vega Venice
The honeymooners’ favourite destination is seducing business investors with a major regeneration project. Francesca Lombardo reports
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Hotel Reviews
Hotel Reviews
Ritz-Carlton, Doha and the Okura, Amsterdam
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Luxury
Indulgences
This selection of luxury goods will make you forget you ever heard the term ‘credit crunch’
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Automotive
green machines?
It could have hobbled them, but impending EU emissions rules have inspired Porsche and Lamborghini to go faster then ever, finds Ben Oliver
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Innovation & Start-up
Reinventing the Wheel
