Challenge 21
The great battle of the 19th century was against slavery. In the 20th century, the fight was against totalitarianism (left and right wing). A recent report published on human development
What a declining dollar means for you
The stock markets may have reacted well to George W Bush’s re-election in the United States, but it has been a different story with the Dollar. The US currency has
Christmas calmers and cold busters
Christmas is on the doorstep and, as we begin to plan for the festivities ahead, I have been repeatedly asked which herbs I would recommend to have at hand for
Paying it forward
I saw a movie called Pay it Forward the other evening. It is not a new movie and it was probably not a huge box-office hit – there was no
As we walk into the unknown…
Two weeks ago I mentioned how troubles often come in threes and in the space of five days we had encountered just that many setbacks to our comfortable existence –
EU REPORT
Durão Barroso’s EU Commission has finally taken office amid a new row over one of its members, the French transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, who failed to reveal a conviction for
Indian winter
If there was a longevity category for Petunias and other bedding plants in the Guinness Book of Records then it would have been broken many times this year. The calmest,
Nothing is certain in this life save death and taxes…
…unless you attended the recent Blevins Franks Seminars? Blevins Franks Trustees recently held their annual Autumn Seminars throughout Southern Europe. They hold two financial seminars each year and this season
Fiscal deduction for individual tax for 2004… and a few note
The year is drawing to a close and one of the main concerns for anyone who works and has income is how to pay the minimum amount of fiscal tax.
The importance of being a pioneer
Few things are so neglected in strategy as the importance of being the first company to enter a market segment, which no one has decided to enter before due to

