Social responsibility indexes When I was studying in Australia back in the 60’s, the term to measure the success of an economic system was mostly Gross National Product or GNP. It is the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced for consumption in society during a particular time period. In the financial […]
Alhurra Bleeding Viewers, Poll Finds, But Spending is Up
by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica Results from the largest public opinion poll in the Arab world indicate that Alhurra [1], the U.S.-funded Arab satellite station that has cost U.S. taxpayers more than half a billion dollars, is the least-watched station in the region and is losing viewers. The annual poll [2], by the University of Maryland […]
Productivity at work:How to measure the unmeasurable?
Measuring and improving workplace productivity has been one of the biggest concerns for managers since the beginning of the twentieth century. The famous “If you can measure it, you can manage it” cliché suggests that quantitative indexes are enough to help the manager understand the trends and improve the process. This approach may have made […]
What You Need to Know About Making Foreign Investments
If you want to be a successful investor, you must learn the best means to diversify your assets. If you isolate your investments to only a few stocks, you can be considerably affected if negative events arise. One way of practicing diversification is to make foreign investments. Why go international? The thing about common investors […]
Steven Brookes, FCFG Senior Client Advisor Releases His Paper ‘Are You An Emotionally Balanced Investor?’
1888PressRelease – FCFG Senior Client Advisor Steven Brookes Takes A Brief Look At The Effects That Emotion Can Have On An Investor. Below Is A Brief Synopsis. If you work in the financial industry you will most definitely have heard the old idiom that the markets are controlled by fear and greed. Whilst for the […]
Applying General Advice for Winning Government Work to GPO
Applying General Advice for Winning Government Work to GPO by Deborah Snider, Senior Vice President, e-LYNXX Corporation Winning work through the federal government can be a daunting task if you don’t know what you are doing. It takes preparation, practice, patience and professionalism to be successful when dealing with the world’s largest bureaucracy — one […]