Buttonwood: Here we go again

May 18 | Posted by theboss | Finance

THE pattern is eerily familiar. Investors start the year in a blaze of optimism, hoping that the euro zone has been stabilised and that the American economy is growing strongly. By the late spring, the latest example of euro-zone “make and mend” policies shows signs of fraying and the American recovery is proving less robust than hoped. The same description of events applies to both 2011 and 2012, even if last year’s market correction was... Read more

LightSquared: Falling star

May 18 | Posted by theboss | Finance

Falcone has his wings clipped “BUYING 100% of companies, that’s where I think a great opportunity is.” So said... Read more

Greece and the euro: Exodus, chapter 1

May 18 | Posted by theboss | Finance

THE odds of a Greek exit from the euro shorten by the day. An inconclusive result to a... Read more

Correction: Free exchange

May 18 | Posted by theboss | Finance

The programme in West Bengal evaluated by Esther Duflo (Free Exchange, May 12th 2012) was implemented by Bandhan, not BRAC. BRAC devised... Read more

Foreign firms in India: Travellers checked

May 18 | Posted by theboss

BEFORE foreign investors came to India, its finance minister remarked recently, “we... Read more

Airlines in ex-Yugoslavia: Balkan unity?

May 18 | Posted by theboss

EASTERN EUROPEAN airlines are sick. Fuel is dear, their markets are small... Read more

Mediaset: End of an era

May 18 | Posted by theboss

BABEL TV, a niche channel on Sky Italia, a pay-TV platform owned... Read more

Love, Korean-style: Two’s company

May 18 | Posted by theboss

Let’s swap emoticons SOUTH KOREANS take romance seriously. Lovers... Read more

Greece’s political crisis: Fiddling while Athens burns

May 18 | Posted by theboss

PITY Karolos Papoulias, the 82-year-old president who has... Read more

The euro-zone economy: North and south

May 18 | Posted by theboss

STRICKEN by fears of a looming Greek exit, the euro zone has... Read more

Poland’s slowing economy: Set the eagle free

May 18 | Posted by theboss

POLAND’S new national stadium is a symbol of optimism. The firm that... Read more

Ireland’s referendum: The ayes have it?

May 18 | Posted by theboss

ENDA KENNY, Ireland’s prime minister, has already lost one referendum on constitutional... Read more