Holidaying in Greece right now may be the only hope left to help a country who has been through one of the deepest peacetime recessions of any industrialised economy. Greece’s gross domestic product has dropped 22 percent since 2008. According to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the perceptible signs of Greece’s recovery are the tourists pouring […]

Although working while you travel is expected in this day and age, research has shown that there are valid reasons why it would be better to leave your laptop in the overhead compartment on your next flight. You can’t concentrate With cabin pressure on commercial airlines typically set for altitudes of between 7000 – 8000 […]

Just as we predicted when the Cypriot bail-in debacle was in full swing a few months ago, it seems that Cyprus was indeed the test case for an EU-wide model of dealing with failed banks. We can’t possibly take all the credit for the accuracy of our assessment, especially when on the 25th of March […]

The above question, a mainstay in introductory public speaking and debate courses, is taking on a whole new resonance. Everybody knows that the Federal Reserve has been artificially keeping the U.S economy afloat with $85 billion each month in asset purchases. Everybody knows that there is an ever-growing divide between the way the markets have […]

Just as our children are unlikely to comprehend that there once was a time before uncle Google, when telephones had dial tones, music came on cassette tapes, and television was decidedly NOT on demand, we should take a moment here to remember the humble telegram, that pioneering long distance, non-physical method of communication that kicked […]

2013 is shaping up to be a costly one for British banks. HSBC and Standard Chartered, Britain’s two largest banks by market value, have recently agreed to pay $2.6 billion in fines to U.S authorities for infringing U.S regulations and breaching sanction policies. HSBC is due to pay $1.92 billion and enter into a deferred […]