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A case study in how not to do it
Polish president Lech Kaczynski’s speech on the subject of ratifying the Lisbon treaty managed to offend Germany and gays everywhere
Round one goes to Icahn
The billionaire investor, was granted his biggest demand from Motorola on Wednesday when the company agreed to split in two
Icahn’s man fails to impress Motorola
The boardroom battle between Carl Icahn, billionaire shareholder activist, and Motorola, the troubled mobile phone maker, is coming down to a fight over one man
Dealmaker Dimon outdoes himself
The shine seems to be wearing off the JPMorgan chief executive’s dealmaking reputation since he got hold of Bear Stearns at a firesale price a week ago
For some at Bear, opportunity knocks
The shock that had consumed Bear Stearns’ 14,000 employees on Sunday had, by mid-week, yielded to a sense that the door of opportunity may have opened
The new governor comes clean
David Paterson, New York’s new governor, apparently believes in getting bad news out early. Hours after he was sworn in, he admitted he had had an affair
Flush times for the Horn of plenty
For some, the price of gold breaching $1,000 an ounce last Friday was a clear signal to liquidate their holdings. Literally so, in the case of Hong Kong jewellery retailer Hang Fung Gold Technology
An advantage or a sign of disrespect?
Porsche may be more international now it owns Volkswagen. But run by a chief executive who touts his potato-farming abilities, it likes to portray a German image
No ad-libbing on China’s main stage
Propaganda officials billed this year’s National People’s Congress as featuring unprecedented journalistic access, a move meant to show government transparency
Cypriot with the zeal of a convert
Anti-smoking zealot Markos Kyprianou, the new Cypriot foreign minister, does not seem too happy to have swapped the salubrious corridors of Brussels for the politics back home
