. Mounting bad loans, competition for funds and exposure to wobbly Portugal make Spain's banks a potential liability as the country fights to avoid an Ireland-style bailout. A burst property bubble also
. By Brad Dorfman From traditional lures like slashed prices on hot electronics to a "Santa-Sing-A-Ma-Jig" toy, U.S. retailers are pushing to attract shoppers into their doors on Black Friday. With higher
. Recent violent events and an increasing rate of social disobedience is tarnishing the reputation Cyprus has had as an easy going, calm society, a factor that multinationals often take into serious
. * Only 2.5% made donations of more than $500,000 Charitable giving by wealthy Americans dropped by more than a third between 2007 and 2009 as the worst U.S. recession in decades
. Bootcamp is hot, Pilates is not, according to a new survey forecasting fitness trends for 2011. In fact so precipitous was the fall of Pilates, once a fitness staple, that Dr.
. Many not making adequate provisions for the future Nearly two thirds of family firms intend to expand in the next 12 months and nearly all are confident they can compete effectively
. Bulgaria is still interested in joining the euro zone as quickly as possible despite tensions in the bloc over the fiscal troubles of Ireland and Greece, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov
. The supermarket chains are increasing the pressure on their rivals as well as on consumers with mega campaigns declaring cheap(er) prices, better quality, value-for-money, and an array of market-speak that makes
RISK WATCH The Risk Watch Column: By Dr Alan Waring Part 1 of this article summarised the huge problem of withheld title deeds and various kinds of fraud (e.g. ‘double selling’) for
. Bickering over the island’s fragile economy just got worse as political parties, mostly without any knowledge of how the economy works and how to deal with the problem, stooped to a
