Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
November 2014

Seoul, with its rapidly growing startup ecosystem is gaining precedence as one of the most promising entrepreneurial hubs in the world. Home to two of the most influential global tech leaders, Samsung and LG, the perception of Seoul has traditionally

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Small businesses often capitalize on their less formal, more personal, approach to their customers and clients. While there is nothing wrong with this approach in general, it should not extend to business agreements and legal matters. On the contrary, a

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The U.S. dollar has been consolidating for the past couple of weeks, and that phase appears to be coming to an end. Next week’s economic data and events will likely underscore the divergent theme, which works in the dollar’s favor.

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Whether as a result of an unprecedented scare campaign by the Swiss National Bank (most recently reinforced by Citigroup), or due to confidence that Swiss gold is as safe abroad as it is at home, or simply due to good old-fashioned “hanging chads”,

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Here’s a summary of some Black Friday sales statistics. I bet you can’t wait for Cyber Monday, as if you won’t get the same deals next Monday.      You will find more statistics at Statista

Yes, the word strikes fear in every taxpayer’s heart. Here are the basics. You may know someone who’s been through an IRS audit. You’ve at least heard that it can be a grueling, complex process. But how much do you really

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A little over a year ago, we presented a “Yellow” asset, which was “the best performer of the past year.” It wasn’t gold: it was yellow cab medallions.             As we wrote then, “the best returning

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American consumers have more money this year than ever to spend on holiday shopping meaning certain retail stocks will get a big boost in Q4 earnings. Since the recession the likes of Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) were the main

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The German economy is the largest within the Eurozone bloc and the wider EU and is often described as the powerhouse of Europe. Whilst unemployment across the EU is very uneven, the German economy has managed to create strong demand

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Thinking plummeting oil prices are good for the economy is a mistake. They instead, as I said in The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy point out how bad the global economy is doing. QE has been able

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