Mr Harold Camping, an 89 year old evangelist from America predicts that tomorrow Jesus Christ will return to earth and true followers will be swept up, or in his words “raptured”, to heaven. He predicts that giant earthquakes will sweep across the world to mark the start of the destruction of the earth and with [...]

What was founded 8 years ago by 2 entrepreneurs and was last week bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion? Little did Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennstrom and his Danish colleague Janus Friis realise that the Skype product they introduced back in 2003 would be worth a mighty $8.5 billion 8 years later. Skype, whose name comes [...]

It’s Valentine’s Day next Monday and love appears to be in the air as far as stock exchanges are concerned. Last year, the Australian and Singaporean stock exchanges announced plans to merge. Earlier today the London Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange announced that they had formally agreed to merge and Deutsche Borse and NYSE [...]

Binge drinking in the UK is a major problem. City centres at the weekend can be full of people that are literally trying to drink as much as possible in as short a period of time. Violence and health issues often ensue. As well as the disturbances to local residents there are also the costs [...]

Asset valuation is a tricky business.  It is, however, a skill that accountants are often commissioned to use.  It’s also a useful one to have when making personal decisions, such as whether to buy a home or not. Some people would argue that a major driver of the current economic slump in many countries is [...]

I had to recently go into hospital for a minor operation on my knee. The nurses and doctors were fantastic there and thankfully everything is now fine with my knee. The hospital I was in was a classic not-for-profit (NFP) organization and during my time there it really made me appreciate the challenges that NFPs [...]