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 [...]
Published on: 09 Feb 2011Bethany Hare is a remarkable young lady. She’s only 10 years old and wanted to raise money for a local children’s hospice. She came up with the idea of dressing up as Charlie Chaplin, singing the song “Smile” (the theme from Chaplin’s 1936 film “Modern Times”) and then posting it on a charity website. She [...]
Published on: 27 Aug 2010In terms of examples of risk management and corporate governance, UK based banking group Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) just gives and gives. It’s an unfolding story that continues to grow. RBS was a big success story in the last decade, showing very fast growth and taking over bigger banks such as Nat West. Its [...]
Published on: 29 Nov 2009