Next month the IBM PC will be twenty five years old, this should be a time for businesses to reflect and celebrate how this bland beige box has transformed the way we work probably more than any other device before or after. The IBM PC was not the first personal computer on the market...
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A war of words has broken out between two normally happy partners, the Americans and the British. Just as politicians in the UK are just getting over the affair with the CIA allegedly using a Scottish airbase to fly prisoners onwards to secret prisons for so called ‘extraordinary rendition’ – someone blows the whistle...
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Over the next month we’re hoping to expand our repertoire of comment and analysis. So we’re looking for any experts to add to our source on a regular or ad hoc basis. If your article is submitted we will fully accredit you or your blog address in The Business News Source – if you’re...
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From our colleagues over at BN Kirk Kirkorian is a rich man, and since he owns just short of 10 percent of GM, making him the largest shareholder in the world’s largest car manufacturer, he is also a very powerful man. And when a man like that says jump, most people under his employment...
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Have you ever tried speaking to technical support at your broadband supplier? One of our readers recently told us of his experience with Talk Talk, running up a £60 mobile phone bill just trying to speak to them. But then the problem is not unique to that company. The author of this article once...
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Sometimes, a good business is built on one good idea. Perhaps it was skill, or perhaps it was luck, but the niche a company carves itself can propel it so far, but only for so long. Take Amazon. It’s good at selling books, we all know that. But what about expansion? Of late, profits...
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