The FT posted this interesting article on the role of shipping in international trade - and it’s a big role, with over 90% of the market. Spending a lot of time in Hamburg as I do, as well as further up on the Elbe, I’ve long been fascinated by the many container ships I see […]
Frequent blog visitors may be aware that the business channel here at b5 has come up with the idea of an “Odd Blog Couple” post, pairing two different bloggers to answer the same question. It’s an interesting idea, and I lucked out in drawing a question on which I have an opinion. And the question […]
Yesterday, I wrote about how working in Europe has added interesting words to my English vocabulary; today at lunch I realized that my English has also become more polite…
It was a sunny day at a nearby lunchtime restaurant. Two locals were having lunch with a business visitor from the US. The food was on the […]
Living and working in a foreign country has increased my English vocabulary with words described as “Denglish” - a mix between German (deutsch) and English. Two of the most pervasive Denglish terms in my life are “handy” (it’s a noun, not an adjective, meaning “cell phone”) and “beamer” (meaning “projector” as in the thing you […]
Starting January 1, 2008, Malta and Cyprus have started using the Euro as their official currency. That brings the Euro-Zone up to 15 countries out of the 27 European Union members. In addition, 4 European principalities (Monaco, Andorra, etc.) and two areas from “Ex-Yugoslavia” (Kosovo, Montenegro) have adopted the Euro.
The Euro-Zone not only makes travelling […]
Our first poll here at doingbizabroad asked the question: what is the hardest part of international travel? Surprisingly, the number one answer was not “jet lag” or “languages” but “currencies”.
We all know that feeling - you have a pocket full of foreign coins and bills (sometimes even mixed with you home currency), someone has just […]
Lufthansa is running a promotion for their Miles-and-More members (frequent flyer club) and they have put together a nice interactive puzzle of Europe. It is pretty tricky to place all of the 45 countries (!) into Europe just based on their shape. To make it a bit easier, you can also have the country names […]
It’s interesting to see how quickly businesses, both international and domestic, can find themselves on the wrong side of bad PR. The problem is, international companies can find themselves on the wrong side of someone else’s bad PR in a sort of international guilt by association. We’ve seen it numerous times here in the US, […]
Maybe Tony Romo got tired of her borrowing a dollar for the tip jar in Starbucks, or maybe she just realized that the U.S. is a big market to alienate, but now Gisele Bündchen claims she really does love dollars - along with euros, pound sterling, reals … you get the idea. Sadly, none of […]
It’s always interesting to see the impact of domestic laws on people from other countries. I’ve experienced some of those laws myself, in Germany and the Czech Republic. I’ve also experienced them through my clients in my work doing employment-based immigration.
Notwithstanding all of that, it’s still kind of surreal to see it intrude upon your […]
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