Starbucks may be cutting back here in the US, but they’ve decided growth overseas may well be the answer. Unfortunately, profits overseas haven’t looked as good, but growth is king, right?
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As those who read this blog know, I’ve just returned from a business trip to Europe, and have reached an interesting conclusion. The most dispensable item of business clothing is - the suit.
Over the course of ten days I visited a manufacturer of plastic and metal parts, an internet service provider, a small medical devices […]
BusinessWeek has an interesting article on the need to develop management with international and transcultural skills, so if you’re reading this blog you’re halfway to a great new job!
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Periodically, the business channel here at b5 has a challenge, and this one is about taking risks. Since it’s world trade month, I thought mine should have something to do with, not surprisingly, trade.
The risk I took was to start a law firm with the aim of assisting foreign (mostly German) companies set up in […]
Since May is World Trade Month in the US, I’ll spend much of the month posting on - you guessed it - trade. While many posts will be from the US point of view, many of the resources can (and should) be adapted for exporters from other countries.
It is common knowledge that US companies […]
For those who don’t know, the US has a tax stimulus program for 2008 which can result in significant refunds from the US tax authorities. As for taxpayers living abroad, some of you will get the rebate, some won’t (including some who pay significant taxes in the US). Check out this post from taxgirl to […]
When I lived in Germany, I very rarely called home because even watching the numbers on my old phone, each one another 23 pfennigs gone, made by frugal heart drop. Now, a call from my cell phone is cheaper than the best rate I got in the bad old days, and a call from the […]
So, if you’re looking for a place to start your research for that new trading partner, or the next business trip, check out this selection of links from globalEDGE, at Michigan State University.
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At one point I had asked for feedback on the best source of international business news in print, and I got a bit of feedback but not a whole lot. Sadly, though, the real determining factor was time. I don’t actually have time to fead my first choice every day, the Financial Times, even though […]
Taxgirl reports that the tax cuts so popular in the US favor the wealthy, and survey some of the other countries with similar policies. Check it out here.
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