September 19, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Commodities as economic indicators
This is the headline of an article in today’s online version of FAZ. It is no rocket science and not even a real article, more a slide show. However, the issue is well worth remembering from time to time. This … Continue reading
September 12, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Women’s quota for Management Boards revisited
Not quite one year ago I raised some questions about the pending pressure to increase the number of women in management boards. This issue is not less important today. ‘EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding will propose decisive legislative action on … Continue reading
April 2, 2012
by Oliver
Comments Off on Key facts regarding the German top income tax rate
Today the German newspaper “Handelsblatt” presents an appalling opinion from Peer Steinbrück, the former Minister for finance. Here Mr. Steinbrück suggests increasing the top income tax rate in Germany in order to generate additional revenues for the authorities. Well, this … Continue reading
November 6, 2011
by Oliver
Comments Off on Impressions from Islamic retail banking conference
In October this year I had the opportunity to speak at the 3rd annual world islamic retail banking conference in Dubai (U.A.E.). The topic of my presentation was “´Trust – the rediscovered condition in Western retail banking”. The three day conference (compare … Continue reading
October 26, 2011
by Oliver
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Taking into account the current situation regarding Eurozone’s problem, the BBC website offers an excellent website that explains the issues and challenges. BBC News – Q&A: Greek debt crisis.
August 7, 2011
by orecklies
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In the fast-moving world of business, it’s vital for companies to keep up from a technology standpoint. This means that a certain amount of investment must be channeled into the IT department. This of course means that IT staff need … Continue reading
January 1, 2011
by Oliver
Comments Off on Happy New Year!
We wish our readers a Happy New Year and the best of look for their projects as well as for them personally. Our whole Eddielogic-team would like to thank you for all your great feedback and brilliant cooperation.
November 7, 2010
by Oliver
Comments Off on A short review of 2010
Basically it is a little bit to earlier for an annual review, isn’t it? The idea to name this post review considered the fact that my last post is dated April 8th 2010. What happened? The last months have been … Continue reading
April 7, 2010
by Dagmar
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This is a quote from the famous zoologist and animal film-maker Bernhard Grzimek. I liked this quote right from the beginning because it made me smile and it seemed to have the potential for a running gag. I want to … Continue reading
March 14, 2010
by Oliver
Comments Off on Lehman Brothers and its approach to look better
A couple of months ago I presented a fictitious interview with the former investment bank regarding its approach to manage liquidity risks. Everything seemed to be fine…but as we know from hindsight the annual report didn’t tell us the truth … Continue reading