All economic activities were adversely affected by the implementation of measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The same was the case with the energy sector, which has experienced drastically reduced demand, increasing the feeling of uncertainty among shareholders and investors in such companies-energy producers. According to data from the organization International Energy Agency (www.iea.org) during …
The Relation of The Businesses With the “New” Customer After The Covid-19 ERA
The new data launched worldwide after the spread and treatment of the Covid-19 pandemic, among other things, also shape the behaviour of each company’s customers. From a business point of view, therefore, the challenges in terms of their customers portfolio are based on being able to correctly predict which consumer trends and behaviours will last …
EU vs. Apple
The European Court of Justice in its judgment of 15 July 2020 ruled that the evidence provided by the European Commission was insufficient to show that Apple benefited from an artificial reduction in the tax rate in 2014, thus annulling the Commission’s mandate to Apple to pay in Ireland – a member state of the …
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in the post Covid-19 Era
The epitome of capitalism is the giant Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), which, in addition to being necessary, are vital because they lead to the organic growth of companies and the redefinition of their strategy. During the Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of their response measures in developed economies, M&A followed the trend of the time …
Why Investments In Gold And Copper are Huge Wins
Usually the price of gold rises and the price of copper follows the opposite path. The factor that determines the price of gold is the state of a country’s economy but also in today’s world economy. When the economy is in recession, the price of gold rises. In growth the price of gold is falling. …
The Resilience Of The Philippine Economy
The Philippine economy has so far shown a high degree of resilience to the economic crisis that has hit the planet, both in developed economies and in the economies of developing countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The stability of the Philippine currency against the $USD shows its due to the truth as to the …
Survival Guide for Family Business for the post Covid-19 Season
With the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, having been achieved in the first stage to protect human life by limiting the increased number of diseases by implementing measures to limit the spread of the disease, in the second stage the attention of all of us is focused on the survival of our businesses. The survival …
The Rise of Chinese Stock Markets and the Risk of a New “Bubble”
The fact that the Chinese economy came out very quickly from the spread of the pandemic and in particular in the first three months of 2020, managing to revoke all the imposed measures of lockdown and social isolation, justifies as a point the ever-increasing expectations of investors to invest in China, despite the well-known pathologies …
Wirecard: How Major International Audit Firms End Up Unreliable and What has to be done in Terms of Regulatory Frame
The recent scandal in Germany starring one of the largest digital payment companies in Europe, highly unreliable role of the four major international audit firms, as in the case of Enron Corporation (2001) in the USA. Wirecard AG is an insolvent German payment processor and financial services provider at the center of a financial scandal …
How Working Life Can Be More Productive And More Pleasant
The up to date surveys shows that productivity has increased significantly in the weeks since offices were closed due to lockdown and everyone was working from home. This is since the way each employee has judged whether he has fulfilled his obligations has changed. More specifically, these surveys showed that when an employee works in …