Snubbed into frustrated disengagement: the trouble with the public procurement process

The key message for investors is that the risk borne by equity investors in a bank is of a fundamentally different order than that borne in almost any other business.

We have witnessed a dramatic reassertion of the power of the crowd by Donald Trump and his supporters. Yet, the social cohesion which underpins our stressed society is as fragile as anywhere else. Crowds can turn into mobs anywhere and can be easily manipulated by the unscrupulous.

The lockdown is another test for public-facing companies. But have hope: by the middle of this year, the economy should be back to full health.

A new year, a new lockdown. Nine months of lockdowns of one kind or another is wearying for everyone. We understand the epidemiology of a lockdown. Reducing contacts reduces cases. But why don't we understand the economics of lockdown yet?

Intel’s technology facilitated the computer revolution. But in recent years, the company has squandered its technology lead. Activist investors are circling. What does this mean for the 4,900 workers at Leixlip?

VCs backed by the state should commit to allocating 20% of a fund to female entrepreneurs to help bridge the gender funding gap. If we can do it with a cigarette ban and a plastic bag tax, we can do it for female founders.

Residential property will perform well, but commercial will not. Cryptos will continue to rise in value, while the dollar will weaken. Meanwhile, an up move of between 10%-15% in the likes of the S&P is entirely doable, with risks firmly on the upside.

Brexit has already sucked up inordinate amounts of brainpower and energy at the highest level in governments and administrations around Europe. And the most heart-breaking part is that the entire exercise's purpose will be to demonstrate that, ultimately, it can’t work.

In Papua New Guinea and other remote locations, Digicel laboriously built a cellular network. It was rewarded with a near monopoly. Now, the company could sell it.

From new market entrants to the multiple challenges of online sales and higher expectations in the year of Covid-19, the Christmas tree market is not exempt from change… Or is it?