How to Build a Profitable Business Relationship

As a business owner, you build relationships with all kinds of contact you make.
It is a good chance for you to make a positive impression, when attending a happy hour with other business owners in the community or helping a customer solve a problem over the phone. Being consistently helpful and upbeat help create a [...]

More Takeover Talk Lifts Tullow

Tullow Oil was among the gainers as commodity stocks helped the FTSE 100 inch to its highest level in nearly a year.
Tullow gained 1.2 per cent to £10.87 amid rehashed takeover speculation. Eni, the Italian oil group, was mentioned among the potential predators.
Eni has regularly been rumored to be interested in a farm-down agreement for [...]

Smaller Companies Face Pain as Lending Continues to Shrink

The credit crunch in Europe worsened during the summer as corporate bond finance issuance failed to plug the gap left by a sharp contraction in bank lending.
Morgan Stanley, which has compiled lending and issuance data from central bank figures and Dealogic, warned that the scant availability of bank credit would penalize smaller companies that had [...]