Financial & Business Services News by GLG Council Members

In this new real world where the working time is much longer and the office is in the road the spammers, viruses and other malware programmers are targeting to this new and growing group, the BlackBerry, iPhone, HTC and other smartphones users.   This situation open opportunities and new markets to spammers how see this new user group as a target with a big and growing market...

ECB's oft trumpeted policy of using interest rates to offset inflation is simply not working. Finally Trichet has realised that. Real inflation has been galloping ahead in the first half ECB rate hiking moves regardless. Nor does it show any sign of slowing down and all one has to do is to ask 10 people in any street in any capital to perceive the real hit on their pocketbooks. A new category...

Of all of the Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) and Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs) that have fragmented market liquidity and disintermediated traditional exchanges and broker/dealers, Liquidnet has by far the most innovative business model and technology. Enabled by a unique business and IT model that differs from other ATSs and ECNs, investors will be compelled by Liquidnet's growth...

1. Sexy products sell when they're young, but watch out for middle age; while, 2. Operation-centric organizations may be the ones to marry.

Somehow, healthcare, energy, education....in fact nearly every major issue today has turned into a contentious "them vs. us". It would always be preferable that reasonable men attempt to reach a reasonable conclusion, but government bodies today (eg., politicians and key administrators) are NEVER reasonable....certainly authoritarian, typically dictatorial, and always overreaching...

Mr. Harnath's analysis is proper and i concur with him. To supplement his views, Power attracts Money and Money gives one Purchasing Power. The worst is Power and Money together, ie MoneyPower which makes one to go above his head and then the natural and scientific great fall from great heights. IT was said by Mahatma Gandhi, that " there is nothing sufficient even if the whole world is at one man's...

As is well recognised , India is behind in infrastructure in almost all aspects . Unlike China where an efficient road system has been put in place over the past decade , work has just started in India. The Citigroup injection of 400 M$ is part of the 15 to 25 Billion required . Whilst India is incorporating siginficant private participation , politics and to some extent , corruption...

CMS (and several large insurers) refusing to pay for "Never Events" will further challenge cash strapped hospitals, and poses increased pressure to increase prices as hospitals attempt to cost-shift to the commercial carriers.  Not paying for alleged hospital mistakes will garner stronger administrative action against staff and doctors who get more adverse high cost patients.  The world...

1. Profit margins are challenged by market conditions. 2. The marketplace is very competetive. 3. Regulatory power struggles create fewer channels for sales.

FAIR Plans are no longer the only carrier in business.