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March 6, 2011
Sustainability: Top 100 companies

Martin Ashcroft reports on a study of the world’s top 100 sustainable companies, which ranks their performance in terms of how they manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Martin Ashcroft reports on a study of the world’s top 100 sustainable companies, which ranks their performance in terms of how they manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

 

When I first wrote about sustainability as a business concept (not that long ago, either) I used my opening paragraphs to define the term and its relevance to the bottom line. So much has been said on the subject in the intervening years, however, that we all know what it means now.

January 19, 2011
Wilful Blindness Blog #1: Can fear of embarrassment kill you?

It's so easy to ignore the obvious, but it could be dangerous to do so.

Attitudes to drunk driving have changed our behavior. So it's routine now: the designated driver, the understanding that you won't let your friends, colleagues, spouses drive home drunk. If they try, you stop them. You certainly don't get in the car with them.

October 6, 2010
Russia and Egypt in telecom deal

Russian telecom giant Vimpelcom and Egypt’s Weather Investments have agreed to merge their assets, it has been announced.

Russian telecom giant Vimpelcom and Egypt’s Weather Investments have agreed to merge their assets, it has been announced.

The deal, worth $6.6 billion (£4.2 billion), will create the world’s fifth-largest mobile phone company, with combined subscriptions of more than 174 million. It will also give Vimpelcom, which has operations in many former Soviet republics, access to new markets in Africa and the Middle East.

The new company will operate in 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

September 8, 2010
Vodafone sells stake in China Mobile

UK mobile phone giant Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile operator by revenue, has announced the sale of its 3.2 per cent stake in China Mobile for around £4.3 billion.

UK mobile phone giant Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile operator by revenue, has announced the sale of its 3.2 per cent stake in China Mobile for around £4.3 billion.

The sale is the first of what is expected to be several sales of minority holdings as part of Newbury-based Vodafone’s strategy to focus on core markets as it tries to improve its share price.

The buyers of the stake, of which it is thought there may be several, have not been identified.

July 19, 2010
Telefónica deal “extinguished”

Spanish telecoms provider Telefónica has withdrawn its bid to acquire a further €7.15 billion stake in Brazil’s leading cell phone company, Vivo, currently owned by Portugal Telecom.

Spanish telecoms provider Telefónica has withdrawn its bid to acquire a further €7.15 billion stake in Brazil’s leading cell phone company, Vivo, currently owned by Portugal Telecom.

 

Telefónica and Portugal Telecom each own 50 per cent of Brasilcel, a Dutch registered holding company which owns 60 per cent of Vivo. Brasilcel is also listed on the Brazilian stock market, where the remaining 40 percent of its stock is publicly traded.

 

May 14, 2010
Virgin Group launches Virgin Mobile Qatar

Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has launched a new mobile phone service in partnership with Qtel Telecom in Qatar.