21-03-16 I couldnt sell a stove to an Innuit. I work hard but I am not very entrepreneurial. I admire people like Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. They set up and grew their own profitable companies when they were very young. It got me wonder...

21-03-09 Have you got a good idea you could turn into a business? Not much cash to get off the ground? In many countries thats when people turn to crowdfunding. This is a method of raising finance online by asking a large number of people each to chip in. Th...

21-03-06 Lady Gaga! Paris Hilton! Kim Kardashian! Err Kim Kardashians hairdresser! These days we have so many celebrities.And some are famous for being well, just famous. So I wondered: is this obsession with celebrities just a phenomenon of the 21st century...

21-03-06 What would you do if you were told that the masterpiece you bought for 100,000 was actually a fake? Thats what happened to British businessman Martin Lang. He thought he was the proud owner of a painting by Marc Chagall, which he bought in 1992. But...

21-02-27 Competition in the workplace can be fierce but how far should people go to succeed? Bullying has become a common word in business in the 21st century. The aggressive boss, the intimidating colleague - do they just come with the territory? Do we have...

21-02-27 Its 7pm and Im tired. My shift finished one hour ago but Im still in the office dealing with emails. But Im not alone when it comes to having a full inbox and no time to reply. This problem has been worrying experts in business. Sir Cary Cooper, an...

21-02-27 在一项由伦敦商界领袖授权进行的研究报告中显示，在伦敦学习的海外留学生对英国经济作出了23亿英镑的贡献，因此商界领袖呼吁政府应把留学生排除在净移民统计数据之外。 请听 BBC 记者 Mark Easton 的报道： London is the most popular city in the world for internat...

21-02-27 Have you ever been in a lift with the big cheese in your company? It happened to me a couple of times. And did I take advantage of the situation to deliver my elevator pitch? Not a chance. He was surrounded by people buttering him up all the way to...

21-02-24 Bud Jessup removed a battered stew-pan from the fire and set it aside to cool a little. Well, by this time I reckon friend Tex is all worked up over whats become of me, he remarked in a tone of satisfaction, deftly shifting the coffee-pot to a bed o...

21-02-24 Pop Daggett hesitated and glanced uneasily toward the door. I warned yuh, didnt I, the Shoe-Bar was a hoodoo outfit? he evaded. Stratton shook some tobacco into a cigarette-paper and jerked the draw-string with his teeth. Sure you did, but thats not...