Posted on February 8, 2009 by Fortune&Class
The old recession playbook won’t work this time around.
Around the world, marketing and sales executives are being asked to do more with less. It’s a demand many have heard in previous hard times, and most managers muddled through then. But the nature of the current downturn—and of the changes the marketing and sales environment has [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by Fortune&Class
It is no longer news that humanity is today basking in the Obama Phenomenon which from all indications is set to alter the socio-political equations both in the United States and the world over. Obamas’ emergence as the 44th president of the world’s sole super power is a thing that was unthinkable just some [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by Fortune&Class
Even though there is no business existence without its challenges, there is one particular line of business in this country that takes lots of guts and down to finger pushing to get it off the ground. It is even more stringent due to the saturation of the market, even though some players belief otherwise. [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by Fortune&Class
A macho man will surely turn green with envy because there is something else in town that appeal and command the attention of the female gender. Nissan Murano, new darling in town, has gotten nothing that is left undone. With inspired sculpted curves, well crafted interior, and advanced technology, this is definitely something to [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by Fortune&Class
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Fortune&Class
A corporate lawyer, Mr. Roy Bassey Ukoh and a forensic accountant, Mr. Ori Adeyemo, have, in a joint petition forwarded to the Minister of Finance, protested the reversal of the adoption of common year end by commercial banks as earlier directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The two petitioners said they were compelled [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Fortune&Class
Long before internet high yield investment programmes became household names in Nigeria, knowledgeable cyberspace investigators had cautioned internet users of the prevalence of scams operating in the name of internet investment schemes.
Unfortunately, it would seem that for reasons of greed and ignorance, most Nigerians fell headlong into the vortex of fraud enabled by the internet. [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Fortune&Class
At about this time last year, the average American based Nigerian professional would not give much thought to a proposition for him to come back to Nigeria and pick up a job. The scenario has, however, changed over the last six months. With massive jobs losses arising from an inclement economic storm that suddenly [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Fortune&Class
A lot has been said about Earnings Per Share (EPS) but there is still more to be discussed. I have met a number of investors with total misconception of what E.P.S is and what it is not. This write-up is aimed at correcting the “absolute confidence” placed in it by some investors. No doubt, [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2008 by Fortune&Class
Charles Ugwuh, son of the immediate past Minister of Commerce and Industry, Eng. Charles Ugwuh, is at the centre of a controversy over the illegal blockade of Proshare Nigeria website, a popular investment focused website. According to owners of the website, Ugwuh shut down the site so as to blackmail Proshare.
In a release made [...]
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