Counting the cost of growth.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content, June, 2009
Byline: Algy Hall
THE BIG MOVERS: Improving economic conditions could bring a raft of new challenges for UK companies, especially those heavily exposed to energy costs and forex
We're out of the woods. We're over the worst. There's light at the end of the tunnel. That's the gist of the recent economic commentary from, variously, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the Confederation of British Industry. But could this mean it is, ironically, time for investors to get ready for a new set of economic bogey men? Recent rises in the oil price, sterling and bond yields suggest that it is.
That's because a weak currency, low energy costs and low borrowing costs (for those that could get credit) were some of the key...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
