As further evidence that leaders are nervous, multinational companies are planning to send fewer employees on global assignments this year. According to an annual survey of 180 corporations by Brookfield Global Relocation Services, more than two-thirds said they will decrease or, at most, maintain expatriate levels. Interestingly,...
Drug company CEOs will be driven to look for more M&A opportunities, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. In the first half of the year alone, Merck bought Schering-Plough, Pfizer bought Wyeth, and Roche bought the portion of Genentech that it didn’t already own. But there’s plenty of opportunity—and...
Blogging hasn’t been front of mind for me over the past 10 days of so. Indeed, I have been fixated on consuming burgers, seeing sights, reading roadsigns and booking hotel/motel rooms as I traipse down through California towards San Diego. Nevertheless, I thought I’d take this opportunity to relate my...
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