Appeared in Business in Vancouver – February 25, 2014 Did the Winter Olympics in Sochi give Russia a big bang for the ruble? Close-mouthed time will eventually tell if the stunning US$50 billion investment in the Sochi Games bought enough tourism and worldwide positive PR to justify the cost. Put 10 number crunchers in the…
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Liberals need to meter Nestlé’s water tap
Appeared in the North Shore News – August 30, 2013 Stewart Phillip and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs aren’t the only ones who should be outraged by the Swiss behemoth Nestlé sucking free water out of its well near Hope. All British Columbians should be furious that this many-tentacled corporate octopus – domiciled in…
We shout across seas of misunderstanding
Appeared in the North Shore News – August 16, 2013 IF you read no further, the theme of what follows is: Why don’t we keep our noses out of other people’s cultures? Yes, that sentence usually ends “business.” But “cultures” – an ambiguous term I usually avoid, preferring tradition, religion, or custom – are something…