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How to protect your IPR in China One of the biggest challenges for European small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is preserving their intellectual property. i.e. their products, their… 17/05/2013
European Business Summit looks at bloc’s competitiveness A new survey shows that at least 71 percent of European industry chiefs believe that China will be level or ahead of Europe in technological terms in 10… 16/05/2013
Bank bailout agency for EU? The Eurogroup have discussed the creation of a central rescue agency to wind up failing banks, but Germany says a Treaty change would be needed for the… 13/05/2013
Where do the world’s richest people live? There is a short answer to the question, “where the world’s richest people live?” The answer is simple. Anywhere they like. Nowadays however with so many… 08/05/2013
‘Tattoo or no tattoo?’ – NY company offers to show workers the money! An American company is offering to make a marked difference to employees’ pay packets – in exchange for a marking on their bodies. New York based Rapid… 03/05/2013
Adidas winning the profit race Adidas has posted its highest-ever gross profit margin. The German sporting goods maker credited sales of higher-priced products through its own… 03/05/2013
Croatia: controversial golf course In the quiet countryside above the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik, a battle is unfolding. This David and Goliath tale pitches an international real-estate… 03/05/2013
The Great Call of China What are the keys to success for a European SME opening up a business in China? Who do you turn to for help if you want to set up a business in Shanghai… 03/05/2013
Russia’s quest for foreign investors In the early 1990s Russia was Eldorado or the ‘Wild, Wild East’ as far as foreign businesses and investors were concerned. But Jean-Noel Lemond moved there… 24/04/2013
Angel dust magic for SMEs Small and medium sized businesses that are innovative and have strong growth potential have a new group of friends to help make that happen. Business angels… 19/04/2013
How many more bailouts for Europe? Slovenia faces the risk of a severe financial crisis as the cost of rescuing its banks could be significantly higher than initially estimated. So said the… 12/04/2013
Hewlett-Packard boss resigns Hewlett-Packard’s Chairman Ray Lane is quitting. He has been criticised for his role in the acquisition of software firm Autonomy and at the recent annual… 05/04/2013
Samsung boosted by soaring smartphone sales Brisk smartphone sales meant Samsung has predicted its operating profit in the first three months of the year will have risen by 53 percent to the equivalent… 05/04/2013
Moving on smoothly as companies change hands Retirement, illness, career changes – every year 450,000 businesses in Europe change ownership. The problem is that 600,000 jobs are lost in the region every… 05/04/2013
Kaesong: North Korea’s financial lifeline The Kaesong Industrial Complex, which opened at the end of 2004, was largely financed by the South with the idea of increasing economic co-operation and trust… 03/04/2013
Eco-labels: a smart strategy In this edition of Business Planet, we visit the French city of Poitiers to take a closer look at the European Ecolabel. For consumers, the label is a… 22/03/2013
Eurozone economic downturn deepens The eurozone’s economic downturn deepened this month, even before Cyprus’ bailout troubles, according to first results from surveys of thousand of… 21/03/2013
Expansion helps Inditex profits Inditex, the world’s largest clothing retailer, has posted a sharp rise in full-year sales and profit. The Spanish firm’s net profit rose 22 percent to 2.4… 13/03/2013
Promoting female entrepreneurs In Slovakia and Austria, like much of Europe, women represent only a third of entrepreneurs. So to try to redress the balance, a major initiative was set up… 08/03/2013
Rich, rich and richer There was a little bit of a shake up at the top in Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s wealthiest individuals this year. Mexican telecoms king Carlos… 04/03/2013
Rising to new challenges This edition of Business Planet takes us to Timisoara, one of Romania’s three major economic hubs, a very dynamic region virtually devoid of unemployment… 22/02/2013
India wants to scrap Finmeccanica helicopter deal India is moving to cancel the purchase of a dozen helicopters from Italian aerospace and arms firm Finmeccanica following bribery allegations. It has… 15/02/2013
Green light for green clusters Everyone has heard of business clusters, where interconnected companies join forces in order to boost performance. The Austrian town of Graz is an example… 08/02/2013
The secret of a successful restaurantThe restaurant Meli-Melo won the prize for the best tapa de Zaragoza in 2012. (‘Mejor Tapa de Zaragoza y Provincia 2012’. ) Raquel Marcén, the owner of the… 28/01/2013
Financing for the future Crowdfunding is a way of financing a business venture: small contributions from dozens, if not hundreds of investors via social networking sites for example… 21/01/2013
HMV boss says confident firm will survive Digital downloads have claimed another top retailer as British entertainment chain HMV calls in the administrators. That follows Virgin France’s… 15/01/2013
UPS pulls out of TNT takeover Dutch delivery firm TNT’s shares halved within minutes on Monday morning on the news that US rival UPS was abandoning its takeover, as it was expecting a… 14/01/2013
AmEx restructuring means layoffs Credit card company American Express is to cut about 5,400 jobs – that is around 8.5 percent of its workforce. The layoffs are part of restructuring to save… 11/01/2013
Helping minorities into the EU job market The long-term unemployed, elderly and disabled people, women and ethnic minorities – all these people are under-represented among Europe’s entrepreneurs. … 11/01/2013
Many business challenges in 2012 It was another difficult year for the global economy. Some states powered through it in high gear, others needed help to overcome the recession, but even… 26/12/2012
Protecting the environment can be profitable As technology progresses, consumer habits change. Like many other electrical appliances, old television sets have become obsolete. This week, Business… 14/12/2012
Help! My business is collapsing It is the hope of any business: achieving sustainable growth and confidence. But in these tough economic times it has become increasingly difficult to keep… 10/12/2012
Fierce debate over “bankruptcy tourism”As Brussels considers reforming European insolvency laws, to modernise rules drawn up 12 years ago, there is growing debate about the practice of insolvent… 10/12/2012
The human impact of insolvencyRight On’s Seamus Kearney spoke to the owner of an insolvent business in Berlin to get a feel for the human impact of a business collapsing. He also spoke to… 10/12/2012
SMEs: what kind of EU support? Question from Kate , UK: “I run a small clothing company and would like to expand my business. Does the EU provide financial support to companies like… 07/12/2012
Tesco’s American dream fades, shares up The announcement that British retailer Tesco is considering leaving the US boosted its share price by over three percent on Wednesday. To find out what… 05/12/2012
UK lawmakers want tax crackdown on multinationals Companies that sell in Britain should pay tax in Britain. That was the message on Monday to multinational firms from UK lawmakers. Public anger over… 03/12/2012
euronews Business Awards The public has voted: James Street and Neil Waller got the Euronews Business Award in the category Going International. Six years ago the two unusual young… 30/11/2012
In business Running a company requires a variety of skills and abilities which increasing numbers of young business people are learning via management courses. But… 30/11/2012
Business Planet battles bankruptcies One of Europe’s hard realities is the fact that only one in two companies lasts five years or more. 90% of bankruptcies are due to liquidity problems, which… 30/11/2012
Novel Traveller’s Guide gets Business Award London is where they work, but Marbella is where this journey started for two unusual young men. Who are they? And what is My Destination? Not to mention… 28/11/2012
Business Award for model-breaking Language Learning “I launched a marketing campaign, especially through social networks. We are present on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, which is the right way to go viral,”… 28/11/2012
Customer key to Business Award for CentreCourt.de “I would say, if you have a vision, an idea stick to that. If you have an idea, you have to believe in it and even if the situation is not that good you have… 28/11/2012
Black Friday benefits from online shopping and Thanksgiving Day sales Festive shoppers in the US spent 11.2 billion US dollars across the country on Black Friday. That is down 1.8 per cent on last year. Still the figures hint… 26/11/2012
Can companies apply for tenders for works contracts in other counties? On this edition of U talk Itsván from Budapest asked: “I run a construction company in Hungary and would like to know if we are allowed to participate in… 23/11/2012
Africa’s top business leaders in talks in Geneva In Geneva one of Europe’s trade capitals 500 CEOs from some of Africa’s most influential companies debated the continents economic future. It was the first… 21/11/2012
Setting up business in Latvia This week, Business Planet is in Riga, the capital of Latvia, a country which suffered heavily from the global crisis. However, the economy is taking off… 16/11/2012
euronews business awards: Vote now!If you’re inspired by the way European SMEs are using the internet to grow, check the videos of the contest participants on this interactive map and vote here… 02/11/2012
New ‘business hotel’ scheme revives French region Boosting entrepreneurship to combat an ageing population: the French region of Auvergne started investing in its entrepreneurs a few years back. And the… 02/11/2012
Turning e-skills into jobs Imagine being able to work from just about anywhere… Welcome to Sofia, a city where wifi is free and accessible in many public places across town… 24/10/2012
Green means business Sarah Smith is part of a new generation of environmentally-aware entrepreneurs. Her drive to suceed has taken her to Paris where she will pitch her idea to a… 22/10/2012
Breaking the glass ceiling Only 3% of chief executives in big European companies are women, 14% sit as company board members. The situation is slowly changing, however the European… 22/10/2012
Bonus interview: balance and leadership Euronews reporter Monica Pinna spoke to Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the consultancy 20-first, which works with companies interested in diversifying their… 22/10/2012
Inheriting a business: how to make it a success Every year in Europe, 600,000 jobs are lost simply because entrepreneurs don’t prepare their company’s transition properly. Making sure company hand-overs… 15/10/2012
X-ray expertise A Danish company has developed a series of machines that can quite literally see the unseen. Joergen Rheinlaender, the Director at InnospeXion explains: “We… 11/10/2012
Taking business into Welsh schools For its latest edition, Business Planet goes to South Wales where there is a plan to develop education and business side-by-side. Each year, 350… 01/10/2012
Women entrepreneurs could be answer to crisis This week, Business Planet takes a look at one of Europe’s answers to the economic crisis: a network of tutors encouraging women entrepreneurs. There is… 21/09/2012
Eurozone slump deepens The European Central Bank’s aggressive new bond-buying plan has not boosted business activity or sentiment in the eurozone. The latest surveys of company… 20/09/2012
German businesses downbeat The latest survey of companies by the Ifo economic think tank shows business sentiment dropped for the fourth month in a row in August. It is now at its… 27/08/2012
Branson’s grim train warning Trains on Britain’s busy and profitable West Coast Mainline between London and Scotland are to be run by FirstGroup after the company outbid the current… 15/08/2012
Fourtout to the rescue…again French conglomerate Vivendi has called on Jean-Rene Fourtou, who already saved the company once a decade ago, to take the wheel again. The 72-year-old… 06/08/2012
Cameron talks tough on economy With Britain mired in recession, Prime Minister David Cameron has been trying to take advantage of the Olympic games being held in the UK to help jump start… 26/07/2012
Business parties in Swedish countryside Sweden is one of the top three most innovative countries in the world, along with Switzerland and Singapore. Marika Bonde made her dream come true. Three… 24/07/2012
Meeting targets How do you get finance when you’re a small or medium sized enterprise specialising in research? First you have to identify your needs, make the most of your… 11/07/2012
Corona owner swallowed by AB InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, is to buy the half of Mexico’s Grupo Modelo it does not already own. The price is almost 16 billion… 29/06/2012
Boosting Women Entrepreneurs About a third of entrepreneurs in Europe are women. It’s true that isn’t always easy, in the face of well-worn stereotypes, to construct a professional… 25/06/2012
Incubating Spanish business Everyone knows the terrible statistics of the economic crisis in Spain: with unemployment at a record 24%, the country is going through its second recession… 13/06/2012
Cooperative and competitive There are 250,000 socially responsible cooperatives in Europe, and between them they employ 5.5 million people. But they are also real businesses: dynamic… 01/06/2012
Traveller’s diary: The spirit of business in ThailandArriving in Bangkok is always amazing. You step out of the airport and it’s boiling hot! When you get to the city you’re dazzled by the tall buildings… 21/05/2012
Thailand: sun, sea and a booming business economy Thailand evokes images of endless, sandy beaches but there is a lot more to this South East Asian country. In the first edition of our four part series ‘Thai… 21/05/2012
Battered Sony sees return to profit Sony has announced a record loss of 4.4 billion euros in the year just ended, but is predicting a return to profit in the current financial year. With cost… 10/05/2012
New York Forum founder talks Africa ahead of Gabon meet The New York Forum Africa will be held from June 8-10 in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. Hundreds of industry figures, entrepreneurs and political… 09/05/2012
Telecoms turmoil in France France Telecom suffered an 8.1 percent fall in operating profit and sales slipped in the first quarter of the year. It, and the other established French… 03/05/2012
Putting Europe’s lobbyists in focus “The Brussels Business” is a new documentary film, focusing on the influence of lobbyists on the decision-making process in Europe. It resonates a clear… 01/05/2012
Venture capital, a risky business? Business planet is in Copenhagen to look at venture capital. An alternative to more traditional modes of financing, venture capital funds help companies… 01/05/2012
AB InBev profits off forecast Either the worst is over and we are enjoying life again or we are drinking our way out of the recession; brewers AB InBev, Heineken and SAB Miller all… 30/04/2012
Spanish protesters scuffle with policePicketers scuffle with police as they try to block the entrance of a regional government building during Spain’s general strike in Santander on March 29… 30/03/2012
A Sweet Solution European scientists are sharing a sweet new solution to one of the bitter enemies of chocolate making. “We have developed technical solutions to extend the… 28/03/2012
“Cities play an important role for growth” In an interview with euronews, the Malaysian Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing, Raja Nong Chik, talks about the role cities play with regard… 28/03/2012
Trading within FacebookA project designed by students and supported by the European Youth Capital 2012 scheme is reaching the four corners of the planet at the speed of a few… 13/03/2012
Adidas lowballs outlook despite big sports year A cautious Adidas is sticking to its forecasts for a slowdown in sales growth this year. That guidance disappointing investors who had been hoping for more… 07/03/2012
Meet the EU’s female ambassadors for business In Porto in Portugal, unemployment is a record 14%, and the new austerity measures are biting hard. The economic crisis is depressing, but Euronews met one… 05/03/2012
Reporter’s afterthoughtCould gender quotas hit London’s financial hub? When putting together this report it was virtually mission impossible to track down companies to talk to… 05/03/2012
Two’s Company in Belgium Belgium, Europe’s sixth largest economy, has officially gone into recession, but Belgian small and medium sized companies (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are… 24/02/2012
Davos Blog 1 : “Davos is hotting up !”Despite the freezing cold and driving snow, Davos is hotting up!The top brass of the political and business world are starting to converge on the mountain… 24/01/2012
Dramatic fall in Egyptian tourism Revenues from Egypt’s vital tourism sector plunged last year because of the unrest that led President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Tourism Minister Mounir… 19/01/2012
German economy shrinks in Q4 Germany is showing the first signs of feeling the pain from the euro zone’s debt crisis as its economy shrank in the last three month of 2011. Gross… 11/01/2012
‘God help us’ say Japanese businesses Japanese business leaders have been making their tradition annual new year visit to pray at a shrine in Tokyo which is considered to be lucky for… 04/01/2012
Portugal’s first family silver sale goes to China Portugal has taken the first step to fulfilling the terms of its EU-IMF bailout, by selling a major chunk of the country’s biggest company to the… 22/12/2011
Russia told to clean up its act by OECD Russia is being warned that the country’s future economic growth is likely to be hampered by a poor business environment, a lack of investment in innovation… 12/12/2011
Heineken buys a round The brewing giant Heineken has become one of the UK’s leading pub owners after buying more than 900 tenanted pubs from the Royal Bank of Scotland. … 02/12/2011
Look at my boots !Tim Mathieson, Australian Prime minister’s partner, shows U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama his cowboy boots before she hosts a luncheon with the spouses of … 14/11/2011
Carlos Slim: ‘I am not a monopoliser’ Meet Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom tycoon who has nudged Bill Gates into second position for the third year running, cementing his place as the richest man… 26/10/2011
Euro zone business activity shrinks further The euro zone’s private sector slipped further into decline in October. The latest business surveys show the bloc’s economy is now in serious danger of… 24/10/2011
I live 2 lead: a generation of confident women They were the youngest delegates at the Women’s Forum in Deauville. Chiara, from Italy, Lena-Maria from Saudi Arabia and Pauline from Kenya. They are all… 21/10/2011
Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards were created in 2006. Each year since, six female entrepreneurs, each representing a major world region, are selected… 21/10/2011
‘What if..?’ 7th Women’s Forum has the answer ‘What if…’ is the theme of the Seventh Women’s Forum, a bit like Davos but without the billionaire bling. Meeting this year in Deauville, 1,400 delegates from… 17/10/2011
AT&T to try to save T-Mobile deal AT&T is reportedly moving on two fronts to try to salvage its planned acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA. Sources said even as it gearsedup for a… 02/09/2011
Falling orders stall factory activity worldwide Euro zone manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in almost two years in August. That confirms a global trend of faltering factory output as… 01/09/2011
Gold surge boosts bullion business Around the world the hunt is on for forgotten bullion. The recent surge in the price of gold – up nearly a third this year – together with the slide back… 31/08/2011
