Ford is motoring along. Their sales soared 85% in the first quarter in a country where they are still the biggest foreign automaker – Russia.
Their Focus compact sedan led the way complemented by an expanded credit …

Mikhail Gorbachev

The Moscow Times reported that now is the time to book your dacha.
I remember these things and the love my Russian friends had for them. They can only be visited during the summer, which comes on …

Russia’s economy has grown at an average of 7% over the past five years.
The dollar income per capita has risen by nearly 29% each year over the same period – that’s faster that China. Whoa!
How …

I hate giant oil companies. I hate paying twice per gallon at the pump when I do NOT have to.
BP is crying poor mouth. Despite having merged with AMOCO, CASTROL AND taking over the Russian …

Communicating between cultures can be especially difficult, especially in a business setting.  I was reminded again the other day, that different cultures have different expectations, especially in the business world.
My son works in the travel …

There are more than 88,000 millionaires in Russia. That’s nearly three times as many per capita as there are in China. 
Some 3.5 million Russians earn around $50K a year and about 8 million earn …

I read not long ago that Russia has more than 250,000 software engineers. Additionally, they have more scientists per capita than India, which has nearly 10 times the population!
The Soviet Union created a high-quality education …

When a company thinks of outsourcing for IT needs, perhaps the first country comes to mind is India. It makes sense because Indians are bright, capable and can speak English.
Indians also charge a whole lot less than …

Ford motor company’s sales are up 54%! And Ford has more than 11% of the market share since launching local production of its Ford Focus in 2002.
On an average day in 2005 one local car dealer …