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 …

Nike is running away….they made $326 million last quarter, up 19% from the previous quarter.
But they didn’t make it all here in the US. Sales were down here as were future orders.
They didn’t make it …

Russia has money….
Consider these facts that I gleaned from Business Week .
Percentage of homes that own …
                                  2001                     2005
Mobile Phones               6                             50
Computer                     5                             20
Washing Machine          16                             35
Stereo                         15                             31
Video Recorder            39                            50
Car                             25                            31
Imported …

When I lived in Japan, I ventured into Russia quite a few times. It’s a long story and I will gladly tell it sometime.
For now, I have a question – in a recent posting Millionaires …