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History Lessons: What's in a name? - Accenture

When Andersen Consulting changed its name to Accenture in 2000, eyebrows were raised. The brand was trusted worldwide, while the new made-up moniker sounded more like a course of French language tapes than a consultancy. Then came Enron...

Why business is like... Pebbles in a pond

The history of marketeers seeking the advice of physicists is a short one, but an understanding of the Theory of Resonance may give communications experts the edge. Resonance Theory explains the curious phenomenon of how very small pebbles dropped into a pond can create bigger waves than a large brick....

The Sharp End: Can I gut it as a porter?

At a Loch Fyne restaurant, the trickiest customers are mussels. Rhymer Rigby spends a day working in the kitchen.

Willie's woes

There must be moments as he sits in his eyrie over at Speedbird House, that poor old BA CEO Willie Walsh wonders why on earth he ever agreed to take on the top job at the World's Favourite Airline. Sure it's a cool position with an annual screw of around £900,000, all the hot towels he could ever wish...

Ford Flounders

Also under the cosh this week is Ford which announced losses of a truly enormous £6.5 billion, the worst in its 103 year history. A few more sets of figures like that and the maker of the Cortina, Escort and Capri will be also be history. Like the paint on a venerable Model T the future looks black...

Tesco late breaking China

Rather as one might expect if Scarlett Johansson turned up three hours after the Oscars began, there has been a lot of brouhaha today about the opening of the first Tesco-branded store in China. Early reports suggest that while the live turtles and sheeps feet are trading briskly, the solitary aisle...

Samsung: Korean Sony-killer

A 1960s startup in a dust-blown field, Samsung survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997 to become a hi-tech colossus. Its wily boss Jong Yong Yun, driving force behind Samsung, now has his Japanese rival in his sights.

Dedicated follower of fortune: The brains behind the Top 100

Philip Beresford has made it his business to build and keep a record of Britain's wealthiest citizens and their assets. Andrew Davidson visits the money-maestro in his garret.

Britain's Top 100 Entrepreneurs 2007: Money talks

MT 's annual ranking of the UK's most prolific business creators this year reflects the energy of City dealmaking, but Philip Beresford's research uncovers other pockets of dynamism too.

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