Gold Magazine November - December 2013, Issue 32 | Page 77

{November 14 – December 13, 2013}

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+ BOOK REVIEWS
MONEY: Austerity: The History of a
Dangerous Idea
By Mark Blyth
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78 Opportunity Knocks
Interview with George Mountis of The Parthenon Partners
81 A Quiet Revolution
The strategic importance of Mergers &Acquisitions to insurers across the globe is set to increase
82 Time for a Reality Check
Financial analysis has never been more important

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84 Shrinking emerging market wage gap will reshape global businesses
The wage gap between advanced economies
and emerging economies, such as China,
India and the Philippines will shrink significantly by 2030
86 Cut EU Red Tape
The Report from the UK’s Business Taskforce
88 Too Many Companies Defending Future
Threats with Yesterday’s Strategies
New and continually evolving models of
information security are needed to keep

pace with today’s determined adversaries
89 Goal!
Emirates takes Skywards Miles members to
top football games.

BUSINESS: Thinking in New Boxes: A New
Paradigm for Business Creativity 
By Luc de Brabandere
and Alan Iny
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ECONOMY: The Road to Recovery: How and
Why Economic Policy Must Change
By Andrew Smithers
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{economy}

90 London tops International Financial Centre
rankings
London has come out on top in its annual
battle with New York to be named the world’s
leading international financial centre.
91 Banking Union progresses at snail’s pace
EU Finance Ministers adopt regulations paving the way for a single bank supervision in the
eurozone but fail to make significant progress
on a single resolution mechanism.

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TAX & LEGAL: Concepts of Property in
Intellectual Property Law
By Jonathan Griffiths
and Helena Howe 
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LIFESTYLE: 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art
of Modern Mythmaking 
By Paul Levitz
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92 New Cyprus-Estonia Double Tax Agreement
Details of its main provisions.

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94 Holding Out for a Hero
Investing in comic books

93 MEPs call for more women on company boards
Target set of 40% by 2020.

98 A Day In The Life
Christis Christoforou

THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, FINANCE & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF CYPRUS

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