2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
Too obvious really! Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Portuguese Government is putting forward a reduction in the corporate tax rate as an urgent and necessary economic stimulus. Once again they are way off the mark.
What they are looking… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I hope the fallout from the toxic swap scandal will be wide-ranging and highly personal.
Managers of public sector companies, with little knowledge of management in most cases, do the round… Read More
2013-04-07 20:39
In Portugal, the successive governments are numbered since the date of the foundation of the third republic in 1976. The current government is "Constitutional Government XIX".
Last Friday t… Read More
2013-04-04 09:26
Yesterday the opposition Socialist party's motion of no confidence in the right wing PSD/CDS government was predictably voted down by the majority coalition but not before causing a run on t… Read More
2013-03-14 10:44
The Portuguese media abounds with pundits and analysts on all things Catholic and none of them were betting on the Argentine cardinal for the top spot. So its better not to chew over in deta… Read More
2013-03-14 10:43
No that's not the name of a fictional gaming character. Saturday saw a meeting of high-ranking officers in Lisbon to discuss the future of the armed forces under the economic austerity progr… Read More
2012-12-06 18:23
I have been a fan of Aviation Herald for some time. It provides informed in-depth information on aviation incidents worldwide and is considered an authoritative reference for news services… Read More
2012-11-29 19:57
As a financial consultant, I am usually taken on by people who have managed to get themselves into a mess, for a variety of reasons. Obviously their objective is for me to sort out the mess… Read More
2012-11-29 19:57
As I said in a post over a year ago, the problem with being self-employed is that we can work 24/7. There is no right to time off.
And so it has been, for the last 18 months. Loads of fligh… Read More
2012-11-29 19:56
Over the last couple of years I have been involved in a number of companies, from diversified economic groups with hundreds of employees through quoted start-ups to owner-operated small busi… Read More
2011-09-06 06:29
Another free lunch for Pedro Santana Lopes. It makes me sick! Read More
2011-03-23 12:32
It's chilly in Lisbon this morning, quite appropriate for the day when the power-hungry members of the opposition will bring down the Governament, for entirely selfish reasons.Strangely the… Read More
2011-03-21 12:13
It's a long time since I've been able to wander around the city where I work.So this may become a photoblog for a while, since current events have become dominated by players who don't deser… Read More
2011-03-14 20:32
A great performance in his press conference, providing plausible explanations for his behaviour, pointing his finger at those who put political expediency above the national interest and def… Read More
2011-03-08 12:59
Looking round at the many jobs that I may be qualified to do, I happened upon a brilliant TV performance on Sunday night.The egregious Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa receives a hefty fee for appear… Read More
2011-03-04 00:29
After many years where the norm was to get home and switch off my brain, unemployment brings a new challenge. Thanks to the internet, contacts can be made at any time, via emails that will b… Read More
2011-03-02 00:05
Walking from court appearance (as plaintiff) to shopping to job interview to property seminar, I couldn't resist snapping this with my phone.It was a good way to spend the first day after 13… Read More
2010-01-24 16:02
Its nice of the Sport TV guys to dedicate a whole channel to the golfing nuts among us. When they presented the channel on Friday, they said that it would be free to Sport TV subscribers unt… Read More
2010-01-22 21:37
It is quite unbelievable that anybody, especially a supposedly intelligent economist such as Cavaco Silva, might even consider that Pedro Santana Lopes should have his invaluable services to… Read More
2010-01-22 20:49
The biography of Afonso de Albuquerque by the English historian Elaine Sanceau is impressive for two reasons.Firstly becasue it tells the story of a larger-than-life figure who had to battle… Read More
2010-01-16 23:28
No I'm not referring to the situation in Haiti, nor the ex-colleague's funeral that I went to yesterday.Our one year-old golden retriever, which is not that fast and makes as much noise as a… Read More
2009-12-19 18:22
I picked this book up at Hong Kong airport - I wasn't expecting to see it there - prior to boarding a 14-hour daytime flight to London. Of course, I didn't manage to read it all on the plane… Read More
2009-12-18 16:33
Actually, I knew that before I went to the health centre on Wednesday afternoon. I called beforehand to book an appointment with my family doctor, preferably for the same day, as I was cough… Read More
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