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...month by Lancaster University and Small World Consulting....
...The management team that succeeded them in 1995 included Messrs Lourd, Huvane and Lovett: they diversified the company into sports representation, brand consulting, licensing and investment banking....
...clients and staff deserted the firm in South Africa over its involvement in a corruption scandal, while PwC is being investigated in the UK for alleged misconduct by its Italian office on audit work for telecoms...
...Sean Keane at Triple T Consulting notes the level of conviction about the likelihood of an RBA cutting rates so soon after the inflation data is mixed....
...China has ordered state-owned enterprises to cut ties with US consulting companies such as McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group because of fears they are spying on behalf of the US government, according...
...The M&A advisory fee alone is estimated to be worth as much as $233m, according to Freeman Consulting, which would make it the deal with the fourth-highest fees in history....
...It found the riskiest sectors for all job levels were telecoms and consumer goods. The public sector and retail were the most risk averse....
...Opportunities lie in dealing with over-leveraged conglomerates, businesses that need to dispose of non-core assets and deals in the consumer sector, telecoms and energy, say private equity executives....
...“There seems to be a clear land grab in terms of owning the digital money space right now,” said Fred Huet, analyst at UK-based Greenwich Consulting....
...Also, Skype’s free voice service has caused consternation with some telecoms carriers, who see it as a threat – something Mr Ballmer acknowledged....
...Mobile voice calls generate about $700bn in revenues each year for the operators, and represent the majority of their sales, according to Gartner, the technology consulting firm....
...John Delaney, analyst at IDC, the consulting and research firm, said Vodafonecould expect renewed calls from shareholders to sell its Verizon Wireless stake....
...Mr Colao was a partner at McKinsey, the consulting firm, before joining Omnitel, Italy’s second-largest mobile phone operator....
...Their customers can get telephony through deals with telecoms groups....
..., Mr Keane experienced business failure in 2001....
...took a part- time role at the beleaguered UK retail group last year to join Change Capital Partners, a £300m fund backed by the Halley family; and Mike Grabiner, former chief executive of Energis, the telecoms...
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