Monthly Focus Point, Nov18 -Dec18: US-China trade war: Is China not strong enough yet?

Posted on 10/12/201809/12/2018 by Marios - Admin

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, met on 30 November 2018, during the G20 summit in Argentina. The purpose of the meeting was to find some common ground and thus ease the tensions that arose between the two superpowers, after the US’s increasing of tariffs on imports from China, and a Read more about Monthly Focus Point, Nov18 -Dec18: US-China trade war: Is China not strong enough yet?[…]

Something’s Gotta Give #12: The greatest fear in the 21st century

Posted on 03/12/201802/12/2018 by Marios - Admin

Someone once said that when asking people about their greatest fears, public speaking came first, and death, a close second. Which is fairly funny to think that people attending a funeral, would prefer being inside the coffin than reciting a funeral oration. (Thankfully for us, Pericles didn’t have the same issues and thus ended up Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #12: The greatest fear in the 21st century[…]

2018-19 Christmas giveaway!

Posted on 02/12/201801/02/2019 by Marios - Admin

Christmas is coming and just like Santa, I have a present for you! Subscribe to my newsletters, which are nothing more than practical notifications of when there’s a new post. Based on my traffic data, most of you either wait for my Monday updates here, or just visit at random instances to check if there’s Read more about 2018-19 Christmas giveaway![…]

Back To The Drawing Board #11: I’m the best

Posted on 19/11/201818/11/2018 by Marios - Admin

Basketball is a sport in which the championship, both in the US and Europe (and I imagine in other parts of the globe as well) has two distinct periods each season. The first is a round robin type of tournament, and the second is the playoffs. But which team is the best? The one that Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #11: I’m the best[…]

Monthly Focus Point, Nov18: Merkel steps down from German Chancellorship

Posted on 12/11/201811/11/2018 by Marios - Admin

Angela Merkel announced to her CDU party’s committee that she won’t run for another term as party leader in December, but will remain as German Chancellor until the end of her term. A Germany (and Europe) without Merkel… How can this be? I don’t even remember when it was the last time that I was Read more about Monthly Focus Point, Nov18: Merkel steps down from German Chancellorship[…]

Something’s Gotta Give #11: For boss and firm

Posted on 05/11/201804/11/2018 by Marios - Admin

I recently received a newsletter from an HR agency here in Cyprus. It goes without saying that I didn’t ask for it. After a quick search through my inbox, I found out that I had sent them my CV about six(!) years ago, to apply for a post they were advertising. Apparently, they thought it’d Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #11: For boss and firm[…]

Long Story Short #11: Equity

Posted on 29/10/201828/10/2018 by Marios - Admin

And then I reach a point where I start talking about financing options, when one of the attendees interrupted me and made me lose it with his question: “Marios, what is equity?” Here’s what I learned by having to reply a question that never expected to be asked:

Back To The Drawing Board #10: Justice, vengeance and Dracon

Posted on 22/10/201821/10/2018 by Marios - Admin

There’s a real issue of delinquent behavior that goes largely unpunished and fuels many western societies with despair. Dracon, in Ancient Athens tried to fix this by instituting harsh punishments for every minor offence. Nowadays, we have ended up on the other end, giving wrongdoers and even common thugs more rights than us. And as Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #10: Justice, vengeance and Dracon[…]

Monthly Focus Point: Oct18-Nov18

Posted on 15/10/201812/10/2018 by Marios - Admin

Roughly 2,500 years ago, there lived a brilliant, silver-tongued, but by most accounts, ruthless and egomaniac man. A man who betrayed his country twice. (He was pardoned for his first betrayal!) A man who wanted so much to be the center of the world at all times, that when no one had anything to say Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Oct18-Nov18[…]

Something’s Gotta Give #10: It’s about them, not me

Posted on 08/10/201825/12/2018 by Marios - Admin

I celebrate my birthday every September and it is customary that I take some of my closest (both physically and mentally) friends out at night. Birthdays, I have found out, are more than just a symbolic date at the passing of which we become a whole year older within seconds. As life moves on and Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #10: It’s about them, not me[…]