According to recent research, most of us end the year by making resolutions for the next one, with over a half believing they would achieve their targets. Sadly, a year-long...
The topic of this new note has been sitting in the back of my mind for a while. Many of you know that I am a keen swimmer, religiously covering...
As many of you know, I typically present myself as a “Russian Latvian”. I was born in Latvia of Russian-speaking parents, of whom my mother is a pure-blooded Russian and...
At any given point of my life, I seem to have had a crush on some European country which was not my own. I have spent the past 10-odd years...
Part 1: This Lufthansa flight is taking me further and further away from Helsinki. It is actually a St Petersburg flight to London via Frankfurt, though the previous option envisaged...
Finnair Business Class, it reads on a shiny plaque a few rows ahead. Together with speeded check-in and security, extra drinks/bread and a hot towel before meals, that little symbol...
Yesterday I celebrated my first month in London. Nothing to match those Londoners in the Xth generation, but a notable personal milestone nevertheless. Had anyone hinted even two years ago...
Replace EBITDA with EBIT, shift Treasury shares one year back, average out short-term borrowings’ interest in debt schedule – and it BALANCES! Dance around the venue, dear ladies and gentlemen!...
This accounting class could certainly gain pace. It looks like I have run out of cash flow and group consolidation exercises to keep me entertained (not!). I have likewise covered...