Business Miscellany: Top salaries, Top brands, Bubbles that burst, Business blunders, Business villains ... and a great deal more

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Full of facts and figures about all aspects of business, this businessmiscellany is designed to inform, entertain and surprise. It ranges far and wide: the world?s most valuable brands and what chief executives get paid on both sides of the Atlantic; America?s biggest bankruptcies and famous bubbles that burst; some of the biggest business blunders and some of the biggest business rogues; the utter awfulness of jargon used in business and some good advice on business etiquette around the world. For anyone who needs proof that you can combine business with pleasure, here it is. Table of Contents When firms started Oldest family firms Oldest newspapers still in circulation The business press The world?s biggest firms America?s biggest firms Big firms, big facts Behind the corporate name The biggest IPOs America?s biggest bankruptcies Selling off state assets Business blunders Big bucks The world?s most valuable brands The world?s most admired companies Britain?s most admired companies What companies say about themselves Corporate governance: board styles Games directors play Business cycles Business start ups and failures Days and procedures to start a business Corruption: business perceptions Business ratios Business costs Breaking down the workforce The changing workforce Changes in working hours Changes in retirement age Days lost in strikes and lock outs Labour union strength Labour union federations Big unions ?International pay comparisons Average earnings and the minimum wage US chief executive pay UK chief executive pay The number of accountants Leading accounting firms A world of lawyers Leading law firms Women in business Outsourcing and offshoring Tall buildings Big shopping malls Leading headhunters Leading lies on CVs Leading advertising firms Spending on advertising Some advertising triumphs Three advertising bloomers Some famous advertising slogans Some business giants of the past Philanthropy and the non-profit sector The richest people Central bankers since 1900 In their own words Bad boys-and one bad girl Leading management thinkers The oldest stock exchanges Leading stockmarkets Some stockmarket indices explained Stockmarket performance Stockmarkets: the best and worst of times Clocking the stockmarkets Bonds Bubbles that burst Oil reserves and prices Gold reserves and prices Gold facts Rich producers Diamond and platinum facts Foreign exchange trading Venture capital Hedge funds Investment formulas Behind the currency name The oldest coins and notes More money superlatives Notes and coins in circulation Euros printed The life of $ and ? notes Exchange rates Local currencies against the dollar Exchange rate pegs Some notable devaluations The changing world economy Leading exporters Trade dependency Foreign direct investment Sending money home Interest rates Corporate tax rates What companies pay in tax What individuals pay in tax How taxing for top earners? VAT and sales tax rates Wealth and debt Offshore attractions Great business books What?s in a word? Latin that lawyers like to use Brand names that entered the language Acronyms: a selection Business jargon Business laws and principles Top business schools Some management styles Digital assistants Laptops and PCs Chip power The impact of software piracy Spam and e-mail Internet suffixes The corporate highlife Big airlines Plane speaking Air milesto go Ship ahoy The age of the train? Pedal power Inventors and inventions Famous patents Business etiquette.