Friday, 27 May 2011

Brazil and logging


Coincidently, this article is in my newspaper this week.

Brazil forms crisis cabinet to halt logging.

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Saturday, 21 May 2011

An article for the bakers


Read this article to find words that relate specifically to your trade.

BAGUETTE BATTLE

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

The Law of mother Earth

A link to the article we briefly looked at.
It's well worth watching the video that accompanies the report.

Bolivia and the Law of Mother Earth

Free online Business English dictionary


Have you tried this dictionary yet?
Use it regularly to expand your Business English vocabulary.

BUSINESS DICTIONARY.COM

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Microsoft buys Skype


Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype
Skype website Skype had previously planned a share flotation

Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype.

The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold.

Internet auction house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn.

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