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stefano@virgilli.com I have dedicated the past few weeks to the comparison of some of the largest companies in the world. In the next two weeks I will go back to talk about small businesses in a...

stefano@virgilli.com - This week I want to conclude my analysis — started last week — on the economic and financial dynamics linked to the ranking of the top 100 companies in the world by...

When we hear others talking about billions and trillions, we at times struggle to put figures in context. So this is the first column of a short series that I would like to introduce exclusively to...

stefano@virgilli.com -A troubling case of bad healthcare in China brought the media attention to the multi-billion dollar industry of cosmetic surgery. A relatively unknown social media influencer...

There are many good news coming from both economy and finance in Oman. Recently published figures are better than expected in many areas of concern, especially in finance. This is still not a full...

In its Vision 2040, Oman has drafted a plan to boost and develop the Sultanate society into a knowledge-based economy, able to compete on a global scale. Oman’s finance and economy were both...

Readers that follow my weekly column, might have noticed that over the past month I have temporarily moved from talking about SME to a more global scale of economy and finance.The reason for this...

Inflation is growing in most parts of the world. In the US inflation jumped from around 1.5 per cent early this year to nearly 5 per cent recently. One of the key reasons seems to be the stimulus plan...

It is always fascinating to me to look back down memory lane and notice how the smart-phone market has evolved in just a little less than 15 years. It was 2007 when my friend Gabriele called me on my...

The weight loss industry has evolved in a long-term business relation, as such, in 2020, the market value in the US contracted to $71 bn. In the early 2000, it was estimated that 1 in 4 people in...

When Bitcoin’s white paper was released by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto more than 12 years ago (yes, it has been that long ago!) an important cornerstone brick was laid. That was something that...

The long-awaited stimulus cheque that citizens in the USA received as part of the Covid recovery bill, might have caused some unintended consequences.But first, a curious fact that I would like to...