by Minter Dial | Oct 22, 2009 | Business
As part of my Franco-American profile, I am naturally drawn to reading about comparisons and competition between France and the US. I came across this May 2009 article, France Beats America, which describes France’s epicurean passion for “living it...
by Minter Dial | Oct 5, 2009 | Branding
MEDEF UNIVERSITE D’ETE PLENARY SESSION – 3 September, 2009 “Will capitalism become ethical or not?” Plenary Session animated by Jean-Pierre Elkabach Below I will highlight a few points that I took away from the two hour plenary session,...
by Minter Dial | Sep 5, 2009 | Politics
Tony Blair was told by a patriarch of the backbench, back when he was serving as an opposition MP, that if he kept leaving the House of Commons promptly after the 7pm o’clock session (to take care of his children) without spending some time fraternising with...
by Minter Dial | Aug 26, 2009 | Business
I have been invited to participate as a Live Blogger [Journalist] at the MEDEF Université d’Eté 2009 (“Summer University 2009″) which takes place next week from 2-4 September. The MEDEF is essentially a union for French business people. It is the...
by Minter Dial | Aug 23, 2009 | Entertainment, Marketing
Here’s a wine whose owner did not worry much about the Anglophone buyers. No further comment. Costs around 4 euros. From Haut Fitou, Cascastel des Corbieres, “The Master Wine Growers of Paradise” CONTACT: info@cascastel.com 11360 Cascatel Des...