Business Spotlight 5/2010

Contents

CONTENTS

Keep it short and sweet

TEST:
Short Forms
Test your knowledge of acronyms, abbreviations and other short forms used in business English

A warm welcome

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:
Working with Mexicans
What do you need to know when doing business in Mexico? We speak to two experts

Giving and taking

BUSINESS SKILLS:
Network your way to success!
Being able to build business networks is a key skill. We show you how to do this effectively
Also: Language survival guide to cut out and keep

All together now

CAREERS:
Multigenerational Workplaces
People of different ages often have problems working together. A look at possible solutions

Business Spotlight 5/2010 magazine contents

WORKING WORLD

Names and News
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
Nefeli Polymeropoulou, hotel manager on the Greek island of Santorini

TEST

Short Forms
Test your knowledge of acronyms, abbreviations and other short forms used in business English

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Urban Development
The British supermarket chain Tesco is building schools and houses. A look at these Tesco towns

Head-to-Head
Should networking sites be banned from work?

Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Behind the Headlines
Media Watch: Language in the news

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Working with Mexicans
What do you need to know when doing business in Mexico? We speak to two experts

Dialogue
Life is a circus: two insiders discuss Cirque du Soleil and the Acrobatic Swan Lake

The View from Here
Kathleen Becker on life in Lisbon
Also: Country File Portugal

BUSINESS SKILLS

Networking
Being able to build business networks is a key skill. We show you how to do this effectively
Also: Language survival guide to cut out and keep

On the Line
Unwanted calls

Say It in Style
Likes and dislikes

The Write Way
Instructions

CAREERS

Multigenerational Workplaces
People of different ages often have problems working together. A look at possible solutions

My Way
The manager of a nostalgic railway

MANAGEMENT

Digital Advertising
Developments in the online business

What I’ve Learned
Advice from Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s former president

Business Basics
Mergers and acquisitions

Executive Eye
Heart-sinking pessimists

TECHNOLOGY

Speech Recognition
Computers that understand what you say

Language Focus
Nuclear power

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on ultradeep oil drilling

LANGUAGE SECTION

Vocabulary In a shop
Grammar at Work Cleft sentences
False Friends; Tricky Translations
Language Cards Pull out and practise
Vocabulary List Key words to learn
Short Story Survival rules
English on the Move Meeting parents
The Maine Event An office dialogue
English for... freight forwarding
Financial English Debt and borrowing
Authentic English Making decisions
Legal English Internet law
What’s New? Products, sites, events 

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Preview
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