There has been a slight (for some people of our board this word would be a utter underestimation) technical issue last week due to which the ninth edition of our newsletter could not reach you on Monday. However, now everything’s back to normal and you can enjoy our selected topics in economics and finance.

The first article of our newsletter is devoted to one of our to an interesting type of business, namely family-owned business. Although nowadays this term seems to sound rather archaic as many companies are primarily public, still there are some examples that have evolved in the past years and have turned into notable giants in their fields. In the article we will deal with the commodity business and some of its greatest specimens in terms of success.

In the second article we shall deal with a company that is undoubtedly recognized by everybody. Yes, this is Nokia, and it looks as if it is not going to give away its positions and is planning to regain its lost share by presenting a range of innovative products. They do seem o look very attractive and unforeseen in the consumer electronics industry, but isn’t it already too late?

As always, comments and suggestions are more than welcome, so we hope you will enjoy reading the newsletter.

Yours financially,

iFund

Newsletter 9