The International Power Of a Good Name

Luke Johnson, writing in today’s Financial Times reminds us that “the power of words - how they sound, how they look, what connotations they...

Common Sense Advisory Report on European Online Sales : So much for Globalization

Global Watchtower, the Common Sense Advisory blog, carries a posting about a European Parliament report citing European lack of confidence in online sales. Seems...

Rupert Murdoch Take on Localization: We Have to Make MySpace a Very Chinese Site

Picked this up from the Financial Times Tech Blog: MySpace China says no to foreign interference Mure Dickie tells us: Local executives will be in full control...

Microsoft Ireland Pays €3 Billion Dividend to US Parent

Ever wondered why companies like Microsoft located in Ireland? This story in Ireland’s Sunday Business Post of 22-April-2007 might help you: Microsoft’s Irish subsidiary pays...

More on Google: Number One in Byte Level Research Web Globalization Report Card 2007

More on the Google posting: John Yunker reminds me that Google is also top of the list on Byte Level Research 2007 Web Globalization...

Google Number One Global Brand

Here in Marseille, I read in the Financial Times “Global Brands” Special Report of 23-April-2007 placed Google top of the heap in the annual...

TransPerfect in the Financial Times

Great to see the translation industry featured in the Financial Times within the context of general business education and not narrow localization skills. Read...

Switching Codes

For some of us in the United States, this Sunday is a big day. It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Of course, here at MultiLingual, we...

Localization in 2006

IDC has offered its predictions on events and trends that will shape the IT and telecommunications markets in the year ahead in the Asia...