Tag Archives: business english

e.g. / i.e. : what’s the difference?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Robert D. E. Senior

The Latin abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are commonly used in English, and nearly as commonly mixed up. Below is a clear explanation, which can also be found online at it’s original home: http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/egie.html. I should also point out that these days you can write both … Continue reading →

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IMF under growing pressure to appoint non-European head

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Robert D. E. Senior

Here’s another business/current affairs article. I use these articles in my in-company sessions. I give the participants the articles to read for homework and then have them come up with five questions to ask each other in the next session. … Continue reading →

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Business articles: Bonuses: why bankers just don’t get it

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Robert D. E. Senior

Those of you studying BEC Higher should be reading at least one article a week. My suggestion is that you write a short summary and hand it in. Hopefully, I’ll be posting one every week from now on, here’s the … Continue reading →

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Floating Exchange Rate

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Robert D. E. Senior

I was asked about this in a Bec Higher group, so here you go: According to http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/floating-currency.html, which I have no reason to doubt, a floating currency is a currency with a floating exchange rate. And according to http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/floating-exchange-rate.html a floating exchange rate is … Continue reading →

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