Kenneth H. Marks offers expert advice on how to increase the value of your company before a potential sale.

Great news! After a long drought of M&A activity, the market for private companies is showing signs of life and recovery. If you own, operate or advise a middle market company, $5 million to $500 million in revenue, what does this mean for you and your clients when thinking about shareholder liquidity or selling the business? And how can you improve the odds of getting a deal done?

George F. Brown, Jr. offers four fundamental, measurable indicators to help determine if price pressures are real or not.

Stephen Archer, business analyst and director of Spring Partnerships, believes that the United States is declining rapidly as a superpower.

Is the US economy the next Ireland? To most people, particularly those in the US, this is an unthinkable concept. However, the similarities between the two countries are uncomfortably similar and the outlook for the US is little, if any, better.

If I were to ask 100 CEOs to define customer service, I would guess that 97 of them would say this: “Customer service is providing the customer with service that is fast, accurate, and courteous.” While those are indeed elements of customer service, there is more to it, so much more.

Cruise ships are important to the economies of Caribbean islands, but the Port Authority in Trinidad & Tobago has seen a huge growth in cargo in recent years, as Jeff Daniel discovers.

For those of us yet to enjoy a Caribbean visit, Trinidad & Tobago are right at the bottom of the chain of islands that make up the West Indies, almost within hailing distance of South America; at certain points the seas between Trinidad and Venezuela divide the two nations by no more than about seven miles. 

BAT Caribbean and Central America is operating in one of the most sensitive and spectacular locations. Federico Jenkins talks to Gay Sutton about protecting this natural environment and working to relieve poverty in the local communities.

Agnico-Eagle’s first venture into Mexico’s legendary Sierra Madre gold and silver belt is helping to deliver record results.

The Competition Commission today confirmed its ruling that BAA should sell Stansted Airport and either one of Edinburgh or Glasgow Airports.

The Commission made its initial ruling two years ago in March 2009, but BAA has been fighting through the courts to retain its portfolio of airports.

After the sale of Gatwick in December 2009 to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, BAA currently operates six airports: Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Interim CEO Jay Richardson talks to Gay Sutton about four months of change and improvement at Liberty Mines, and why the time is right for a new CEO to take the business forward as a successful nickel exploration and mining operation.

Taseko Mines Limited is about to embark on the third phase of modernisation at Canada’s second largest open pit copper mine. VP of Operations Dave Rouleau talks to Gay Sutton about future-proofing the mine against the cyclical nature of commodity prices.