Nothing will be the same as before

Nothing will be the same as before, this is the only thing that macroeconomists, analysts, consultants, and economic experts can currently say with certainty. No one is asking anymore whether the crisis from the USA will spill over to Europe, but rather to what extent. Banks are exposed to the same risks.

From the 157th edition of Lider’s journalistic workshop comes a masterful piece that you will surely enjoy reading, and perhaps learn something as well.

From the pen of Gordana Gelenčer in the text ‘Illiquidity: The Stock Market Crash and the Hunger for Acquisitions Have Dried Up Accounts’ read about why unpaid payment orders are increasing and who, alongside the standard indebtedness of the state, has pushed illiquidity?

The Index operation has once again highlighted the incompetence of the State Attorney’s Office, USKOK, and the police to carry out demanding anti-corruption actions regularly and efficiently. Ivica Grčar writes about the irregularities of the Index operation.

Nothing will be the same as before, this is the only thing that macroeconomists, analysts, consultants, and economic experts can currently say with certainty. No one is asking anymore whether the crisis from the USA will spill over to Europe, but rather to what extent. Banks are exposed to the same risks. Trading of UniCredit shares on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday on Italian exchanges was suspended multiple times. However, most banking experts and analysts claim that the Croatian banking market is capable of withstanding all shocks. Read about the collapse of the global capital market and its consequences for the Croatian capital market in Lider’s theme of the week.

Why the crisis of global freight rates will not destroy the Dubrovnik shipping company can be read in Amir Kulenović’s story ‘Atlantska plovidba: Lesson Learned in 2002 Saves Business in 2008’. Compared to the previous cycle of low freight rates, the business of the Dubrovnik shipping company shows a drastic turnaround. Investments are being made in tourism and aviation business, the fleet is being rejuvenated, and profits are being made from trading ships.

Antonija Knežević writes about the restructuring of trading groups in the story ‘Nine Members of Ultra gros are Negotiating a Transfer to CBA’. CBA is ready to negotiate and accept traders with revenues exceeding 200 million kuna and a clear ownership structure, which satisfies seven potential defectors.

In the new issue of Lider, we publish an exclusive interview with Nino Pavić, founder, co-owner, and president of Europapress Holding, the largest domestic publisher of printed media. EPH is currently undergoing serious corporate restructuring and cost-cutting, and Nino Pavić reveals to Lider in which direction it is heading, and honestly admits that he still does not fully understand how EPH will look after the major restructuring.

Did you know that screenwriters are becoming increasingly sought after due to the profitability of domestic feature production? About ten of the most prominent screenwriters for an episode of a drama series receive fees of up to ten thousand kuna or four thousand kuna or more for an episode of a soap opera or telenovela. More is revealed by Sandra Babić in the text ‘TV Screenwriter: A Profession that Brings the Greatest Television Profit’.

Perhaps you have switched to biodiesel and your car breaks down every now and then? Then you might find the article about the new problem facing European drivers titled ‘Bacteria from Biodiesel Cause Engine Failures’ interesting.

Željka Laslavić spoke with Miroslav Dragičević, author of the Croatian Tourism Strategy, who claims that Croatia needs to join a tourism cluster with Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy. Why?

The last column by Tomislav Birtić provoked quite a strong reaction. Hanfa also responded. ‘We will defend ourselves from immorality, you, Ante, defend us from crime’ is the title of Birtić’s new column in which you will learn what has been happening in recent days. We small shareholders are aware of the necessity to educate ourselves and to overcome legal crime through education. We demand that the state protect us from illegal crime, says our ‘small investor’.

In the Advisor section, Marija Zuber writes about new rights for the unemployed that come into effect on January 1, 2009. The duration of the right to cash benefits is increased and amounts to 90 days for a worker with nine months of service to 450 days for a worker with 25 years of service. According to the currently valid regulation, the duration of rights is determined in the range of 78 to 312 days, but Sundays are now not counted in those days.

In Business Knowledge, we reveal IBM’s mathematical formula for the perfect employee. Samer Takriti is the head of the team working on mathematical models for 50,000 IBM technology consultants. The idea is to take inventory of all their skills and behaviors and then calculate how to best utilize them.

You can start your new workday with a coffee and a feature that presents Denis O’Brien, a wealthy Irishman who fights against poverty in the Third World with a GSM network. O’Brien’s company is headquartered in Jamaica, but the mobile operator’s services are provided in as many as 23 countries in the Caribbean and Central America, from Aruba through Barbados to El Salvador, and has more than six million users. (G. J.)

The new Lider gifts its readers with two special supplements ‘Packaging’ and ‘Leasing’