Month: October 2010

Day in brief

  • Trying out git on a new project. So far so good, but it has only been 10 minutes. :) #
  • Just noticed that this is going to be tweet #5009 for me. Over 5,000 tweets and counting … no value what so ever. :) #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — Disconnect to Connect – (dtac Thailand TVC) http://youtu.be/17ZrK2NryuQ?a #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — 360 Upside Down Swing Fail http://youtu.be/gYt3Wk09NYo?a #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — It's A Dad's Life http://youtu.be/EGE1tqyyiRQ?a #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — Uncle Matin's Sword Trick http://youtu.be/fbJyZ4eDkIs?a #
  • If you can read Russian, you have to follow @Kremlins_wife . Some of the most hilarious stuff I ever read on Twitter. :) #

Doing business in Cyprus

The Doing Business project provides a rating across 183 countries on how easy it is to do business in each one of them.  Cyprus occupies a respectable position #40 in that list.  Here are the metrics used in ranking calculations, as well as some of the neighbors for Cyprus:
  • Easy of Doing Business Rank: 40 (after Columbia, Azerbaijan, Qatar and before Kyrgyz Republic, Slovac Republic, Armenia)
  • Starting a Business: 25
  • Dealing with Construction Permits: 77
  • Employing Workers: 93
  • Registering Property: 64
  • Getting Credit: 71
  • Protecting Investors: 93
  • Paying Taxes: 37
  • Trading Across Borders: 15
  • Enforcing Contracts: 107
  • Closing a Business: 21

And while there are obviously plenty of pros and cons to each country in the list, it’s nice to see a summarizing effort.