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I don't know who to give credit for this hilarious piece on world economy; but this one landed in my inbox and cracked me up: "It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is rai...
At last, the mobile telecom industry has come up with a credible challenge to the banking industry. For many years now, mobile operators and MSPs have been dabbling with financial products and payment...
Internet scamsters are breaking new boundaries. Now they are offering compensation for victims of Internet Fraud! As I have always held - the scamsters are far ahead of the pack in creativity. To make...
Over the past few months, a growing phenomena of amazing Iphone applications seem to be quietly taking over the world. Some of these apps are crazy, weird and some downright wacky! Sample these - an I...
There are various guilt trips that people across the world have - vegans on animal cruelty, 'greenies' ,.... and now looks like even the hi tech items we use on a day to day basis are tainted with blo...
Money Laundering - as we know - is one of the most thriving businesses the world over. In these troubled times, it is all the more prevalent with newer players and more creative means cropping up ever...
Deloitte has come up with a thought provoking report and a composite index to measure the 'seismic' shifts in our lives. I think a very insightful read - go to http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0%2C...
I thought it is a reflection of the weird times we live in that debt collectors are going even after debts of dead people. This story in the NYT makes a compelling read - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/...
IBM has released its latest X Force Internet Security and Trends report. See here : http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/iss/xforce/trendreports/xforce-2008-annual-report.pdf These kind of reports hav...
Amongst all the snowfall and avalanche of layoffs and closures, I found a real intriguing nugget of a news item. The Executive Director of UNODC claims in an interview that some banks have been 'kept ...
The World Economic Forum has released its annual take on Risks our world carries in the new year. The Global Risks Report 2009 is a compulsive read in these turbulent times and not just for Risk profe...
Well, with so many billions washed out in 2008, it looks like banks don't think a billion is too much! See this hilarious news item - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7804876.stm W...