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...an article I did a couple of years back for Wilmott magazine - might present some useful background to FpML even if the thoughts are now a little out of date - you may also think it sad (to say t...
NAB has made the first move to remove overdraw fees from personal accounts. Fees as high as $33.00 are charged for overdrawn accounts. In what I think has been tantamount to theft, banks have been cha...
The EU court has erred, in fact had a complete brain snap. 11 word snippets or quotes are copyright infringement? (that's only 8) Hows this for copyright infringement? Once upon a time in a land far f...
CFTC to Hold Three Open Hearings to Discuss Energy Position Limits and Hedge Exemptions First Hearing Scheduled for July 28, 2009 Washington DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today
I had a thought while I was checking out the electric car offerings and can really see where electric cars might be disruptive to iPod users, perhaps downright dismembering. Maybe the solution is to b...
I am confused. I can't help but wonder what is real, and what actually has a human behind it (in the normal sense, I know some human is behind everything). The internet started out as a sort of twitte...
One thing that hackers have worked out is that the financial system is all smoke and mirrors running on hot air. It doesn't take much experience at the exploit level to realise that you can just print...
News Flash: "US Forest Service Study Determines - Bears ARE Dangerous" "U of M Survey Confirms - Employees Would Be Happy With Shorter Work Hours at the Same Pay" "Department ...
Technology has a way of being disruptive. I mentioned some little gadgets from Fusion-io which can turn your desktop screamer into a 2TB 1 Gigi per second screamer. Some of the server arrays out there...
To innovate successfully in the financial services landscape a strong, profitable business case is an imperative. In these uncertain economic times, banks will look more than ever for business models...
Show of hands, how many of us remember the good old days? You remember those days, when "lost" meant something like: "I came home and set my car keys down and then moved some stuff arou...
...I am not surprised by the results of the survey given the current hype, but it is interesting to see that some are trying out a few financial things that seem to work well in the "cloud"...