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The 2009 season is almost upon us, with the first Grand Prix this coming weekend in Australia (Sunday 29th, 0700 BST). Already there's controversy with back tracking by the FIA with regards to the &qu...
Florida can be a risky place. One story on the radio was of a jogger in Miami who went too close to the bushes alongside a mid-city canal and got snapped up by an alligator. Likewise there are stori...
So after an exciting and turbulent seven weeks, the 6 Nations has finally drawn to what can only be described as an epic close, with Ireland taking their first Grand Slam victory for 61 years (and wel...
It' s a line we seem to fall for far too easily, and this is something that scientists say has contributed to the current financial crisis. Studies suggest that the normal mechanisms people use to eva...
I suspect that many people are like me in not believing we are in a deflationary situation. It is complete cobblers and should not be influencing economic policy. The principal reason why the RPI is ...
According to ABC News, JP Morgan Chase is going ahead with plans to spend $138 million on two corporate jets and a "luxury" hanger to house them. But, incase you were thinking that seems a ...
Wow, this is a very cutting-edge new innovation from ING Netherlands. My android cellphone shows me the available ATMs in my sight, by pointing the camera of the phone to any direction. ATM markers a...
Calling the bottom in any bear market is fraught with danger. Certainly we have seen some level of stabalization in financial markets and over the last week or so a level of confidence in equity marke...
Like most rational men I still occasionally fall for the tricks of the mathematicks, but any maths you can invent today a child can do tomorrow. That is why maths per se doesn't provide the answer to ...
Up until now, identity thieves have been hunting elephants. But that may soon change. According to this study, small to medium size businesses (SMB's) are the criminal hackers next target. This sh
The APACS annual statistics finding that UK card fraud in 2008 increased by 14 percent is, unfortunately, relatively unsurprising. The one statistic that was immediately notable was the increase in ca...