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Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
"The big lesson of the subprime crisis: that it's a mistake to lend money to poor people." "Rich people know how to invest extra money. Poor people just squander it on necessities. That's why capitalism works so well: it keeps money out of the hands of people who don't know how to use it and directs it to people who know how to make ...
12 September 2007 /regulation /wholesale
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Galaxiki is a complete virtual galaxy - maintained by its occupants - who are all presumably bored office workers, students or kids who should be doing something MORE USEFUL WITH THEIR VALUABLE TIME. Yes it's very clever - although they do bang on about Web 2.0 in the press release - and there's lots of authentic-sounding astronomy going on - and ...
15 August 2007
Choosing a new name for a business venture is fraught with pratfalls. How will it translate in multiple languages? Will it offend anybody? What about the domain name rights? All the same, you have to wonder about the advice meted out to SWX Swiss Exchange and Deutsche Börse when they settled on the name 'Scoach' for their new joint venture structu...
14 August 2007 /wholesale
Steve Ellis Founder at Finextra Research
China is not the only nation to have trained creatures to do its bidding, the Washington Post points out an editorial by Saleh Eskandari headlined "spying squirrels," published July 10 by the Iranian newspaper Resalat. "A few weeks ago, 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems of foreign intelligence services were captured by [...
23 July 2007
I've made a mental note in future to check the weather forecast before taking a day off although today's deluge does bring back nostalgic memories of windswept childhood holidays, somewhere in Wales with it raining sideways. Interestingly the BBC weather site and Metcheck are both down at the time of writing - both displaying errors along the line...
20 July 2007
If you've not heard of Blendtec, then be aware they manufacture kitchen blenders and have a truly inspired marketing team. This month on www.willitblend.com/ they are having a go at seeing if the iPhone will blend. Don't try this at home. iPhone in a blender - could be a song by The Smiths couldn't it?
12 July 2007
Ok, not really a banking angle to this. Lewis Page was an armed forces bomb-disposal operator from 2001 to 2004. He supported the UK mainland police and he clearly knows his stuff concerning things that go bang. His take on the recent bombing attempts makes interesting reading after the over-hyped TERROR headlines of recent days. Read it here on ...
03 July 2007
Visa has partnered with Burger King to promote the use of plastic cards instead of cash in the fast food sector. Over the next three months Burger King customers paying for meals with Visa will qualify for a free meal on every tenth purchase. Nice to see Visa doing its bit to fight the scourge of obesity and encourage healthy lifestyle options amon...
21 June 2007 /retail
Next time a trader drops his avocado and bean sprout wrap on his keyboard - or one of those private equity boys inadvertently squashes a Quail's egg with his mouse - help is at hand. Just stick it in the dishwasher. The Register spotted the story, originally here. Try it at your own risk - and check your warranty first.
21 June 2007
Mind-boggling stat of the day. 10 Milliseconds: trade execution times on the London Stock Exchange's new TradElect platform. 100-150 milliseconds: the amount of time taken to blink the human eye.
18 June 2007
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