admin | January 31, 2009
The sale of songs is a lost business model. The songs must be seen as publicity for mechandise and live shows where the real money is to be made. The problem of course is that the record companies and British Phonographic Industry may lose their raison d’etre. I feel for the BPI [...]
admin | January 29, 2009
People in Iceland – a country currently in desperate economic trouble – have shipped jumpers and blankets to England this week. A container of woolies arrived in the north-east of England after an appeal on an Icelandic radio station. They were handed to local charities in Hull on Thursday.
Despite the fact that we [...]
admin | January 27, 2009
Two stories from different parts of the world caught my eye. In Thailand, apparently refugees are being sent back to sea with little chance of survival. The worst bit is that the Government seems powerless to stop this misery. [see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7846570.stm]. On the other hand, the Italians seems unable to cope [...]
admin | January 27, 2009
I have savings with ING Direct and they keep trying to re-assure us savers that ‘Your money is safe with ING Direct’ and that it is part of one of the 20 largest financial institutions worldwide global financial company providing banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services with over £1 trillion in assets and yet….
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7850502.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7679021.stm
One [...]
admin | January 25, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7846822.stm
Only i Africa can this sort of thing happen. I laughed tears. See it here http://news.bbcn.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7846822.stm
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
admin | January 22, 2009
Well, finally it is done. A non-white person now lives in the white house and expectations run very high. That is unfortunate for Obama because there is bound to be some big disappointments along the way. It’s from these expectations that Obama’s biggest task comes.
Forget the Financial crisis, forget the foreign policy [...]
