Category Archives: Business
Facebook Goes Bang
The day finally arrived that analysts and market forecasters had been waiting for: Facebook has opened its doors to public shareholders with champagne corks popping on its first day of trading. But, a quick jump in share prices, to $42 … Continue reading
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Eurozone Crisis: Reasons To Be Cheerful
With the continuing calamity of the 2007 financial crisis and its seemingly endless, macabre march across Europe and the U.S., one could be forgiven for being a doomsayer. After all, the press and its fodder of politicians and analysts do … Continue reading
Instagram = Instacash!
Before the expected flotation of Facebook on the stock market later this year, company commander and chief, Mark Zuckerberg, has once again made the headlines for shelling out big bucks for…an app. Not just any app, mind you, but a … Continue reading
Filed under Business, internet, Social Media
A Safe Bet: Print Your Own Money!
With all the talk of hoarding gold bullion in these turbulent times, a novel article in CNN Money appeared recently that suggested something totally different – print your own money and keep it in the community. As faith in governments … Continue reading
The U.S. Oil Dilemma
It’s a great time to be a political watcher, especially with an upcoming American election. The rhetoric seems to get worse every four years – dooming the country to a spiral of infantilized slogans and more ‘us against them’ scenarios. … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news, Economy, politics
How We Work
The BBC has been running an interesting series for several weeks about the offices of the future. Most of these article are commandeered by leading business CEOs and this week’s finds the International President of Microsoft, Jean-Philippe Courtois, take the … Continue reading
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Murdoch Redoubles with the Sun
Rupert Murdoch, his family and his media empire are very busy at the moment fighting scandals from every angle. The press (except his Fox network, unsurprisingly) has been ablaze with the latest Sun newspaper bribe allegations and has seen the … Continue reading
Working Transformations
An interesting article has appeared on the BBC website from their ‘Future Work’ series, running through the month of February. This particular piece was written by a Google representative, Sebastien Morotte, about the change we are all going to be … Continue reading
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Social Media’s Illusion
The business world, and particularly the tech side, is aflutter with the imminent Facebook flotation. The stories of those shareholders who will strike it rich are the stuff of every entrepreneur’s dreams. Who couldn’t be transfixed by the $100 billion … Continue reading
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If These Walls Could Talk
Having just finished watching the Social Networkrecently (yes, I’m a little late), it’s still amazing and more than a little baffling that this whole ‘social media thing’ has had the impact it has. Sean Parker’s Napster idea I can fully … Continue reading
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