Our biggest stories of the week are … Monday fun Various cartoons and images amused me last week. First was Brookes cartoon in the Times about Greek debt and, in the same newspaper, the uneasy ride that Angela Merkel is taking with Nicholas Sarkozy as they try to steer through this disaster and his upcoming…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Banking evolutions create revolutions I’m working on a technology in banking conference with a client that’s had me chair their meetings for some years now. As they discussed the program for this year, they asked me for the theme and what sort of topics we need to…
Our biggest stories of the week are … £ $ € ¥ …元/圆: the Rise of Renminbi We have a continual dialogue about Renminbi (RMB), or Chinese Yuan (CNY) if you prefer. What’s the difference? Well, Remnimbi is the proper term for the Chinese currency, as is referring to UK currency as the Pound Sterling and the…
Our biggest stories of the week are … What the Facebook IPO means for banks I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness……
Our biggest stories of the week are … What the Facebook IPO means for banks I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness……
Our biggest stories of the week are … Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has…
