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Talking about Berlusconi, who’s the richest politician in the world?

Having blogged previously about who is the richest royal (and it’s not our good old Queenie), I noted that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was blowing over $150 million a year on his lavish lifestyle at the time. Strange then that he claims he is only worth $4 million in total wealth.  Even his dear first…

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Talking about Berlusconi, who’s the richest politician in the world?

Having blogged previously about who is the richest royal (and it’s not our good old Queenie), I noted that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was blowing over $150 million a year on his lavish lifestyle at the time. Strange then that he claims he is only worth $4 million in total wealth.  Even his dear first…

Obama finger

New York frickin’ City

Just spent the weekend in New York City, or New York frickin’ City as the locals say. When they say this, they are of course referring to the great industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick who left them this wonderful museum of art. Yes, New York is so cultured and varied as you can see…

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Change management means change management

Walking around Davos, we stumble across a small enclave of bank chiefs sharing breakfast.  In this case, Demon, Blankfine, Jinkens and Gilliver, the CEOs of JPM, GSachs, Barcs and HBSC respectively. The conversation takes an interesting turn. Jinkins: “I disagree with you.  We have to change, we are changing, we will change and we are…

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Ten wild predictions for 2013

Next week, I’ll get back to being Mr. Boring Banking Blogger, and will focus upon the economic, financial and technological trends for 2013, as per my usual start to the year. For today, purely because it’s still the silly season (yes, 12 days of Christmas is still going strong here), I’m going to make ten…

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Sexist Barclaycard ad alienates customers

I've worked for American firms during my main working life, just as we saw the rise of political correctness (PC) and the PC-police. It got to the stage where you couldn't even say "I like your new hairstyle", without falling foul of the PC-police (I know, as one of my male colleagues in Chicago got…

Sexist Barclaycard ad alienates customers

I've worked for American firms during my main working life, just as we saw the rise of political correctness (PC) and the PC-police. It got to the stage where you couldn't even say "I like your new hairstyle", without falling foul of the PC-police (I know, as one of my male colleagues in Chicago got…

TFI Friday … the funniest bank ads

It’s Friday so it’s fun day. Just browsing around for a few amuse bouches, and found these adverts for various banks around the world. This is partly because of the post I made about Japan’s banking adverts, which inspired a few readers to send in their versions. This one is from Korea’s Shinhan Bank for example…

TFI Friday … the funniest bank ads

It’s Friday so it’s fun day. Just browsing around for a few amuse bouches, and found these adverts for various banks around the world. This is partly because of the post I made about Japan’s banking adverts, which inspired a few readers to send in their versions. This one is from Korea’s Shinhan Bank for example…

The last typewriter … what next?

I just saw a note today that the Science Museum has acquired the very last typewriter produced by the Brother factory: “The factory’s 200 employees witnessed the final model of the Brother CM-1000 being packed into its box to a soundtrack of emotional sighs and cheers. This object is the 5,855,533rd of its type to be…

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