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Get back to work or go to Wells Fargo

Thanks to Valley Wag for the laugh of the day. Apparently John Soden III, esteemed investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco (who's website is Tweisel which sounds very appropriate), sent this email out on Friday: It didn't go down very well with his erstwhile team however, who set up the John Soden…

Webby Awards: Financial Nominees 2009

The 13th Annual Webby Awards nominees have just been announced, with Awards presented in June.  The Webbies recognise the best internet sites globally, and there are 70 categories to choose from … far too many to checkout, so checkout the ones that interest us: Banking and Bill Paying Billeo by Billeo; Rudder by Rudder Inc;…

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Webby Awards: Financial Nominees 2009

The 13th Annual Webby Awards nominees have just been announced, with Awards presented in June.  The Webbies recognise the best internet sites globally, and there are 70 categories to choose from … far too many to checkout, so checkout the ones that interest us: Banking and Bill Paying Billeo by Billeo; Rudder by Rudder Inc;…

Sad trader

The Masters, John Daly and the Credit Crunch

In a sign of the times, former major winner John Daly is selling signed golf balls and T-Shirts from his motor home outside the Augusta gates this week. It's in order to make ends meet whilst he serves a ban from the sport whilst having to pay out to support his many ex-wives (he's been…

Daly

The Masters, John Daly and the Credit Crunch

In a sign of the times, former major winner John Daly is selling signed golf balls and T-Shirts from his motor home outside the Augusta gates this week. It's in order to make ends meet whilst he serves a ban from the sport whilst having to pay out to support his many ex-wives (he's been…

Daly

The Masters, John Daly and the Credit Crunch

In a sign of the times, former major winner John Daly is selling signed golf balls and T-Shirts from his motor home outside the Augusta gates this week. It's in order to make ends meet whilst he serves a ban from the sport whilst having to pay out to support his many ex-wives (he's been…

Daly

Banking in an anti-terrorism world

Found a wonderful site today thanks to the Ridiculant. This site is one where a nice chap has taken a picture of this anti-terrorism poster (double-click picture to see larger text): and allowed you to remix it into any poster wording you like.  I chose this one: which naturally led to this one: but by…

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Banking in an anti-terrorism world

Found a wonderful site today thanks to the Ridiculant. This site is one where a nice chap has taken a picture of this anti-terrorism poster (double-click picture to see larger text): and allowed you to remix it into any poster wording you like.  I chose this one: which naturally led to this one: but by…

Original

Banking in an anti-terrorism world

Found a wonderful site today thanks to the Ridiculant. This site is one where a nice chap has taken a picture of this anti-terrorism poster (double-click picture to see larger text): and allowed you to remix it into any poster wording you like.  I chose this one: which naturally led to this one: but by…

Original

Vive le revolution!

So the G20 protests were a bit of a damp squib, thanks to tight police controls, but not so in France where the NATO Summit in Strasbourg saw a lot of trouble. But I was more interested in two other stories. The first is from the Times and relates to the growing trend in France…