The Guardian asks readers to give advice on a dilemma each week. This week's dilemma is: "should I sell my house to the nice people or the banker?" I'm fascinated by the reader's views. Here's a selection, as well as the question in full: After several lean financial years we are selling our £330,000 family…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: The Mobile Internet Report (Morgan Stanley) Presentations on key trends in technology, including a clear prediction that mobile internet is the revolution we are experiencing right now. Want to know which technology firms will win in this space? Read the report (104 page pdf). Companies…
In the UK, we've been talking for a while about the issues with our politician's expenses being blanked out. See: It's downright disgraceful. Hiding secret purchases including porn movies and duck houses, how are we ever to trust our leadership again? It's so refreshing to see how America does things so differently with the…
I've been blogging for a while about Vernon Hill's new bank. Vernon created Commerce Bank in the USA, which revolutionised retail banking there. He's now got the green light to launch Metro Bank in the UK. The aim is to launch on February 15th, which is why the flagship branch in Holborn has this wrapping:…
Each year, the Evening Standard has an auction for charity. This year it's for Kids UK, and the top City prize offer is to have lunch with Goldman Sachs' Chief Economist Jim O'Neill. What a nice picture. Relaxed, smiling, rich … must be with Goldman Sachs (those in the news today!). Sold for £1,440….
Much has been made today of the fact that Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have jointly written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Like some new entente cordiale, this is fantastiche to see the coup de grace of global leaders working in partnership. Here are some highlights from their article: “The way global…
Much has been made today of the fact that Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have jointly written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Like some new entente cordiale, this is fantastiche to see the coup de grace of global leaders working in partnership. Here are some highlights from their article: “The way global…
Travelling around recently, hotels only seem to have English speaking news channels on the TV. Boring. Endlessly cycled news, regurgitated on the half-hour every half-hour (every fifteen minutes in fact). Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Then there's the adverts. And suddenly Sean Connery – yes, he's still working and alive! – comes on saying, "eesh time fwor green banking"….
Hey you. Yes you, reading this 'ere bloggy thing. Do you have an emission? No, not flattulence. A carbon emission conscience is what we're talking about. If you do, then you need to join in First Direct's poll and webcast about how the climate change agenda is impacting on business and what you can do…
