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The do’s and do not’s of Social Finance

Jeffry Pilcher at the Financial Brand posted this excellent presentation on Slideshare last week about the do's and do not's of social finance: View more presentations from Jeffry Pilcher. The presentation outlines what you need to know to implement Web 2.0 tools that accomplish real business objectives: The hardcore realities behind all the Web 2.0…

The Marathon and Canary Wharf

I don’t know who invented the idea of a ‘fun run’ over 26.2 miles in the form of a Marathon – you call that fun? – but the London Marathon does work as a great idea, primarily for all the charity fund raising achieved. The London Marathon has now been running since 1981. In that…

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US Q1 Bank Results: Just a Blip?

So we've seen major US banks announcing great results in the last week with Citi dropping in with $1.6 billion after almost two years of losses; JPMorgan $2.1 billion; Goldman $1.8 billion; Wells Fargo (reporting Wednesday 22nd) expected to post $3 billion; and Bank of America reporting $4.2 billion profits at lunchtime today. This is…

US Q1 Bank Results: Just a Blip?

So we've seen major US banks announcing great results in the last week with Citi dropping in with $1.6 billion after almost two years of losses; JPMorgan $2.1 billion; Goldman $1.8 billion; Wells Fargo (reporting Wednesday 22nd) expected to post $3 billion; and Bank of America reporting $4.2 billion profits at lunchtime today. This is…

US Q1 Bank Results: Just a Blip?

So we've seen major US banks announcing great results in the last week with Citi dropping in with $1.6 billion after almost two years of losses; JPMorgan $2.1 billion; Goldman $1.8 billion; Wells Fargo (reporting Wednesday 22nd) expected to post $3 billion; and Bank of America reporting $4.2 billion profits at lunchtime today. This is…

European Finance Convention, 19-20 May 2009

My friends at Euro Conventions are organising their 22nd European Finance Convention in Lisbon, Portugal on 19th and 20th May.  Keynotes and panels consist of many leading luminaries in the EU, including: Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist & Special Adviser to the President, EBRD, United KingdomJavier Ariztegui, Deputy Governor, Bank of Spain Adrzej Reich, Financial System Group,…

European Finance Convention, 19-20 May 2009

My friends at Euro Conventions are organising their 22nd European Finance Convention in Lisbon, Portugal on 19th and 20th May.  Keynotes and panels consist of many leading luminaries in the EU, including: Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist & Special Adviser to the President, EBRD, United KingdomJavier Ariztegui, Deputy Governor, Bank of Spain Adrzej Reich, Financial System Group,…

Personal Request: Help for Hospice

It's Sunday and one week before the London Marathon, one of the world's largest with over 35,000 runners … and this year, I'll be one of them. Therefore, in the spirit of our times, the Blog will be sponsored by Just Giving this week. You see, I'm running the Marathon for St Clare Hospice. St…

G20 protester death was ‘manslaughter’

Reading the Twitterati live from the G20 Protest on April 1st, it ended with a peaceful day. Some said the police were too assertive, but there was not the mass riot everyone predicted and so the government and police thought it was triumph of control over anarchy. Possibly. However, since the events unfurled, there have…

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And what’s next (Part 2)

There's a good dialogue going on over at the blog last week about "What's Next?", with Paul P and Paul W debating whether economist Carlota Perez is right or wrong in her view that this crisis reflects the restructuring of the world's economies thanks to the network revolution. Bearing in mind the old comment: Q: …