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Forbes just published their top 2000 companies list. Here's the Top 10 Banks (double-click picture to see larger version): Global                                                        Sales    Profits  Assets    MarketRank     Name         Country       Sector        ($bn)     ($bn)    ($bn) Valn ($bn) For the last decade Citi and…

I just discovered an interesting part of The Economist I never knew existed: the Daily Chart. Yesterday's focused upon how much of the economic stimulus created by governments to get economies moving is going into projects that have green credentials. Here's the chart: Interesting. The day before was how much protest has taken place at…

I posted a bunch of jokey stuff this morning as an April Fool, but it is G20 Protest Day and the live action of the G20 rally is no joke.  Based upon updates via Twitter of events through the day: 15:15 Police barricaded protesters in at Liverpool Street at 11:00 after things got lively and…

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…