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Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…

Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…

After posting the rumour that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were going to record the biggest losses in banking history earlier this week, they actually announced a pre-tax loss of £691m for the first half of this year.  That’s almost £1.1 billion less than the Times guessed, but what’s a billion here or there. Meanwhile,…

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

Sticking to the themes of the future covered yesterday, I wrote a white paper on the future of trading recently. Here's a short abstract: Lee Nixon opened his eyes as the room’s walls illuminated to intensity level 4. The walls were set to brighten gradually from 1:45 a.m. and it was now 2:00. Another fifteen…

I was trying to think about what life would be like in fifty years. This was prompted by the imminent launch of Virgin Galactic. My guess is that space flight will be commonplace within fifty years. The reason I say this is that my parents thought it phantasmagorical for people to be able to fly…

The world of UK banking is expected to be shaken, not stirred, later this week when the Royal Bank of Scotland announces the worst results in UK banking history with a £1 billion loss for the first six months of 2008.    This follows similar bad news from Northern Rock (£585 million/$1.6 billion loss), Lloyds TSB (profits down…

The world of UK banking is expected to be shaken, not stirred, later this week when the Royal Bank of Scotland announces the worst results in UK banking history with a £1 billion loss for the first six months of 2008.    This follows similar bad news from Northern Rock (£585 million/$1.6 billion loss), Lloyds TSB (profits down…