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Watch out for the thought police

According to the Byron review of social networking in the UK, Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and others sites are to be censored, and Google, Yahoo, MSN and others must show SAFE SEARCH in clear options from the home page.  This is because some parents do not supervise their children’s use of the Internet. Next, we intend…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

LSE’s 86 percent rise in SETS trading raises questions

Further to the mention of Iraq’s electronic trading exchange going live this week, the LSE has been running electronic trading since 1986, when the Big Bang moved the Exchange from open outcry to electronic trading. This led to the introduction of SEAQ, the Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System, in October 1987.  SEAQ was supplanted in…

LSE’s 86 percent rise in SETS trading raises questions

Further to the mention of Iraq’s electronic trading exchange going live this week, the LSE has been running electronic trading since 1986, when the Big Bang moved the Exchange from open outcry to electronic trading. This led to the introduction of SEAQ, the Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System, in October 1987.  SEAQ was supplanted in…

FT says Terri Dial leaving Lloyds TSB

Today’s Financial Times reckons that Terri Dial is leaving Lloyds TSB after a three-year stint to head up global consumer banking at Citi.  This proves interesting as Terri has really made a mark at Lloyds TSB and would be a big loss.  Nevertheless, the fact that Citi’s new chief executive, Vikram Pandit, wants to overhaul…

FT says Terri Dial leaving Lloyds TSB

Today’s Financial Times reckons that Terri Dial is leaving Lloyds TSB after a three-year stint to head up global consumer banking at Citi.  This proves interesting as Terri has really made a mark at Lloyds TSB and would be a big loss.  Nevertheless, the fact that Citi’s new chief executive, Vikram Pandit, wants to overhaul…

FT says Terri Dial leaving Lloyds TSB

Today’s Financial Times reckons that Terri Dial is leaving Lloyds TSB after a three-year stint to head up global consumer banking at Citi.  This proves interesting as Terri has really made a mark at Lloyds TSB and would be a big loss.  Nevertheless, the fact that Citi’s new chief executive, Vikram Pandit, wants to overhaul…

Iraq starts Electronic Trading

This week, Iraq has moved from a trading floor with a whiteboard and magic marker pen to full electronic trading in their Stock Exchange.  This is good news for the country and a sign of a return to stability. Now what equities and commodities are we going to trade in … oil?