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A whole raft of headlines over the weekend to cheer up the weary investment banker. First, there’s the news that BNP and Credit Agricole are going to fight over ownership of SocGen, after the French bank declared almost $10 billion in losses from rogue traders and subprime. Then another saying that Massachusetts’ regulators are accusing…

After writing my piece on Microsoft, they announced their $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Right or wrong choice? As I said in December, they should buy into the future and hence Facebook or something less over-valued in the Web 2.0+ world.  Nearly $45 billion seems a bit much for a website that’s struggling to compete…

After writing my piece on Microsoft, they announced their $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Right or wrong choice? As I said in December, they should buy into the future and hence Facebook or something less over-valued in the Web 2.0+ world.  Nearly $45 billion seems a bit much for a website that’s struggling to compete…

After writing my piece on Microsoft, they announced their $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Right or wrong choice? As I said in December, they should buy into the future and hence Facebook or something less over-valued in the Web 2.0+ world.  Nearly $45 billion seems a bit much for a website that’s struggling to compete…

No, I haven’t thrown out the PC and bought a new one, although I’ve been seriously tempted.  But I like a challenge.  So, back from Asia and, after months of whinging about Vista, I’ve finally solved the biggest issue I’ve had on my shiny, new $5,000 PC that looks like a Ferrari and runs like…

No, I haven’t thrown out the PC and bought a new one, although I’ve been seriously tempted.  But I like a challenge.  So, back from Asia and, after months of whinging about Vista, I’ve finally solved the biggest issue I’ve had on my shiny, new $5,000 PC that looks like a Ferrari and runs like…

No, I haven’t thrown out the PC and bought a new one, although I’ve been seriously tempted.  But I like a challenge.  So, back from Asia and, after months of whinging about Vista, I’ve finally solved the biggest issue I’ve had on my shiny, new $5,000 PC that looks like a Ferrari and runs like…

No, I haven’t thrown out the PC and bought a new one, although I’ve been seriously tempted.  But I like a challenge.  So, back from Asia and, after months of whinging about Vista, I’ve finally solved the biggest issue I’ve had on my shiny, new $5,000 PC that looks like a Ferrari and runs like…

I rang my bank call centre today and, as usual, it was diverted to their Indian call centre.  Unusually, I then got this message: "We apologise for disruption to our service, but we cannot receive your call at the moment.  Please try again later". I wondered what had happened and, being in Asia, they knew…

Over the weekend, I received this strange letter in French.  Now my French is not very good, so I have done my best to translate it, but I apologise if it does not read very well.  Even though I am sure it is rubbish, I am reprinting it here, as you never know. Mon cher…