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Wifi in the Jungle? How the Internet Reaches the World’s Most Remote Regions

In a special guest post from Luis Alvarez, CEO of BT Global Services (originally published in the Huffington Post) we explore the radical change that WiFi and mobile services have introduced to the world or, in this case, the Amazon. Brazilians call them the Lucky Trucks or Caminhões da Sorte. They roll into town every week and…

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Walking the City of London

I just found a lovely free book that serves as a guide for walking around the City of London. It has four sections covering insurance, banking, markets and shipping … … and I can recommend this to any overseas visitors to London who are interested in what we do here. The book is produced by…

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Walking the City of London

I just found a lovely free book that serves as a guide for walking around the City of London. It has four sections covering insurance, banking, markets and shipping … … and I can recommend this to any overseas visitors to London who are interested in what we do here. The book is produced by…

Walk

Things worth reading: 26th September 2014

Things we're reading today include … Tesco admits no one has been in charge of finance for five months UniCredit says sanctions hurting Europe more than Russia: Czech media De La Rue shares plunge on warning U.S. repair job for BNP Paribas' new chairman Lloyd's of London warns on plane disasters claims Lloyds to sell…

Things worth reading: 26th September 2014

Things we're reading today include … Tesco admits no one has been in charge of finance for five months UniCredit says sanctions hurting Europe more than Russia: Czech media De La Rue shares plunge on warning U.S. repair job for BNP Paribas' new chairman Lloyd's of London warns on plane disasters claims Lloyds to sell…

There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall

In another conversation, I just spent some time at Finovate Fall in New York. It’s grown a bit since I was last there four years ago - I would estimate a doubling of attendance … … and it’s still back-to-back demos of PFM, biometric tracking systems, social trading, mobile innovation and such.  In fact, it’s a…

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There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall

In another conversation, I just spent some time at Finovate Fall in New York. It’s grown a bit since I was last there four years ago - I would estimate a doubling of attendance … … and it’s still back-to-back demos of PFM, biometric tracking systems, social trading, mobile innovation and such.  In fact, it’s a…

Finovate

Things worth reading: 25th February 2014

Things we're reading today include … US financier quits $2trn investment fund after his daughter writes list showing 22 life landmarks he'd missed Citizens Financial Group makes tepid market debut Who would be a whistleblower? Ex-investor relations exec pleads guilty in NY to insider trading JPMorgan tops investment bank league table in first half Meet…

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