September 2008

My Diigo Bookmarks 09/25/2008

September 25, 2008 Asides

Fed plows $30 billion in money markets overseas: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Soring up the offshorers tags: wallst The Ponderings of Woodrow: Can Buffett do what Paulson and Bernanke couldn’t? Jason is a must read. He’s also a good pal. An excellent thought piece. tags: wallst

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The dangers of being an evangelist

September 25, 2008 General

I don’t know about you but I detest ‘evangelist’ as a secriptor for people who handwave and bang the drum for anything new. It has connotations of over-reaching zeal that I personally find grating. Even so, it is a term that has gone into common IT vendor parlance so there it little to be done. [...]

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HMRC blocking HMRCisshite.com?

September 25, 2008 General

Ken Frost says that a commenter to his site claims HMRC is blocking access to HMRCisshite.com: You may find that you get less HMRC staff posting comments on this blog since the site is now blocked by HMRC in their offices.Another example of the “dark side” censorship, its clear HMRC don’t like criticism That doesn’t [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 09/24/2008

September 24, 2008 Asides

Luthor or Larry? « Off The Broiler The resemblance is uncanny isn’t it? tags: oow08 Why Creative Thinking Doesn’t Cut It | Lateral Action A good set of guiding principles for clients who come in with great ideas? tags: ideas, action Richard Murphy: Let’s stop tax haven abuse | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Nice [...]

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Speculating on EY's future

September 23, 2008 General

With the demise of Lehman Brothers, Ernst & Young’s $31 million annual fee just went out the window. It’s a tiny amount in the scheme of things when you think that EYs last year’s global revenue came in at $21.1 billion. The bigger problem will be the lawsuit PwC‘s advisors Linklaters are almost certain to [...]

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Insanity alive and well in the US

September 23, 2008 General

As legislators and politicians scramble for a solution to the US’s self inflicted financial markets crisis it seems a key stumbling block is executive compensation. According to the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Paulson has argued that pay limits shouldn’t be part of this plan because they could discourage firms from participating. Treasury is also arguing [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 09/23/2008

September 23, 2008 Asides

How We Became the United States of France – TIME If you’ve ever spent any time in France then you have to read this parody of how one op-ed columnist sees the future of the US economy – more like France than France but without the great food France enjoys. A grin on every line. [...]

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Has Zoho won the online productivity apps arms race?

September 23, 2008 General

If I am to believe my good friend Jeff Nolan then Zoho has won the office productivity arms race. Jeff attributes this to the tipping point ‘win’ of 400,000 GE seats. Jeff quotes from WebGuild where an un-named GE person allegedly says: A GE spokesperson who did not want to be identified said their decision [...]

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Parallel lines: Germany and Canary Wharf

September 22, 2008 General

Richard Murphy describes the $2.5 billion promised bonus payout to Lehman Brothers New York staff by Barclays as ‘depressing.’ I describe it as obscene. Is there no end to the cynicism that pervades the financial services industry? But more than that. If the Sunday Times assertion that: TAXPAYERS in Britain face up to 5p in [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 09/22/2008

September 22, 2008 Asides

deal architect : “The Skype phone makes us more margin than any other phone…” Skype on mobile in the UK with O2 – that and the iPhone…hmmm tags: skype, O2, iphone

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