Tim Berners-Lee wants governments to stop snooping bills
Sir Tim Berners-Lee said that it was moves by governments to control or spy on the internet that ‘keep him up most at night’. The government’s controversial plans to allow intelligence agencies to...
View ArticleFacebook shares- good value or over hyped tech floatation?
On the day that Facebook is floated I was asked whether they represent good value or are they another over hyped technology company.In particular I was asked to explain what I meant in my blog post of...
View ArticleDiamond Jubilee is reminder that stamina overcomes sprints
Congratulations to HRH Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee- and 60 glorious years on the throne.The millions of people who turned out to watch the River Thames flotilla in the pouring, cold rain...
View ArticleVodafone reports revenue growth slow
Vodafone has reported that its sales growth has slow in the first quarter- dragged down by a weak performance in Europe.Group service revenue grew 0.6% on an organic basis to £9.98 billion. In the...
View ArticleBeware overhyped Wall Street IPO share floatations
The US stock markets have become a place where a fool and his money are becoming easily parted.Manchester United Football Club (NYSE: MANU ) is one of the most successful football teams on the planet....
View ArticleCosts of finding new customers- and keeping existing ones
Why do so many businesses treat their customers so badly? How many emails do you receive that say “do not reply to this email, this address is not monitored”? What they are saying to you is that they...
View ArticleApple’s billion dollar smartphone win over Samsung- is Microsoft the real...
As the ramifications from the US court judgement that Samsung has to pay Apple £665 million ($1.05 billion) in damages for infringing intellectual property settle, the long term question arises- who is...
View ArticleBanners Broker sign up process
The Banners Broker sign up process is quick, easy and straightforward.There are three ways that one can make money with Banners Broker- with the Advertising Account, the Publishing Account- and the...
View ArticleGoogle searches may predict market moves
The volume of Google searches for finance related terms may predict moves in markets more research suggests.As the search volume on generic terms such as “debt”, “portfolio” and “stocks” fell, the Dow...
View ArticleApple global tax avoiders- Senate committee
A US Senate committee said Apple had used “a complex web of offshore entities” to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. The US Senate had said that Apple paid little or nothing on billions of...
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