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Archive for June, 2009

The Bernard Madoff Sentencing Circus, Starring A Caged Bear, Satan, And Michael Imperioli

The Bernard Madoff Sentencing Circus, Starring A Caged Bear, Satan, And Michael Imperioli

Yesterday, Bernard Madoff – Diet Coke drinker, Neil Diamond fan and $65bn fraudster – was given a life sentence for orchestrating the giant Ponzi scheme…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 30, 2009 11:10AM | 1 Comment »


Screen Digest Predicts Yet More Advertising Woe

Screen Digest Predicts Yet More Advertising Woe

Screen Digest, one of those media analyst companies that exist solely to make ad salesmen cry, is all set to publish its latest report, and…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | June 29, 2009 11:03AM | 1 Comment »


Simonseeks Seeks To Be iStock Of The Travel Market

Simonseeks Seeks To Be iStock Of The Travel Market

A new travel website, Simonseeks.com, launched last week – offering its writers a share in advertising revenue. Created by Simon Nixon, the…

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Posted by Ruth Stokes in Creative Economy | June 25, 2009 12:53PM | 2 Comments »


Steve Brill Provides More Details Of Payment Platform "Journalism Online"

Steve Brill Provides More Details Of Payment Platform “Journalism Online”

Steve Brill has been determined for years to get people to stop getting their news for free, starting up and then shutting down

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | June 25, 2009 12:09PM | No Comments »


Banking Regulation SMACKDOWN!

Banking Regulation SMACKDOWN!

Perez Hilton vs will.i.am getting too latently homophobic? Jordan’s Twitter beefs wholly unconvincing? Then step up to the bitchfight of the year, with Mervyn King…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 24, 2009 12:36PM | No Comments »


US Provides Loans For Electric Cars - Will The UK Realise This Is A Good Idea?

US Provides Loans For Electric Cars – Will The UK Realise This Is A Good Idea?

In a heartening bit of stimulus, the US has given Ford, Nissan and Tesla billions in cheap loans to fund the development and manufacture of…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | June 24, 2009 11:07AM | 1 Comment »


"Green Shoots" Not Evident, And Is The Most Annoying Phrase Of Financial Crisis

“Green Shoots” Not Evident, And Is The Most Annoying Phrase Of Financial Crisis

“Green shoots” is an irritating phrase, giving rise as it does to endless crappily stretched metaphors. “Some see green shoots in hedges”,

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 23, 2009 1:24PM | No Comments »


Cohmad, Stanley Chais Get Sued During Run Up To Madoff's Sentencing

Cohmad, Stanley Chais Get Sued During Run Up To Madoff’s Sentencing

Madoff’s victims have a morsel of retribution to tie them over to the big day next week when the fraudster gets sent down –

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 23, 2009 11:15AM | No Comments »


RBS Scuppers Goodwill With Hester Pay Package, Wimbledon Jollies

RBS Scuppers Goodwill With Hester Pay Package, Wimbledon Jollies

Royal Bank of Scotland, part-owned by the government and wholly-loathed by the British public after former chief exec Fred Goodwin became Mr Recession, are embroiled…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 22, 2009 11:22AM | No Comments »


Masters Of The Universe Muse On Regulation Ahead Of Geithner And Darling Plans

Masters Of The Universe Muse On Regulation Ahead Of Geithner And Darling Plans

As we wait for news on financial regulation today from both the US and UK Treasuries, various survivors of the crisis are throwing their two…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | June 17, 2009 1:15PM | 1 Comment »


Digital Britain - The Hits And Misses

Digital Britain – The Hits And Misses

Ok, we take it all back. Yesterday it looked like the Digital Britain paper would just lamely hope that the private sector would…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | June 17, 2009 11:21AM | 1 Comment »


A Mixed Week For Renewable Energy

A Mixed Week For Renewable Energy

A mixed bag in the world of renewable energy this week. While Europe is getting its shit together on all fronts, the US is starting…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | June 16, 2009 1:40PM | 7 Comments »