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Archive for November, 2009

Oswald Grubel: The Most Optimistic Man In Banking

We’ve already noticed how Oswald Grubel, chief exec of UBS, has a dogged positivity usually associated with Portsmouth managers, evangelical Christians and the…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 18, 2009 12:17PM | 1 Comment »


UK Advertising Still Doesn't Understand Online

UK Advertising Still Doesn’t Understand Online

Online ad spending may be on the up, set to rise by 7% next year, but judging by various recent industry reactions, the…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 16, 2009 1:28PM | 2 Comments »


IAB Engage Conference: Here Comes The Advertorial

IAB Engage Conference: Here Comes The Advertorial

The Internet Advertising Bureau’s Engage conference went down yesterday, in a week where the media industry is thoroughly unimpressed with the returns from…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 12, 2009 12:40PM | No Comments »


Johnston Press And Observer Prolong Respective Death Rattles

Johnston Press And Observer Prolong Respective Death Rattles

Two stories to faintly warm the cockles of the old-school print journalist today – firstly the Observer isn’t getting canned as previously mooted,…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 11, 2009 12:24PM | 1 Comment »


Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung has announced it’s getting into the app development market, with its “bada” software platform and developers toolkit. We saw Paypal…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | November 10, 2009 12:57PM | 1 Comment »


Rupert Murdoch Blocks Google, Stalls Paywalls, Dodges Hacking Charges, Beefs Rudd

Rupert Murdoch Blocks Google, Stalls Paywalls, Dodges Hacking Charges, Beefs Rudd

There’s been a flurry of activity across the Rupert Murdoch media empire recently as the Digger hatches his plans to get people to pay for…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 9, 2009 12:23PM | 3 Comments »


UBS Sees Their Bad Year Get Worse With Trading Scandal, Woeful Results

Warren Buffett's Burlington Deal – Is It Green?

Warren Buffett’s Burlington Deal – Is It Green?

Yesterday Warren Buffett, the world’s second richest but most twinkly man, made what one hedge fund manager described as “his last meaningful deal”

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | November 4, 2009 12:41PM | No Comments »


PayPal Fights Amazon And Facebook With "Paypal X"

PayPal Fights Amazon And Facebook With “Paypal X”

Paypal is stepping its game up this week by announcing its plans to go into the third-party application market. They’re not just developing some keeping-up-with-the-Joneses…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | November 3, 2009 12:02PM | 1 Comment »


The RBS Expansion Dream Finally Ends

The RBS Expansion Dream Finally Ends

RBS, poster boy of the financial crisis and 70% owned by the government, is finding that despite being in a much smaller banking sector, no…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 2, 2009 12:34PM | No Comments »