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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 | No Comments »


Fred Goodwin Training In Secret Location for UK Treasury Committee Grilling

It’s finally here! The day of reckoning is upon us. Fred Goodwin, the world’s worst banker, whose seven year ego-maniacal trip at the…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | February 3, 2009 11:42AM | 3 Comments »


Jeff Bezos Keeps UK Kindle-Lovers In the Wilderness

Another Amazon quarterly earnings call today, and another big puff of smoke in the face of UK readers waiting for the wazzo Kindle…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Sci-tech | January 30, 2009 7:41PM | 4 Comments »


Obama Speech Scandal: Text Believed to Be Lifted From Obscure Davy Crockett Frontier Translation of Plato

News just through on a suspected plagiarism scandal involving President Obama’s speech writer Jon Favreau. It appears that the inauguration speech for the 44th US…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Other | January 21, 2009 1:47PM | 2 Comments »


Google Rap the Latest In Time Wasting For Evil Giant

Another artifact for the ‘creepy projects that Google’s inordinate cashflow allows its sun-starved employees to do’ archives. The Google Analytics team has released its own…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Sci-tech | January 14, 2009 11:21AM | 3 Comments »



Sir Fred Goodwin of RBS Declared World’s Worst Banker

Forget Dick Fuld, forget Charles O. Prince III, the world’s worst banker is officially right here on our shores – Fred “the Shred” Goodwin, departing…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | December 4, 2008 9:01AM | 3 Comments »



As Lloyds Shareholders Vote On Merger, Where Are The ‘HBOS Banking Knights’ Sir Peter & Sir George?

Lloyds shareholders will vote on the HBOS merger (read takeover) in Glasgow today, but strangely there has been no comment so far from our ‘banking…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | November 19, 2008 11:48AM | 2 Comments »


HBOS Shareholders Row Could Cost Taxpayers £1.5 Billion Plus

In case you missed the memo, all of Scotland is apparently getting ready for one almighty shit fight about the Lloyd’s/HBOS merger. Now that it’s…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | November 10, 2008 3:54PM | 1 Comment »


Making Money on an Obama Victory: Short Nuclear, Buy Evil Robots

Hey Greedheads! Obama is going to win… even the political futures market is listing the probability of a Democratic presidential victory at 91.2…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | November 4, 2008 11:34AM | No Comments »


Indy to be Sold to Mail and Turned into ???

Is it really true? The Observer has reported that the Independent may be sold to the Daily Mail owner Daily Mail and General Trust (for…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Creative Economy | November 3, 2008 8:53AM | No Comments »