According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, an arm of the UN, the global food crisis is worsening. In 2009, over 1 billion people were…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Hot Money | December 17, 2009 5:48PM | No Comments »
In the city hall square in Copenhagen lies Hopenhagen Live, a futuristic village of glass cabins with green-neon trim, showcasing the greentech innovation that will…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Green Rush | December 16, 2009 3:13PM | 2 Comments »
The Guardian, with their newly announced Open Platform, are heading into the 21st century of profitability much faster than the rest of their print-media chums.…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Creative Economy | March 11, 2009 10:45AM | No Comments »
Toronto’s Metro newspaper has fired its staff, but is continuing publication through a very depressing recession-busting strategy. A few days before the layoffs,…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Creative Economy | February 11, 2009 3:45PM | 3 Comments »
Even in Eve Online, you’re no longer safe from crooked bankers keen on pocketing a few billion of other people’s cash; the “massively…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Hot Money | February 9, 2009 10:22AM | 2 Comments »
Russian billionaries aren’t the only new masters of the news industry. Facebook’s powerful network is also moving into position to become a heavyweight info portal.…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Creative Economy | January 26, 2009 9:57AM | 2 Comments »
In a bid to make “Financial Crisis: The Movie”, Marcus Schrenker, a fraudulent Indianapolis financial advisor, has faked his own death in a plane crash. Only he…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Hot Money | January 15, 2009 10:33AM | 1 Comment »
As Bush says a final goodbye to Air Force One, his senior adviser Karl Rove has jumped aboard the Twitter train to New…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Creative Economy | January 13, 2009 2:58PM | 1 Comment »