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Posts Tagged ‘Mike Smith’

Chasing the Third World Farmland Bubble

Chasing the Third World Farmland Bubble

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 »


A View from the 'Hopenhagen Live' Greentech Fair

A View from the ‘Hopenhagen Live’ Greentech Fair

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 »


Guardian Open Platform API Looking A Lot Better Than The New York Times'

Guardian’s “Open Platform” Interface Looking A Lot Better Than The New York Times’

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 Metro Replaces Staff With Unpaid Interns, Presumably Following The Independent's Lead

Toronto Metro Replaces Staff With Unpaid Interns, Presumably Following The Independent’s Lead

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 »


Eve Online Fraud Shows That You Can't Escape The Financial Crisis, Even In Your Parents' Basement

Eve Online Fraud Shows That You Can’t Escape The Financial Crisis, Even In Your Parents’ Basement

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 »


Facebook Fast Becoming "Credible" News Service?

Facebook Fast Becoming “Credible” News Service?

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 »


Marcus Schrenker Swaps Golden Parachute For Real One

Marcus Schrenker Swaps Golden Parachute For Real One

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 »


Karl Rove Signs Up For Twitter, Tells GOP To "Master New Media" About Six Months Too Late

Karl Rove Signs Up For Twitter, Tells GOP To “Master New Media” About Six Months Too Late

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 »