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Archive for September, 2011

14 Sep

Written by
Neil Robinson

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Bosch: what you do isn’t what you should always do – a lesson for banks?

Ever stopped for a moment to consider exactly what is banking really all about? Could a lawn mower be the key to change?Not any old lawn mower. But Bosch lawn mowers – and how they came about. Because this is about re-invention at a very dark time. A time not unlike now.

About how a company faced with a collapsing market found the vision to change. Emerging stronger and able to cope with an even greater challenge to follow. continued over the page… >>

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07 Sep

Written by
Neil Robinson

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EuroBasket 2011: one for you, sports fans!

You know, technology works when it helps you do things you need to do easier. But its really cool when it lets you do the things you like to do better!

You basketball fans will know that the European Championships are currently on. There’s an app for that – and here it is…
Its a really well designed app for iPhone and will be the go-to app for hoop fans. And at $1.99, if you don’t want to miss a game, you shouldn’t miss this.

The app’s of course available in the App Store right now. So why not give it a try? Makes a change to talk about this rather than the Euro as a basket case!

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06 Sep

Written by
Neil Robinson

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below Standard & Poor: a rumble in US capitalism’s gangland

Once upon a time, we thought US financial policy was decided democratically. That concept was blown away like a dollar bill in Hurricane Katrina.

The US government in reality is no more than some crude Punch & Judy show, the strings being pulled by a financial Mafia run by Wall Street and its lobbyists. Everything neatly stage-managed by a company called Standard & Poor.

Standard & Poor was perceived as the US financial world’s steadying influence. The trusted hand deciding the efficacy of decisions taken on Wall Street.

The banking crash revealed a startling fallibility – but was that the real story? continued over the page… >>

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