by Tom | May 14, 2010 | Business
What Volcker thinks has Peston looking humble in front of the great man. Interesting factoid (Peston’s commentary) from the article: mortgages securitised into bonds are the biggest part of the biggest capital market in the world (the US bond market); and 90% of...
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Business, Tech
How cool to be able to design your house on a computer and then press enter to have it created in sandstone at full size. I’ll say it again: 3D printing will be disruptive to a vast range of industries and I’m not sure many have seen it coming.
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Business, Government
This really is rethinking the company. To hell with job security. IT giant IBM told Personnel Today that the firm’s global workforce of 399,000 permanent employees could reduce to 100,000 by 2017, the date by which the firm is due to complete its HR...
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Business, Tech
I’m glad that we are finding other approaches to combat the copyright lobbyists. I guess it is slightly left-field to lump schools and Google together, but you can see that there is a grain of truth there. In summary: fair use-dependent organisations contribute...
by Tom | Apr 22, 2010 | Business
Dear MyDisk user You have had a free account for more than 6 months. Please login to www.MyDisk.se and pay the yearly fee of 5$. The account will be deleted if not paid within 14 days. Best regards, [email protected]...
by Tom | Apr 22, 2010 | Business
It’s a great business that manages to stiff its customers (us) and its employees (musicians). An oldie but a goodie to help you understand. Summary:The band is now 1/4 of the way through its contract, has made the music industry more than 3 million dollars...
