‘Green’ has replaced ‘gold’ as the summer’s object of desire…
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‘Green’ has replaced ‘gold’ as the summer’s object of desire – as in green shoots of recovery. Green is synonymous with emerging from winter, of course. But the summer of buoyant economic times is still a way off for most in the recruitment industry – perhaps the better synonym for what we’re seeing now is [...]
The real power to control the minds of the masses has truly arrived…
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Malcolm X said that the media was the most powerful entity on Earth because it had the power to control the minds of the masses. The shareholders of entertainment and media companies have done very nicely over the years, primarily because of their control of the message. But they are now in real trouble. Today, [...]
Cant find a business; want to work in your own. You’ve got to be joking!
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Cant find a business; want to work in your own but can’t find a business? You’ve got to be joking! 247 Professional Health Southport from a december 2008 start is now trading at £17,000 a week on care staff and with nursing coming at £26,000. Preston tracking similarly; another five branches are rolling out, if [...]
Windows 7 does really fly – in family packs as well!
Microsoft has announced that the Windows 7 Family Pack, a limited-time offer that allows you to upgrade three PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium, will also be available in select European countries. The company has chosen eight countries: the UK (£149.99), Ireland (£149.99), Germany (€149.99), France (€149.99), Switzerland (€149.99), Austria (€149.99), the Netherlands (€149.99), and [...]
Twitter: Waste of time -v- useful?
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The Internet’s next big thing can be a big waste of time, but it’s also a useful information source. Twitter is an unusual beast. The ‘micro-blogging’ service has gone from geek toy to mainstream news, yet most people still have no idea what it is. Many of its users aren’t sure either! Some of your fellows will [...]
Try to find the simplest businesses.
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One of Warren Buffett’s better-known sayings is: I try to buy shares in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will! Finding a business that passes Buffett’s “idiot test” is exceptionally difficult; the trick is to find one that comes close. Of course, when you find such [...]
As we come out of the downturn have another look at the five things that we thought would never happen
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If we don’t admit now how the credit crisis confounded us, we haven’t a hope of learning its lessons. Bankers met in the amusingly at the weekend to compare credit crisis war stories. These new Masters of the Universe have much to smile about. The danger is we forget how close we came to the [...]
