by Tom | Jul 31, 2012 | Google+
Could other organisations take the lead in credit creation?Fascinating look at the state of the banks, how they got there and the start of some thinking about what next.NB the chart is Goldman Sachs value at risk for the last decade, showing that they tripled this...
by Tom | Jul 29, 2012 | Google+
Thanks be for VPNs.I pay $9 a month for our VPN. It allows me to view the Olympics on iPlayer for that payment.I pay more than $90 per month for TV in HK, none of which is showing anything I want to watch. Olympics is on cable which we can't get in our building....
by Tom | Jul 28, 2012 | Google+
NYT nails the brilliant Olympics opening ceremony."With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world...
by Tom | Jul 28, 2012 | Google+
#romneyshambles still makes me snort every time I see it. Respect to TTOI.
by Tom | Jul 27, 2012 | Google+
Rainstorms in HK. Interesting comparison of the flood awareness and preparation in Hong Kong and Beijing. The need for a population who will respond to warnings alongside a good warning system is key. Since our Monday typhoon Vicente, we’ve had rain, rain and...
