Uk retail sales rise unexpectedly in September

Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:21 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"Retail sales rose unexpectedly this month, in a sign that the sector has stabilised following the sharp fall in demand throughout most of this year"

business, uk, retail-sales

Can you live without a credit card?

Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:52 AM EDT

I've been living without a credit card for two years now, from choice. I buy everything by debt card or cash, and if I haven't enough money to buy something, I simply wait till I've got paid or do without. And thus my debts are falling very fast.

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business, debt, credit-card

Guardian claims police deliberately not focusing on the main issue with the phone-tapping scandal

Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:13 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Guardian phone scandal is about hundreds of reporters bugging celebrities and politicians. The police reponded that it had looked into the case of the Royal reporter Clive Goodman, and concluded that there was nothing more to be said (Goodman was jailed).

world-news, uk, phone-tapping, news-international

It really bugs me when Americans claim that Britain's healthcare is "substandard"

Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:35 AM EDT

OK it was substandard circa 1995 - the Conservative government had starved it of cash in the hopes that people would get so tired of waiting for operations they would switch to private healthcare (they were hoping to create a US style system here).

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politics, healthcare

Small business turns to personal loans

Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:52 AM EDT (FT.com)

"The survey of 505 small and medium-sized enterprises, commissioned by the invoice financing arm of Close Brothers, the investment bank, found 30 per cent would take a personal loan and 6 per cent would use credit cards to fund operations.

business, loans, small-business, credit-crunch

E-retailers find big brands hard to touch

Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:35 AM EDT (FT.com)

The biggest beneficiaries of the online world are the established brand names rather than new internet retailers. The only exceptions being Amazon and Asos, both of which took the trouble to establish a unique brand. Conclusion: branding is as important offline as online

business, online, retailing

US bank buy-outs get tougher

Seeded on Fri Jul 3, 2009 7:35 AM EDT (FT.com)

"Private equity that want to buy troubled banks would have to maintain significant capital levels and promise not to "flip'' investments for at least three years under proposals by US regulators seeking to attract money into the ailing industry.

business, banks, us-bail-outs

Newsviners and Debt

Thu Jun 4, 2009 10:11 AM EDT

Back in January I conducted a poll on this site to see how people were handling their debts - see here for the original poll and comments.

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business, economy, debt

Has anyone tried using Bing?

Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:38 AM EDT

I've been experimenting with Bing.com Microsoft's new offering - and shock horror, I like it!

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technology, microsoft, search-engines, bing

The Two Strategies to Find Scoops and Break News

Seeded on Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:29 AM EDT ()

Article explaining how to get scoops, which should be of interest to newsvine's citizen journalists!

business, journalism, breaking-news, scoops

The Future of Journalism: citizen journalism will replace the mainstream media

Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:12 AM EDT

A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch of News International accused Google of "stealing" it's content.

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technology, internet, google, journalism

Why affiliates shouldn't use Amazon Associates

Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:46 PM EDT ()

Many affiliate marketers use Amazon associates but find they don't make sales. there is a reason for this...

business, affiliate-marketing, amazon

All about chocolate

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 2:07 PM EDT (Squidoo)

Chocolate site with information on chocolate cake recipes and chocolate in general

home-garden, chocolate

US trade gap shrinks sharply as exports rise

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 1:32 PM EDT (FT.com)

"imports of goods and services, which fell for the seventh consecutive month, [dropped] by 5.1 per cent to $152.7bn from $160.9bn in January. Exports rose by $2bn, or 1.6 per cent, the first increase since last July, commerce department figures showed on Thursday."

business, usa, recession, trade-deficit

January Newsvine earnings are out

Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:07 PM EDT

Methinks they are down from last month - are others finding the same?

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newsvine, earnings

English takes over at Dutch universities

Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:46 AM EDT (NRC Handelsblad)

"As education becomes an export product, Dutch universitities are increasingly switching to English as the language of instruction - some say at the detriment of the quality of higher education. "

world-news, english, dutch-universities

Europe's economic crisis in numbers: interactive map

Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:43 AM EDT (NRC Handelsblad)

click on the countries in the map for details

business, europe, recession

13 billion euro bailout of Germany's HSH Nordbank

Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:34 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

It's not just Anglo-Saxon banks that are having to be rescued

business, bailout, recession, banks

Glimmer of hope for German economy

Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:21 PM EDT (FT.com)

"Signs of an end to Germany's recession have emerged, according to a closely-watched survey of investors' expectations.

business, germany, recession

Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni and the other wives

Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:59 PM EDT (HubPages)

Fascinating account of the wives of Nicolas sarkozy

entertainment, nicolas-sarkozy, carla-bruni

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:55 PM EDT (Shirky.com )

Very interesting and deep article about the internet and newspapers.

business, internet, newspapers

A rant about "debt-advice"

Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:23 PM EDT

If you read articles and blogs on debt or credit, sooner or later you will run into someone who makes a comment as follows: "Be careful about paying your balances off, it will lower your FICO score".

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business, debt, advice

The Great Food Shift

Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:57 AM EDT (Food and Drink)

"Everyone knows that it was Portuguese mariners who opened up the world with their voyages of discovery in the 15th century, finding sea routes to India and colonising Brazil. What is not appreciated is how they utterly changed the cuisine of the world while they were at it."

home-garden, food, globalisation

Stop the press! The future of US journalism

Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:48 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

"Most newspapers decided early on that they had to offer everything for free on the internet, but that only opened the door to aggregator websites which profit from other people's journalism.

business, recession, newspapers

Japan records it's first trade deficit since 1996

Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 1:09 PM EDT (The Times)

"Japan's current account plunged into its first deficit for 13 years in January, as the "irrational" strength of the yen obliterated the overseas profits of the country's main exporters.

business, japan, trade-deficit-recession

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