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| Anyone Want Half a DVD? |
| 2008-07-04 09:24:02 |
The Bank of England looks like it’s gonna hold interest rates steady for the third month in a row next week, as policymakers appear to be trapped (imagine metaphorical elevator doors closing on you – one door representing high inflation and the other representing dramatically slowing growth)....
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| There’s Only So Much A Large Door Can Take |
| 2008-07-01 13:34:45 |
So, alllll the way across the pond here in the U.K, we have a shop called HMV. HMV stands for ‘His Master’s Voice’ and it basically sells CDs, books, computer games, DVDs etc. Just like Borders or Virgin Megastores....
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| The Money Train Won’t Stop For Blizzard Entertainment |
| 2008-06-30 14:13:25 |
Every year it becomes more and more undeniable what a massive following computer gaming has achieved. From those who began playing when Pong and Super Mario Brothers came out and still play, to those who’re plugging in to today’s vastly realistic 3D virtual worlds, the online population continues to grow....
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| Wells Fargo’s Virtual Safe |
| 2008-06-29 18:23:23 |
The days of having to make a trip to an actual bank for your transactions is slowly diminishing because more functions are being shifted online. Banking a long with other tasks which once required a person to get in their cars and travel to a designated location has over the time gotten easier to do and less [...]...
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| Longer Is Better |
| 2008-06-19 14:19:12 |
Bigger is better, goes the saying… unless you *ahem* know how to use it. Such is also the case when it comes to YouTube videos. That is, when you’re talking about bringing in more ad revenue....
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| More Crude Stuff |
| 2008-06-17 00:28:29 |
If anyone has seen I Heart Huckabees, Mark Wahlberg’s character constantly curses the overconsumption of oil and the corruption of oil companies. His character is so extremely agitated by the oil industry that it’s hilarious and endearing to see our former underwear model act like such an activist....
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| Eurozone Inflation Soars to Record 3.7%! |
| 2008-06-16 15:10:32 |
Right, so as I sit here listening to the new Coldplay album, reading about the latest UK headlines, the fact that inflation in the Eurozone is shooting up and up (now to 3.7%) doesn’t immediately catch my eye as exciting gossip. But it is important....
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| The Next Up and Coming Hip-Hop Mogul |
| 2008-06-14 14:49:07 |
Watch out Jay-Z and Sean Combs (P. Diddy) because the next rising hip-hop mogul 50 Cent has his own plans to reign and be one of the most richest people in the world with a spot on the Forbes 400....
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| FM Popp(News) Press Release 06.08 |
| 2008-06-13 09:56:45 |
Contact: TS Donnely
E-Mail: ts@fmpopp.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2008
FINANCIAL NEWS BLOG BRIDGES THE GAP
Website Educates Youth on Finance
Young adults are not normally associated with financial news and global economic gossip – not until FM Popp(News) came along. What makes this website especially unique is its mixture of humor, serious financial issues, a glossary of financial [...]...
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| Waste Not Want Not |
| 2008-06-12 18:53:09 |
The idea of “hybrid this and hybrid that” is beginning to catch on. Not only are hybrid automobiles beginning to become popular, the whole idea of hybrid is spreading to another rising trend: green power....
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| St. Who? |
| 2008-06-12 07:23:00 |
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge (over here in the You Kay) revealed yesterday that her department spent a MERE £116 (about $232) on promoting the English national day (St. George’s Day) this year....
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| Spelman/Spelwoman/Spelperson. Whatever. |
| 2008-06-09 11:48:41 |
The Westminster ‘sleaze’ watchdog here in the UK is carefully considering whether to investigate Tory (Tory are the opposing political party to Gordon Brown’s Labour) chairman Caroline Spelman’s employment of her children’s nanny out of MPs’ expenses....
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| Our Fight For Our Lives |
| 2008-06-06 12:20:58 |
A report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency says the world needs to have an ”energy revolution” to combat higher temperatures by 2050....
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| College Is For The Wealthy |
| 2008-06-02 18:59:56 |
College is for the wealthy, or rather, those “destined” to make a lot of money. This might actually become a self-fulfilling prophecy if current trends continue....
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| Blackberry VS. IPhone For Smart Phone Market Share |
| 2008-06-01 14:09:54 |
I often get asked about my Blackberry Curve (maker Reasearch In Motion, Inc) whenever a friend or colleague has been contemplating if they should make that switch over from their tape induced camera flip phone to something a little bit more functional or businessee....
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| RVW |
| 2008-05-30 23:31:07 |
What if Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in a high school beginning economics class only to wake up a decade later as a 27 year old woman?
Well, initially, she (formally he) would either be shocked and crumble from the pressures of being a woman, or absolutely pleased with a new gender role....
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| No Love for Yellow |
| 2008-05-28 21:02:19 |
Apparently the least favorite color in the shipping industry is yellow. Brown, purple, and orange are red hot these days, but yellow…yellow is quite mellow. Why? Because it’s a really ugly color....
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| Road Chaos Alert! |
| 2008-05-27 13:23:13 |
Looaddds (well, hundreds actually) of truck drivers today caused upheaval on the roads of Central London in a protest to demand government help with the ever-increasing fuel prices....
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| Lewis Hamilton Wins Monaco Grand Prix |
| 2008-05-26 10:34:51 |
I have done something very bad today. I hope you guys out there in the judgmental world of cyberness aren’t mad at me. I am not technically writing about finance today. I’m sorry. There will be a few $ and £ signs in there, just so it can be classified as vaguely finance-related...
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| Overconfidence: #1 Way to Lose Money In the Market |
| 2008-05-24 16:51:42 |
As with most things we find ourselves having to deal with because that unrelenting thing called life throws you at it, you never want to approach anything without necessary information, wit, and know-how. Caution usually helps and you would think a little bit of confidence would too, but in the case (or study) of a pyschologist, you [...]...
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| Make It Rain |
| 2008-05-22 20:26:37 |
Microsoft’s never-ending quest for world domination continues with its most recent venture - internet search revenue. The three-step plan (and perhaps more to follow) to grab market share has not gone well to say the least....
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| How The King of Pop Affords His Crown |
| 2008-05-22 15:41:04 |
Simply writing this is going to make me feel old, I’m sure, but what good would experience and wisdom be if I can’t share it with others. No matter your age, I’m pretty certain you’ve heard of the man named Michael Jackson....
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| Olympic Games News |
| 2008-05-22 15:27:21 |
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister (just in case you are a completely unaware hermit-type), has this week announced that the London 2012 Olympic Games will be on time and on budget....
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| The Story of Benefit Fraud and The Fur Coat |
| 2008-05-20 05:16:43 |
So benefit fraud is a massive thang here in the UK, and (according to a reliable website) is the source of much media ‘frenzy’. It entails falsely claiming money off the government – mainly from state help. The Department for Work and Pensions over here recently launched a forceful advertisement campaign (I believe you guys [...]...
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| No Time To Relax |
| 2008-05-18 18:32:07 |
Ah, to be young. Remember back in the days when “summer” meant three months of doing absolutely nothing but relaxing with your buddies? A lot of us took jobs at the mall or local retail outlets for extra cash and to kill time. Apparently, times have changed. Teenagers have become picky.
According to Challenger, Gray & [...]...
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| Chance Of A Lifetime? |
| 2008-05-18 16:04:23 |
Home ownership. The American Dream. Having your own crib yo. I’m sure many of you have wondered years ago whether you could ever afford a house. It wasn’t cheap, that’s for sure. Well, the time has come. In the next two years, housing prices will likely bottom out and owning your own home will finally [...]...
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| Make A Fuss! |
| 2008-05-17 13:54:54 |
I consider myself financially ignorant but thanks to new doors opening in my life (and the fact that I’m not getting any younger), I’m taking a huge leap to learn more about what’s going on in the money world. It’s usually the jargon and acronyms that make my head spin…but recently it’s the overstimulation and [...]...
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| FM Popp(News) NEWS |
| 2008-05-17 12:07:56 |
Since the official launch of the website we’ve made a lot of progress in getting great content up thus getting more and more readers to the site every week. I just want to say thanks to all of the Agents who have put in their precious time and great efforts to make the site what [...]...
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| Get In The Zonnnne! |
| 2008-05-15 15:51:13 |
Just to give you a bit of background before we delve into percentages and, well, more percentages: the Eurozone is basically the European Union member states who have adopted the Euro as their official currency. The Eurozone is the largest economy in the whole wide world. Wow – I never knew that! Every day is [...]...
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| Marvel Rocks The World And The Financial Charts With “Iron Man” |
| 2008-05-14 13:30:32 |
So, who doesn’t remember being a kid and reading a stack of comic books over the weekend? Sneaking them into class under a history book, just to keep things a little more interesting? These fond childhood memories seem to be exactly what Stan Lee’s Marvel is capitalizing on lately with the influx of new superhero [...]...
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| Who Says Money Can’t Buy You Love? Or Your Way.. |
| 2008-05-12 20:46:22 |
You know the saying “Sometimes, the apple doesn’t fall in your favor” or “That’s the way the cookie crumbles” and “Things don’t always go your way”… yes well, say that to the heap of US corporations who spend millions of dollars lobbying for their way. And instead of filling your reading with these pithy (cliche at best) sayings I’ll list how [...]...
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| Globalisation! FINE: GlobaliZation. Whatever. |
| 2008-05-12 16:43:46 |
The top dog at the European Central Bank (ECB if you’re in a rush) today insisted that globalisation in the world economy means that price stability is essential. Jean-Claude Trichet (stereotypical names exist for a reason) emphasised the importance of price stability in the face of international inflationary pressures linked to globalisation.
Just in case you didn’t [...]...
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| Deterioration News |
| 2008-05-07 15:45:15 |
Roll up! Roll up! Get your daily fix of British deterioration news right here!
Firstly, on a positive note (I’m sorry, I’m trying to break the mould with some positivity), today European shares increased the most since the middle of January, due to a weakening Euro and stronger than expected results in technology and construction [...]...
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| Should We Tax Big Oil Profits? |
| 2008-05-06 21:12:28 |
Big oil, it’s either you love ‘em or you hate ‘em. You hate them because of the continuous rise in your energy costs and while you’re losing your pants to pay for your gas everyday, you read or hear on the news that they are posting record profits every quarter. And the only reason why [...]...
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| Lily Allen Goes Green! |
| 2008-05-05 11:04:12 |
London-born singer Lily Allen is backing a brand new scheme designed to spread the green – both environmentally and financially. The songstress has expressed her enthusiasm for the Friends of the Earth campaign which will offer financial incentives to those using renewable energy sources (woop); “I fully support giving people a renewable energy reward for [...]...
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| Microsoft Discontinues Its Bidding For Yahoo |
| 2008-05-04 00:02:15 |
In a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer of Microsoft to Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo, announced earlier today that Microsoft will be officially retracting their proposal to buy Yahoo.
Their offer, originally presented earlier this year on the 31st of January at $31 a share which was a 67% premium of the stock value at [...]...
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| Damn/Dam! |
| 2008-05-03 10:24:12 |
London is at a very high risk of flooding due to climate change – threatening the financial district and making plans for housing development look less likely. A study into future risks in the area suggested that areas in the South of England (such as Southampton and Bristol) are the most vulnerable to flooding, as [...]...
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| Qualities of An Ideal Investment Advisor |
| 2008-04-30 16:40:27 |
Three years ago, people wondered why I created a firm that operates under a fiduciary obligation. The answer is based on my following values which are consistent with the fee-only structure.
Experience:
- a professional who has training from top-notch firms, who is committed to ongoing education and who has worked with clients from different walks of [...]...
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| Fresh Worries - Just How I Like ‘Em! |
| 2008-04-30 15:49:58 |
Over 800,000 central and eastern Europeans have registered to work in the UK in the past few years, but in the midst of economic insecurity and the global financial crisis, many have now ended up on the streets due to lack of work. Over 18% of London’s homeless population are eastern and central Europeans – [...]...
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| Rebates, Get Your Rebates! |
| 2008-04-27 18:37:41 |
President Bush and his administration’s stimilus package to help boost the economy is nearly on its way to 130 million households and the question of what to do with these rebate checks is nothing but apparent as we are facing worldwide inflation, making our food prices rise and are witnessing ascending gas prices with daily historical [...]...
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