UPDATE: 14.01.08 - Having now read more of the articles in Il Sole, I can now understand why the paper used the headline saying that 'State TV without advertising would not work'. The article basically argues that just about all TV and Internet, is only possible due to advertising. Whilst this … [Read more...]
A MINTy Evening
November 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
MINT is an exhibition.Oddly enough, this exhibition, which goes by the name 'MINT', has nothing to do with the sweet, although you could say that it is quite refreshing. Sorry, I could not resist. And my weak attempts at associating the MINT event and the sweet have fallen on deaf ears where … [Read more...]
I’m a drug addict
November 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It's true, I can't get enough of the stuff. And it gives me such highs. Every day, many times a day I need a dose. This addiction even manages to keep me going all through the night. There is no way I can give this drug up, it's hold on me is too strong. There is no rehab centre that can cure … [Read more...]
Sub-prime crisis Italian style? Part 2
November 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
A short time ago I wrote about an interesting conversation I had with a union rep while I was down at the 442 pub. This guy told me about the number of people who were struggling to meet mortgage payments.Well, guess what? Mario Draghi, the current head of the Bank of Italy, has made a couple of … [Read more...]
Pumping out the scams
March 12, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The local news here in Lombardy has just reported that the Guardia di Finanza, the Financial police, have uncovered a large scale scam involving quite a few service stations, 24 in all. This was a high-tech attempt at fiddling. What the unscrupulous were doing was hacking in to the software on the … [Read more...]
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