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Neverland and the Demise of Michael Jackson

Posted in Music, Radiohead, amazing stories, career mistakes, depression, itunes, tagged , , , , , on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

…Remains an astounding story, and in fact if I’m honest, any news about Michael Jackson tends to make my ears prick up. First and foremost, it’s the music. I used to love it. I still enjoy a lot of the good stuff he has worked on over the years. Then there is the bizarre grandiose [...]

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A £37 Billion gamble… oops

Posted in amazing stories, criminal, finance, gambling, humour, recession, shares, world issues, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Very interested to read this Reuters story about an employee of the French bank Societe General who managed to be quite sneaky… and get away with gambling £37 Billion pounds, that’s 50 billion Euros, of the bank’s money. Cheeky chap.
It’s silly money we’re talking about here. More “than the gross domestic product of Morocco”. And [...]

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