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Embracing Stupidity

20 June 2010

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So you’re travelling to a new place and want to do as the locals do. Eat what they eat, go where they go and acts as they act. An oft espouse piece of travel advice is to act as if you’re a local, otherwise fall prey to scammers and thieves. While good advice in principle, [...]

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The Big Apple In Recession: Less Shine More Worm

16 January 2010

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(credit: Sugar Pond) So 2009 was a wild year for the stock market. The dramatic fall brought down big firms like Lehman Brothers and other big time banks. Many of them bounced back by the end of the year with the help of world governments. Sadly, the same can’t be said for small and mid-sized [...]

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