What If China Bytes?
It’s coming home. That Baddiel & Skinner ditty was coursing through my bored TV brain the other night when something odd happened. The advertising …
TRUMPOCALYPSE NOW
Apologies for the apocalyptic header but a 4th wave of George gLee has left some emotional scars this week. We will survive. Donald Trump’s business em…
In A Brexit World of Pure Imagination
Fifty years ago this week Willie Wonka invited his young factory guests to “come with me and you’ll be in a world of imagination”. Only 5 years ago the…
Crypto: Watch the Moves, Not the Charts ……
Ok, I am now crypto convinced. Cryptocurrencies need to be watched very closely. But, possibly not for the reasons one might think. Weirdly, my crypto …
As Banks Flounder Irish Fintech Flourishes
Another bloody virus!!! This time it’s the digital variety acompanied by ransom demands. Technology can be scary. So scary that the HSE couldn’t even t…
There’s no ‘I’ in Teams
Spare a thought for those still trapped in the lockdown tyranny of Teams and Zoom meetings. There is no escape yet from the pandemic mind-set. Remote s…
Dodgy Super Leagues and Dogey Assets Still Need Fans
Oh my, how the crack hotel quarantine squad must have loved the media attention shift to the all-too-brief Super League fiasco. Both debacles contain e…
There’s Lies, Damn Lies and …………… Weekends
A guilty pleasure of mine is flicking through the weekend tabloids. Usually, my reading expectations are limited to entertainment and irrelevant inform…
Leverage, Loss, Rinse, Repeat ………
Ok, I admit I did watch the Ireland-Qatar game last night. Will I ever learn? Ten games without a win but still I was drawn to the action from our elev…
Five Stripe Lessons For Banking
I am beginning to think the first trillionaire on this planet will come from the financial services sector. Stripe deservedly grabbed the headlines thi…