With the ceasefire seemingly holding in the Lebanon, its maybe too soon to fully analyse the aftermath, but it certainly seems that the winners from the war have been Hizbollah, with both the Israeli and the ‘official’ Lebanese governments weakened during the process. Soon after the bombs stopped falling and the people returned to...
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Seasoned landlords are offloading their exposure to risky portfolios just as new buy-to-let beginners are jumping into the market in droves. Some say it’s like watching ‘Lambs to the slaughter’ – never has such a phrase summed up the abject state of the ‘buy to let market’ so succinctly. For some time commentators, this...
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The Bank of England has revised its forecast of growth upwards to 2.8 percent this year, with further projections of growth next year reaching 3.1 percent. For growth to slow down to the Gordon Brown’s (UK Chancellor) projection of 2-2.5 percent there would need to be a very sharp decrease in the economy over...
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A few years ago we were treated to the promise that new fuel cells would allow us to simply use lighter fuel to charge the batteries in our laptops and cell phones. With the issue of Dells exploding laptops we suspect that consumer acceptance of devices fuelled by lighter fluid could mean that these...
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Apple Computer has announced a series of recalls for batteries in its portable computers over the past few years. Including the original PowerBook G4’s through to the more recently the 15 inch MacBook Pro. In its statements Apple  has been at pains to reassure people that there is no potential danger from the batteries....
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We noted in our article on property yesterday that at the peak of markets it is generally the more vulnerable that are affected when markets turn. We’ve included below some articles that seem to bear out our ‘top of the curve’ theory – we’re starkly reminded of the heady days just prior to the...
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