Bank of America helps recession-hit customers | new web site earns cash back


Nice to see a positive story with this release from BofA.  I have been critical of them recently, of their public face, so good to see the work is going on behind the scenes to create new ideas. Bank of America ‘online mall’ targets crunched online shoppers | finextra Bank of America is looking to attract recession-hit customers with the launch of a new Web site that allows users to earn cash back on purchases at a host of online retailers. Continue reading Bank of America helps recession-hit customers | new web site earns cash back

Is the stock market telling us the obvious | industrial revolution has arrived


The economy is all we think about at the moment.  I prefer to see this as a systemic shift in business, with old business disappearing and a better system appearing. A company I have watched since internet appeared in a big way is Amazon.  Quietly they re-invent things, starting with books, moving to other consumer goods, then to virtual storage, virtual servers, and virtual databases.  More recently the Kindle.  This is not a co-oncidence.  There are no Amazon stores. They are a genuine internet company. Anyhow, I plugged into Google Finance with Amazon, eBay, Dow, Borders (just in case it … Continue reading Is the stock market telling us the obvious | industrial revolution has arrived