From the Balcony

Seriously, this is another one of those days. You know when the world just became a little bit more insane. “ London councils sue themselves...

You guys have come to expect from us, razor sharp irony on the current state of affairs, so much so, that we have failed to deliver it to ti...

Why? Because Piigs don’t Fly! Just when everything looked gloomy on a day which may go down in history as the “Black Friday” for Southern ...

In the long list of innovative business ideas, like our previously covered airline light bulb moments , we can add one more, only this one, ...

- Apparently Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Stephen Hester told the UK Treasury Select Committee that even his parents believe he is overpaid!!...

Mayor Guiliani, you beautiful scoundrel you...!!! We all know you and love so dearly, so we all have to assume that this is old age or maybe...

- As 2009 is finally coming to an end, we are finding ourselves one step closer to the Holy Grail of creating artificial life. Ladies and Ge...

- Speaking of issues, we can no longer resist commenting on the now infamous Tiger affair(s). This being the Balcony of course, I will refra...

- It's a well known fact that Bankers around the world are currently facing some of the roughest times in their carrers having to tackle...

- A. Einstein once famously said "only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former...

- GM CEO Fritz Henderson resigned yesterday after the Board concluded that he hadn’t done enough to fix GM’s finances and culture . We find ...

- With such intense competition and new candidates emerging daily, coming up with my nomination for the 2009 Sleeziest Scambag Banker Award ...