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POPSSkype turning profitable Skype showing an interesting performance in terms of acquisition of new customers or at least of opening of new accounts ( not necessarily the same thing). Their seemingly sustainable quarterly profitability is also good news although it does not justify the price eBay paid to acquire Skype in the first place.
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POPSShould the Treasury's intervention be more targeted? Here's an interesting take on the Geithner plan for shoring up the banks' financial situation. The article makes a compelling argument as to why the plan is not really a great deal for would-be investors and definitely a loosing proposition for taxpayers. With my training in business management and finance I can see the validity of the issue raised here. In fact, I'd be in greater agreement with Nouriel Roubini's recent position that the banking system should be nationalized; with the understanding of course that only the payments and credit system for businesses and individuals would come under the government's fold. All this makes me realize how wise the Belgian legislation is when it mandates that each company's and citizen's debt be centralized and monitored so as to remain within reasonable limits with respect to that entity's revenues.
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POPSMadoff's preferred investments The name Madoff is now indelebly associated to the largest financial scam of history. Nevertheless, it's interesting to see what types of investments had Madoff's favors and that's what a columnist of the FT did. Fairly interesting piece.
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POPSWhat do they mean "recession fears"? Quite a strange headline from the FT speaking of Wall Street's recession "fears"? Is the Street blind, deaf and comatose to the point of having completely missed the news that the US economy has been in recession since December 2007?
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POPSGoing green to grow the business Seeing opportunity where there is a challenge is a rare gift and one that can do more to change a difficult situation than most government led initiatives.
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POPSLuxembourg-based company registering 3-letter domain names Why does a Luxembourg-based company called Quinv invest so much money registering systematically all 3-letter domain names? Apparently there seems to be a business case behind that, which is rumored to be a form of asset backed bond. The revenues that can be generated through these domains will be used to issue one or more asset backed securities, thus allowing the company to make money by generating more profit than required to service the obligations stemming from the existence of the asset backed securities. Perhaps there is more... Don't forget that Skype was initiated in Luxembourg :-)
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POPSTrends in future f The trends in FDI over 2007-2011 are quite intriguing as among the top 10 recipient areas 8 are developed OECD countries, while China, Russia and Brazil together are expected to capture 12.9% of world total FDI, i.e. less than the US alone.
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