Comments on: Top 10 at 10: Dubai bankrupt; Russia goes loonie; Yuan devaluation?; LAQC video; Dilbert

By: henrylow

henrylow — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:07:32 +0000

The Center for Media Research has released a study by Vertical Response that shows just where many of these ‘Main Street’ players are going with their online dollars. The big winners: e-mail and social media. With only 3.8% of small business folks NOT planning on using e-mail marketing and with social media carrying the perception of being free (which they so rudely discover it is far from free) this should make some in the banner and search crowd a little wary.
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By: Neven911

Neven911 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:28:06 +0000

Bernard

I never left , I’m in Ahmedabad right now (for a week), which gives you perspective on wages! I think you also need consider that we the citizens of NZ have to take responsibility for the current structures that hold NZ back

So in that respect keep stirring

Neven

By: powerdownkiwi

powerdownkiwi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:26:10 +0000

Steve Netwriter – that looked pretty inconsequential to me???????

Just some folk burning off a pre-disposed pest/obfuscator – I do it myself if it’s clearly going to waste time.

This would be the equivalent:

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/09/14/correspondence-with-ian-plimer/

Me, I go with watching the ice. I’ve been to Lonnie Thompson’s lectures, and one by Ellen Moseley-Thompson, and a couple recently on the antarctic glaciers.

I suspect we’ll end up differing, but there is an important point to the difference: I f you are right, there is no harm done to the planet, or more importantly, my kids. If I am right, my kids don’t have a chance (probably already), and your actions will only make that worse.

That puts them on the wrong side – russian roulette with two barrels.

So far, I haven’t see enough from your ’side’, to convince me to pull the trigger.

Meantime – to seewhere I rank it, here’s a little op/ed I did a while back:

http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/72347/biggest-crisis-facing-planet-numbers

By: Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Chris J

Bugger. I thought I had won you over.
Oh well.
I’ll keep trying.

cheers

Bernard

By: Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:16:24 +0000

Neven911

Glad to have you back.
I’m no fan of government spending money on housing. But right now it is doing it two ways. Firstly through its own spending, and secondly by subsidising landlords. I don’t think there should be a subsidy for either. Let the market get on with it.

I’m not saying people should leave the country. I’m saying people who want to stay in the country should point out to those running the country that unless something changes then those people (Generation Y especially) will leave and not come back.

I’m going for a holiday at Christmas to Melbourne to see my two brothers and their 5 children (my nephews and nieces) who have been living there for almost 10 years. I always ask them if they would like to come back.

They always say they would like to but the wages are too low and the house prices are too high.

Get my drift?

cheers
Bernard