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Bee in your bonnet?
Is there something wrong with the world you live in? Maybe it’s the way older people are treated. Perhaps it’s the shameful extent of child poverty. It could be the slow pace of progress on the climate change issue. Whatever it is, it’s driving you crazy. So, what do you do? Complain to family and friends? [...]
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Shadow of a doubt
Columnist Margaret E Ward discusses when she first realised her father was not well, his dementia and finding ways to cope Have your holidays left you wondering if all is as it seems? The season is a time for long-distance travel, bittersweet reunions, long chats and lots of observation. In the year or so since you’ve [...]
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Haven’t you heard?
Gossip-powered product endorsement is a marketer’s dream but, if you don’t want your product to be the subject of neighbourhood tittle-tattle, then forget about relying on word of mouth promotion says Margaret E. Ward. “Do you have an iPhone?” and “Have you seen this cool new app?” are phrases that have the relentless pester power of [...]
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September 15th marks one year since Lehman Brothers – an investment bank that I worked for in the 1990s – was allowed to crash and burn. What, if anything, has the financial sector learned since then? Well, if President Obama’s opinions are anything to go by it’s not much. Today he told an audience in downtown New [...]
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November 20, 2009
Clear Ink editorial client, InsolvencyJournal.ie, scooped Best Professional Services website last night. The site was recognised for its high quality presentation of relevant content and its smart use of effective and appropriate technology. Risteard Cooper, master of ceremonies for the night, said the judges thought “What is striking about insolvencyjournal.ie is the quality of its execution. Great content, [...]
November 4, 2009
Although NAMA is going ahead, many issues and questions still remain. More than 135 amendments have been suggested at the debate stage. Here are some of the issues that need to be addressed on behalf of the public. Some of theses come from a list I “tweeted” to Prime Time last night after @marklittlenews asked [...]
November 3, 2009
From Huffington Post.. could it happen in Ireland? The “Too Big To Fail” legislation currently being debated by a House committee has been widely criticized as toothless. But one provision gives the federal government a powerful mechanism to prevent another implosion like the one that launched the current financial crisis. The bill, which would give the Federal [...]
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Margaret tries not to take life too seriously. This is probably a weird reaction to working in serious industries – business journalism and Wall St. – most of her life. To keep from laughing out loud during meetings she has exorcised her humour demons by writing columns for the Irish Times (Platform, Cents & Nonsense), the Irish Marketing Journal, everymonday.ie and insolvencyjournal.ie. (more…)
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