Odds and Ends
Back on the Vincent Browne show
Sam Smyth was again in the presenter’s chair and this time I made the main panel.
Paper review on Tonight with Vincent Browne
I made an appearance on the paper review slot on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Brown, with Sam Smyth sitting in the presenter’s chair.
European debt: a game of hot potato
Funny blog post here from outside of Europe, looking in!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/05/20/2905304.htm
Writing in clear English: top ten tips
Want to write clearly, right from the start? Then you need to plan, write and edit in equal measure. Here are Clear Ink’s top tips for getting your message across. www.clearink.ie
Writing and speaking are tools for communicating a message. That’s it. Yet so many things – jargon, legalese, academic-speak, overly formal or informal language, too [...]
Blog like a journalist
Worth a read: American newspaper reporter and mommy blogger Kelby Carr gives her top tips for hacks who blog:
http://kelbycarr.com/how-to-blog-like-a-journalist/
Golden Spider award: good content keeps users coming back for more
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, [...]
NAMA – the questions looking for amendments
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 [...]
US govt gets power to undo dangerous derivatives contracts
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 [...]
US banks get new rules on property
From WSJ:
“[US] banks have generally been keeping a lid on commercial real-estate losses by extending these mortgages upon maturity. However, that practice, billed by many industry observers as “extending and pretending,” has come under criticism by some analysts and investors as it promises to put off the pains into the future…
Critics say the new rules [...]
Leviathan on NAMA
I was on the panel for Leviathan last night talking about NAMA.
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