Dodge Digital tech enables authorities to catch tax dodgers by ‘joining the dots’ to get a full picture of their financial affairs. HMRC now holds more data than the British Library Guessed the Word? Series 25 (3/5) [pic: webandi]
Ordinary Yesterday’s ‘wow!’ quickly becomes ordinary. Customers are divinely discontent, & their expectations always go up. But if it wasn’t human nature to seek something better, we’d still be leading primitive lives in caves Guessed the Word? Series 25 (2/5) [pic: joel bengs]
Luxury A luxury as recently as 1950, chicken now accounts for 1/2 the meat eaten in the UK, & has overtaken beef, lamb & pork. Average Briton eats 23kg a year. Birds bred quickly in sheds for meat/ protein (not for eggs) reduced prices, so poultry is no longer just for the wealthy Guessed the Word? …
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 25 starts soon….. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up, or as an anagram. Previous answers: Series 24 spelt G-R-E-Y-S-Y-N (SYNERGY) Series 23 spelt F-L-I-P-G-A-S-H (FLAGSHIP) Series 22 spelt S-I-N-B-U-S-E-S (BUSINESS) Series 21 spelt C-A-B-K-A-P-Y (PAYBACK) Series 20 spelt …
Night economy Dark days: London has lost 1/4 of its pubs and >1,200 venues since 2001. Yet evening/ night businesses contribute £26.3bn ($35bn) and >700,000 (ie. 1 in every 8) jobs in the city Guessed the Word? Series 24 (3/7) [pic: free-photos]
YAWN Young & Wealthy, but Normal The class that prefers to spend on good causes, rather than luxurious lifestyle. 183 billionaires from 22 countries, including some under age 40, have signed the Giving Pledge to give away the majority of their wealth Guessed the Word? Series 24 (7/7) …
Spam EU’s GDPR, meant to curb unwanted marketing, unleashed the biggest spam explosion in historyin the month spam turned 40, on 3 May. US is world-leader in spam output (Uncle Spam!), then China & Russia. 60% of email traffic is now spam Guessed the Word? Series 24 (1/7) [pic:…
Yesteryear Every generation thinks it’s in transformational times.But technological change in past 50 years isn’t as great as between 1890 to 1950, when rifles, horses & Morse telegraph advanced to atomic bombs, jet aircraft & TV. Only exception is in invisibles (data/ computers), which is accelerating exponentially Guessed the Word? Series 24…
Eyeball auction Highest bidding advertiser gets to show their ad to web page viewer in > 1/10th of a second from loading the page. Cookie data – location, gender, age, likes, dislikes – indicates how valuable that customer could be, so how much to bid (while placing new cookies for future use) Guessed the Word? …
Residency A residency is a lucrative way for pop stars to find new fans.Downloads/ streaming decimate royalties, but touring tires both artistes & fans. Old hits have never been so valuable, but only if performed live. Las Vegas leads in breathing new life into fading careers – be the talk of the town & sleep in…