This UK based shill for Prosperity Partners has written "The Truth About Structured Settlement Awards". Her Linked In profile shows all sorts of interesting things including the unfortunate proof that Julie-Ann Amos has no bona fides on the subject of structured settlements. Factoring company Prospe...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 16 – 22, 2009) A perfect storm of a deepening global recession and banking woes last week battered equities and supported the safe havens of the US dollar, government bonds and gold bullion. A dismal corporate earnings outlook, fears...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 12 – 18, 2009) Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively impacted during 2009’s second full week of trading as a barrage of bleak economic and corporate news offered more confirmation of a deepening recession, bringing ...

In only his second month in the PPI, Eric Pickles climbs to the top of the chart, up six months from April. And who could quibble? Boris is king of all he surveys, now top of the PPI. In December he was in 12th place. Liam Fox's impressive TV performances see him climb into the top six for the first...

How do I resize a very large image to a smaller size yet keep text detail legible? Long version: I have a document (hi-res Google mape export with lots of small text detail) at the following resolution: 5000 x 7000 @ 72ppi. This is ~70 x 97 inches were I to print it. I don't want to print it that bi...

Boris is king of all he surveys, now top of the PPI. In December he was in 12th place. Eric Pickles deservedly comes in for the first time at number 7. David Davis continues his slow drop, which is due to a lack of headlines over the past month. The 42 days issue should see him climb again next mont...

William Hague goes back to the top of the PPI, with Vince Cable plummeting three places to number 4. Boris continues his inexorable climb and has now reached the giddy heights of number 3. Big climbers are Ian Paisley and John Hutton. Big fallers are Nick Clegg and Ed Davey. You were none too impres...

Vince Cable leapfogs William Hague back to the top of the of the PPI this month, presumably for his performance on Northern Rock. He's the only politician to score more than 6 out of 10. Harriet Harman remains rooted at the bottom, where she has been ever since I started doing this. For unfathomable...