Influx

While we are being told by the likes of The Futures Company that American corporations are disconnected and distrusted by consumers, outside of oil companies, banks seem to be the category in the most trouble. The latest foreclosure crisis is a case in point. Something appears really rotten in the...

Here's a great visual from The Deal that explains the packaging and re-marketing of credit. Sort of explains how the badness was turned into goodness and everyone slept soundly at night until the day they realized the badness was real bad. It's also the system that propped up the consumer economy....

If the continuing financial crisis has told us one thing, it’s that you can’t trust the experts. Everywhere you look supposed experts and authority figures seem to have been clueless; from the ratings agencies, to governments and senior officers and large financial corporations. It...

The subprime mess was the big business story of 07 and is likely to continue to be the major story in 08. Always a difficult concept to explain and understand, so it's rather revealing to hear this comedians talk about it in a sketch. It's clear from watching, that the humor comes from the...

There are some very rare occasions when brand strength doesn’t matter because the an event comes along that's so huge it threatens the stability of your business and your brand. Such an occasion happened last week to the Northern Rock bank. Media images of people lined up to withdraw their...