Prime suspect: the main man at GFC’s coreMeet AIG Financial Products chief Joseph Cassano: the man most likely to have caused the global meltdown, according to Vanity Fair.
July, 2009
WalMart turns a lighter shade of green
US department store giant Walmart, often accused of environmental vandalism, has unveiled a new scheme to document the day-to-day damage it is actually doing.
Food is the new fantasy in women’s mags
With the success of shows like MasterChef, food pr0n and celebrity chefs have become the new stars of women’s mags.
Top bankers in yacht-sharing scheme shame
Fiscal tightening has led to a rarefied breed of bankers timesharing their yachts — a sign of the apocalypse if there ever was one.
Why journalism degrees should be scrapped
Journalism is not a profession like engineering, medicine or even law, says journalist Richard Sine: you can pick up most media skills on the job, and no-one dies if you stuff-up. Wannabe reporters would be better off honing their skills out in the real world.
Facebook history author: be afraid
The author of a book about the founding of Facebook says the company is “terrified” by its contents, which claim it was started when creator Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s servers to create a “hot or not” website because he couldn’t pick up women.
Car-bake your cookies and eat ‘em too
Why drive your car when you can bake cookies on it? The most eco-friendly way to use your vehicle is as a portable oven, no emissions necessary. Sweet.
Triple J’s Hottest 100: a truly social event
This year’s Triple J ‘Hottest 100 of all time’ countdown was a truly connected experience, says Digital Media allowing listeners the opportunity to tap into the event in ways that weren’t possible only a few short years ago.
Cruising down the wrong side of the tracks
A man has been arrested for drunkenly driving into a metro train tunnel in the German city of Bochum.
Death of a salesman’s wings
British Airways is trying to revive the business trip, as international networking becomes grounded in technology. It argues that “face-to-face interaction fuels business.” Well, it would.
Crikey Clarifier: UK backpacker: dumb and lucky or faking it?
Did British backpacker Jamie Neale fake his 12-day ordeal in the Blue Mountains or not? Ben Sandilands analyses the evidence.
As many tits as twits following Turnbull, Rudd and co
Australian politicians on Twitter share the attentions of the internet’s underbelly, writes Crikey intern Josh Taylor.
Death for bribery: China ramps the propaganda war
Reading reports from Chinese news agencies leaves no doubt that Stern Hu and Rio Tinto will be convicted one way or another.
Australia’s Digital Economy: discuss it, but not here
Stephen Conroy’s “final” report on Australia’s digital economy merely demonstrates how much work their 2.0 Taskforce have ahead to bring the government into the 21st century.
Wall St giddy on the fumes of recovery
Wall Street had its best session for months overnight, but trouble may still lie ahead, writes Glenn Dyer.
Political snippets: War backlash begins in the UK
Richard Farmer looks at press backlash against military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in the UK press, The Oz’s mixed messages to Kevin Rudd, Gordon Nuttall, and more.
Media briefs: Petition to free journo in Iran… NYT in big big debt…
The BBC is not happy about the British government handing some of it’s funding over to commerical stations, NYT staff find out exactly how much debt their company is in, and over 100 journalists have signed a petition to free Newsweek’s Maziar Bahari in Iran.
Copenhagen v Kyoto: where we’re really at
The holy grail of a global emissions target with ambitious carbon budgets for 2020 in industrialised countries remains elusive, say Andrew Light, Erwin Jackson and Andrew Pendleton.
Ashes 09: Lords, the Second Test preview
Australia haven’t lost at Lord’s since 1934 — with a history that strong, it would be rude of England to win.
Guy Rundle: The utopian borderless free world is fiction
Globalisation has created international economic dependency that erodes state power, writes Guy Rundle.
Not just another story about Twitter. Honest.
Yesterday, one of the world’s most influential journalists decided to publish confidential leaked financial, strategic and planning documents from one of the world’s hottest multi-million dollar companies.
Leave Peter Garrett alone
It would have been easy for Garrett to remain a musician and head of the Australian Conservation Foundation, or join the Greens. Instead, he went for the tough option. Cut him some slack.
Tips and rumours: While the PM’s away…
What have the ALP been up to while Rudd has been globetrotting? Tipsters tell all.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The battle of the books
Childrens’ author Mem Fox and other Crikey readers weigh-in on parallel imports, plus Stern Hu, Honduras, and more.
