TDS? Hmmm. Havent hear much of this one recently... Trump Derangement Syndrome? Apparently based on catchphrase stolen from Charlie Krauthammer, back in 2002? who coined the phrase BDS, Bush Derangement Syndrome in 2003 during the presidency of ...

Maybe Im confused.. but I thought the purpose of most western societies and "States" was to create a system in which the happiness/contentment security and good of ALL citizens were the objective.. using capitalist market economics as a wealth ...

The prospect of international agreement on digital tax is good news.

Maybe this will help explain.. today the yield gap went to zero.. Capiche? url

This needs watching .. IMHO very important development..

Tesla and iPhone consumer consumer preferences/sales in the UK? Tell me your having a laugh? Please?? In the context of UK trade $1.15Trillion international trade business, ( exports of goods and services £572 billion- imports £582 billion). The EU ...

Probably the MOST idiotic news item recently published on FF News.. Totally incomprehensible bcs Absolutely NO indication of equivalence on what? Anybody even remotely familiar about the "equivalence" issues involved in the fall out of the UK-EU CTA ...

Quote: But here’s the rub. The focus on EU-related trade serves only to underline the importance of the United Kingdom’s trade links with Europe and the stark reality of Brexit. Though the European Union will remain the United Kingdom’s biggest ...

Well... got yourself nailed there mate.. Unbelievable..LoL.. This has to be comedy hour on FF

WTF??? Your post was quoted in full in my post.. In an extract from that full quotation.. I redacted a comment which appeared in brackets and which clearly represented your Personal Judgement which I felt irrelevant to the point I was making. The ...

Cryptocurrencies are NOT currencies. The are commodities. And because of their decentralised and unsupervised marketplace their main utility is as a speculative instrument and as a medium particularly suitable for taxation avoidance, money ...

@aquavox With respect, I cannot see what your problem is with this or why this should be a focus for calling Brussels "a comedy of errors" The article outlines both the process being applied whey, and the policy objectives. I fail to see what i ...

Youve got it. There are only 3 economic powers large enough to curb the march of the big Tech MNs. The US.. who are compromised , China.. who has already cut them off for its own reasons, and EU, which has already taken steps on privacy and will ...

Funny.. While we quibble about this FB/Aus Gov spat.. We ignore the real issues and the elephants in the room. Among these.. and underlying the discomfort of National Governments and thinking society, with the big 5 US Tech MNs.. - 1.Abuse Monopoly ...

Quote" For Australia to be so apparently reliant.... for news content on a giant foreign company headed up by a child multi billionaire narcissist is just so slightly insane."

Good news for eu economy

I think FB has made strategic mistake. The issue is complicated by the FB news aggregation algos. And also but a growing international feeling that the US has been dilatory in application of its own AntiTrust laws.. and concerns about data privacy, ...

Why Bitcoin cant be regarded as a currency.

I think Draghi may surprise. Hes extremely bright and extremely politically astute.. something not generally appreciated.

Only a moron would take news from FB. In fact only a moron would be on FB to begin with.