by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
A darkness falls over the office, crackling lightening is accompanied by a rumble of mind-movie thunder whenever a belief has to be shattered. A reflex is a certainty from the person who is going to experience the adult version of the child who asks "is there really a tooth fairy?" Despite keeping in mind [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 22, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
The swifts are screeching regularly, the pubs have put out their table umbrellas and we’re counting down the days for the arrival of the jewel in the British Summer Crown. Which, if the weather continues in its' unseasonal dry trajectory, won’t need the accompaniment of a one-in-three wish of ‘sunshine please’ but should be provided [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
`At the end of the day' is not only a well used idiom but also a state of fact, which is many things to many people. For example, for those involved with commercial transactions it might be their signal for the kettle to go on; in another time for those same people it might have [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 24, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
When you want a dog that is obedient and under control, it`s straight to obedience training. If you want additional bulging eyes, blue tongue and permanent bald patch around its collar, use a choke chain. The reaction, because the chain causes pain from a short sharp jerk, is for the dog to pull even more [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Seeing the tree skeletons, beginning to appear as Autumn starts up, reminds us of the Big Dead Tree in Dahl’s story of vengeance; in which The Twits use their tree to trap birds by spreading ‘Hugtight’ sticky glue on the branches with the unfortunates being baked in a pie. Baking Bird Pie isn’t by any [...]