New Stock Market Information

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on Northern Rock in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan. In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. While Samurai Bank are soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank are reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

New Online Comic Link Added

Well, I recently discovered this little gem called Girl Genius. I have set the link to take you to page one, because otherwise you will be pretty lost since it is a ongoing comic instead of a series of strips. Here is the RSS feed you can subscribe to. It won the WCCA (Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards) for Outstanding Story Concept and Outstanding Science Fiction Comic in 2006. It is currently onto Volume 8 (they are also being released as .pdf and books). The comic started online in November 2002 but do not worry, it only took me a couple of days to get to the current one.

I found it had lots of humour and is very engaging, so why not try it?