Saturday, February 28, 2009

February crunchy bits

The skies are clearer - flights in British airspace were down 10% in January

Tesco received 1000 applications for 200 jobs in their new Liverpool store

Once-wealthy city workers are back in court trying to renegotiate bonus-dependent divorce settlements

Long stemmed red roses for Valentines Day were much cheaper this year

Long haul passengers flying from Gatwick were down 25% last month

The price for a permit to emit a tonne of carbon dioxide has fallen from €35 last July to €9 today

Nearly half of China’s toy factories have closed

Balmain jeans, £1000 a pair, are now available in British stores

More Americans are coming forward as (paid) blood donors

A big accountancy firm is offering the opportunity for staff to downsize & have a better work life balance by working (& being paid for) only 4 days a week

No Ladas are being made in Russia

Newspaper advertising is down by a fifth

Private investors in Japan are putting their faith in platinum & palladium bullion & coin

A gold plated Aston Martin with platinum & palladium bumpers comes up at auction next month