Rose Cantine

According to Democrats Abroad, 23,000 Democrats in 164 countries (as far afield as Nepal, Mongolia and Antarctica) voted in person or online in the Super Tuesday global primary. The results are surprising and dramatic. Twice as many expats voted for Obama as for Clinton (65,6% vs 32.7%). Moreover, worldwide turnout was significantly higher than in [...]

Of all the Valentine’s Day specials I’ve been, this is the best one (from the Guardian):
Germany rail company Deutsche Bahn is running speed-dating at high speed this Valentine’s Day. The Flirtexpresse is running from 15 cities across the country, with passengers being encouraged to change seats every five minutes. And the best part is - [...]

I posted on Pajama Entrepreneur that Breednet wants to know whether I want 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps symmetrical service to my home office. It’s pricey: 1 Gbps costs 675 EUR per month. But if I can somehow cover my costs and enjoy the 1 Gbps life, I’m open to suggestions.

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The French don’t just have better food and clothes, they have faster, cheaper broadband too. In Paris you get 50 Mbps symmetrical for 30 EUR per month! Want to know how they got there? The French regulator comes down very hard on France Telecom (read here).
How’s Blyk (the free-mobile-calls-for-ads) doing? Not bad. Will this business [...]

[Oops, I bought Societe Generale]

The demand for seafood in Europe is depleting the supply of fish as far away as Africa, and paradoxically, causing African fishermen to lose their livelihoods. What’s going on? Read this article in the International Herald Tribune (quote):
“There’s a big competition out there with foreign vessels, especially from China,” said Moshwood Kuku, a fishmonger at [...]

From the Wall Street Journal: In a sign that the U.S. economic malaise is spreading to Britain, the pound is fast becoming one of the world’s least-loved currencies. Investors have taken such a dislike to the pound in recent weeks that it’s starting to live up to its nickname among currency traders: the European dollar.
Meanwhile, [...]