A little about clinker

By simon, on July 5th, 2010%

I’m a subscriber to the value investing newsletter, The Intelligent Investor (II). In their 2 Jul 2010 podcast, the II team briefly discussed Adelaide Brighton Cement Limited (ASX:ABC), a building materials company that manufactures cement and clinker. It turns out the team didn’t know anything about clinker and there was interest in the broader . . . → Read More: A little about clinker

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It depends…

By simon, on March 3rd, 2009%

There’s an inside joke at the BGSB amongst staff and students. In response to a question from a lecturer like the following (completely made up) :

As the case suggests, there is conflict between the founder and chairman and the CFO about the restatement of financial statements, the acting CEO seems distracted by her . . . → Read More: It depends…

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Ranking the relative humour of MBA disciplines

By simon, on January 20th, 2009%

Based on the lecturers I met and the general level of good humour evident within their classes, I’ve gone out on a limb and ranked the disciplines I studied during my MBA for humour. In descending order of funny-ness (i.e. from funniest to least funny):

Economists. Lawyers Accountants Management consultants, finance, human resources, marketing, . . . → Read More: Ranking the relative humour of MBA disciplines

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Celebriconomist in action – Chris Richardson and the “buggered” 2009 Australian budget

By simon, on January 19th, 2009%

Congratulations Chris Richardson on the wonderful use of the Australian media and colourful slang to advertise the latest Business Outlook. BTW, the Outlook is conveniently available for purchase online via subscription or once off, well it would be if the Access Economics web site ever starts service https (shoot your IT team Chris, no . . . → Read More: Celebriconomist in action – Chris Richardson and the “buggered” 2009 Australian budget

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Who are the celebriconomists?

By simon, on January 11th, 2009%

celebrity (sə-lěb’rĭ-tē) n. pl. ce·leb·ri·ties A famous person. Renown; fame. economist (ĭ-kŏn’ə-mĭst) n. A specialist in economics. American Heritage Dictionary

So a celebriconomist is a famous specialist in economics. In Australia I find a few people continually turning up as “talking heads” in the media:

Saul Eslake, Chief Economist, ANZ Banking Group. Chris Richardson, . . . → Read More: Who are the celebriconomists?

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Movember over again

By simon, on November 5th, 2008%

Movember has come and gone again. This was the result both this year and last: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } I was part of a team of Mo Bro’s in both years and we managed to raise +$2k in donations. My inspiration is James Nesbit’s character from Murphy’s Law. If only….

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Apple Art

By simon, on October 27th, 2008%

A few months back I stumbled across some really cool Apple computer art at Reverse Garbage in West End. I think Woz would be proud, but I’m not sure about Jobs.

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Almost blown up at work!

By simon, on October 27th, 2008%

Well, “almost” and “blown up” may slightly over-exaggerate the actual risk of the situation, but a number of buildings were evacuated at RBWH due to a picric acid scare. Very exciting.

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