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franticromantic

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Awkward Aussie fail from The Gap

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Wal-Mart's diseconomies of scale

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Why Aussie beer-vending start-ups are tough work

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Should hoteliers bring music to our ears?

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

How long 'til China is #1?

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Are e-books destined for a price-war?

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 15y ago

Selling Fixy bikes is illegal in Australia

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Who'll follow The Gap to Australia?

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Now that's mobile banking

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

How to run a sexy airport

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Why Melbourne live music venues should change

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

How vinyl records were revived

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onealbumaday.wordpress.com 16y ago

These heroes were far from disposable

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Would you buy Pepsi Jeans?

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Now, that's creative destruction

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internationalbs.wordpress.com 16y ago

Time for Apple to flex its muscles on global roaming costs?

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"The acquiring company is backed by Jimi Heselden, a prominent U.K. businessman and the Chairman of Hesco Bastion."

I think the phrase is "A fool and his money are soon parted"...

Although that also seems to have been the concept Segway was banking on re: customers and it didn't pan out that way...

The QWERTY myth 17 years ago

I'm surprised the article doesn't mention (or refute if need be) one of the "tales" i have heard for why QWERTYUIOP is the top row: you can spell TYPEWRITER using these letters, which was a neat demonstration for potential buyers, back when the name for this new technology was up for grabs...

Bizarrely no one chose to mention one of the "tales" i have heard for why QWERTYUIOP is the top row: you can spell TYPEWRITER using these letters, which was a neat demonstration for potential buyers, back when the name for this new technology was up for grabs...