British businesses are considered to be among the worst payers in Europe and only the Italians are thought worse, a new survey suggests.

Oh dear, now that is bad, to have the Italians as the only thing between you and abject failure.

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Time for a reality check for all you hot investor types. Take your money out of Wall Street and head for sunny Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. It is all happening in this 10 year-old stock exchange, the CSE, affectionately known by the locals as, Χρηματιστήριο Αξιών Κύπρου There are a couple of lessons to be learnt here!

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It is unbelievable that the CVS chainstore operates in a nation that put a man on the moon, yet still offers a photographic service that a kid of three with a throwaway camera and a white sheet could run rings round. The bottom line is, the US passport photo market is wide open. Tips coming up.

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A California-based Moonie, originally from Newcastle in the North East of England, was recently charged for master-minding a world wide shark smuggling operation. Rather than be a fisher of men, he became a fisher of valuable baby fish that would grow to 7 foot long in the right conditions.

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Just as we steel ourselves for a season of goodwill to all men, where giving supposedly comes from the heart, how disturbing to read the following.

Next to each gift recipient's name, put a dollar amount rather than the gift you want to buy (a sweater can cost $20 or $200 depending on the fabric).

I used to like Yahoo! finance articles, but this was so heartless. Now everybody knows how I go about my Christmas shopping. Gee, thanks for that, Laura Rowley!

The story on the street is that the US Treasury is going to introduce a coin to replace the archaic dollar bill. When those 100 cents on the bill were worth something, a piece of paper was a good idea. A roll of dollar bills had presence too, almost! But get with the program, please. Never heard of inflation?

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