links for 2008-12-23
Published on 23 December 2008 in Daily Links
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Two of the UK’s biggest banks close to a situation where they were in default in October. It seemed bad at the time, but only time reveals exactly how bad it it was. Time will also reveal how all this plays out – everything could look very different in ten years time.
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A traditional "Christmas family TV watching is doomed, DOOMED I TELL YOU!" article from the Independent. I’d kinda believe it if people hadn’t been saying this for years, ever since the birth of satellite television in the 1990s.