And then Standard Bank with a trading update this morning, sometimes diversity is a good thing. Check it out: "Given the large turnaround in Liberty's earnings for the period, and the effect this has on the group's results, a voluntary trading statement for the group is provided below. Shareholders are advised that Standard Bank Group's earnings per share (EPS), headline earnings per share (HEPS) and diluted HEPS are expected to be between 6% and 12% higher than 1H09, calculated on a normalised basis. On an International Financial Reporting Standards basis, Standard Bank Group's EPS, HEPS and diluted HEPS are expected to be between 9% and 15% higher than 1H09."
This is quite cool, Aki, the traffic guy and tech lover at 702 tweeted this Newsweek graphic. Books vs E-Books is what it is called, have a look. Because whilst everyone is scrambling to find out whether or not the iPad will win the battle in the short term over Kindle, everyone is now looking to enter the tablet market. And remember that market was dead around 7 to 8 years ago. As Paul pointed out to me, the touch screen changed all of this again. Ahhhhh!