Weather

Sublime hurricane photos from the space station

In Photography, Weather on 9 September 2008 with no comments

By way of Kottke comes this exhilirating collection of hurricane photographs taken from the International Space Station.
Sublime.
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May sees unexpected retail sales growth in London

In Economics, London, Uncategorized, Weather on 19 June 2008 with no comments

For the month of May, retail sales growth in London (+3.5%) far exceeded expectations (-0.1%). Everybody’s congratulating the weather.
“I’m staggered,” said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec. “The figures are just on a completely different plane compared to market expectations. They contradict other anecdotal evidence suggesting retail sales activity is softening. There are bound to be [...]