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Sharp rise for the U.S. dollar
After months of decline the US dollar finally took a very sharp turn this month and gained a lot of ground on the euro. In less than a month the USD appreciated from $1.59 per euro to $1.47 per euro. Not only the dollar took a 180-degree but prices of oil, gold and other commodities…
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Online advertising in Belgium not growing
A report about the advertising market in Belgium was released this week by CIM Media. The report took a look at the advertising spending of Belgian companies in January to May and found they were 2.1 percent higher than the year before. One of the things I find surprising is that the marketshare of online…
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Picture of the hotel’s pool
I still haven’t really had the time to finish my blog post about my holiday in Italy. Anyway, here’s a photo I shot of the hotel’s main pool which was very big, I had to stitch three photos together to capture it completely:
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Back from Calabria, Italy
Yesterday Carmen and I got back from our holiday in Calabria, Italy. We stayed at the Garden Resort hotel in Calabria for one week and we had a really good time. I’m kinda busy right now as I’m still catching up with some of the stuff I missed while I was gone but within a…
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Almost to Italy
Next week Carmen and I are heading to Calabria, a region in southern Italy, for a one week-long holiday. We’ll be staying at the Garden Resort Calabria hotel which has a very nice big pool and a long sandy/grit beach. One of the things I would like to do is visit Stromboli, a small island…