Is Arjen Robben the New Hank Paulson?

And should he be cast as the former Goldman Sachs CEO in a major motion picture?

China + The Rule of Law: A Breakthrough?

Chinese husband sues ex-wife for being #ugly, awarded US$120,000; wife spent US$100,000 on pre-nuptial plastic surgery tinyurl.com/9hghcfn—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) October 28, 2012

Austerity Hits Shangri-La! Saudi Arabian Princess in US$7.4m ‘Hotel Heist’

Maha al-Sudani caught trying to scarper from paying multi-million dollar #Paris hotel tab; 'diplomatic immunity' cited tinyurl.com/86vmwkn—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) June 03, 2012

Scientific Pause: Stephen Hawking Reveals Universal Stumbling Block

Author of ultrarationalist theory of the universe concedes that women are a 'complete mystery'; 3.5bn men concur tinyurl.com/7bo2jk5—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) January 06, 2012

Doritos and Pepsi Max Bring You Las Vegas and Iceland: Anglo-American Capitalism Gets Ironic

Okay, it’s time to come clean: all this blogging makes us at Mediolana vulnerable in a whole bunch of ways, not least to the gargantuan array of vegetable-based snacks that can be consumed, electronically-speaking, on the fly. But while munching our way through a bag of exceptionally good Doritos (pictured) – a cheese ‘n’ corn feast of predictable brilliance supplied by the CEO of one of our favourite companies, Azam Marketing – we couldn’t help noticing that susceptibilities in the more deranged models of capitalist economic architecture have become unexpected poles of attraction.

Yes, Doritos and Pepsi Max – if there’s a better duet in high carb, nutritionally modest food, we haven’t heard it – are offering lucky consumers the chance to go to either Las Vegas or Iceland. Gambling – whether on slot machines or banking bubbles – is the new rock ‘n’ roll. And we’re smacking our lips at other potential competition prizes. Trips to the USA after a massive depreciation in the US dollar? Vacations in Greece during yet another round of bailouts and riots? The possibilities are endless!

Mediolana: Engineering Works of a Different Kind

It’s been a hazy past 48 hours for Mediolana’s blogger-in-chief: of the little he can recollect, the image of a friendly surgeon from the Far East and a surprisingly sharp anaesthetic needle loom large in his memory. But his experience didn’t turn him into what the hit US comedy Seinfeld once gloriously referred to as a rabid anti-dentite; far from it. And while a diet largely devoid of chocolate might break lesser Internet voices, the key contributor to mediolana.wordpress.com is unwavering in his belief that yoghurt is, after all, the way forward. With a full program of posts planned out for the forthcoming week, one conclusion is clear: this set of engineering works, while painful, are not enough to stop this blog from publishing…at least until the paracetamol runs out…

UK Lawyers Take Five Years to Twig Twitter

Damages awarded in first UK Twitter action http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/courts-news/damages-awarded-first-uk-twitter-libel-action—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) March 21, 2011