There is a lot of confusion about at the the moment on the subject of eBAM. Unfortunately sometimes with acronyms this can happen, the letters just happen to stand for the same things. With eBam the problem is made worse by ‘ebam’ having different meanings in other contexts.

The true meaning of eBAM is Electronic Bank Account Management, on which subject, more later. There are also a number of other meanings including, for Linux geeks it means Electronic Beam-Addressable Memory. This is probably not really useful to many people at all. Possibly the kind who would wear these ties.

Other meanings include Evidence Based Alternative Medicine. Which sounds like it could be an oxymoron. Surely half the fun with alternative medicine is that it is not based on patriarchal Western so called evidence. Anyway, to learn more about that topic you can visit this excellently informative website which explains in detail how homeopathy works.

These trucks will not be delivering Electronic Bank Account Management.

Here is a really good animation that just happens to deal with the issue of global climate change:

A survey by the YouGov organisation has revealed who is the most trusted retailer in Britain. The survey that did this was the ‘Insight’ survey. This year the area being examined by the study were consumer trust in both the retail and the financial services sectors. Marks and Spencer were the most trusted retailer in Britain according to the survey  which asked consumers to rate retailers on the basis of such categories as ‘good reputation’ and ‘quality of products’.

Marks and Spencer are a long established company who have lately been putting a lot of effort into advertising their food offering,as well as opening stores selling only food. As well as high street retail they have expanded into areas such as flower delivery. They are probably best  known for selling dresses and ladies underwear but also have been making inroads into the furniture market, with their sofas proving to be a surprise hit with shoppers.

The levels of trust for institutions in the financial services sector were much lower. This shows that people in Britain have a lot more faith in retailers than in banks and the like. Interestingly financial services offered by retailers (loans, insurance etc.) were also rated fairly lowly.