Thinking inside the very big box

PRs seem to love giving journos slightly pointless gifts, from stress balls to glass ornaments, to endless, endless pens.

HP, however, is taking a different tack - by sending hacks its own products. The product in question? Printer cartridges, according to the ITP.net blog.

Yes, ITP's hard-working tech reporters are now the proud owners of assorted HP ink cartridges, but sadly no free printers to go with them.

And nice to see HP is sticking with its long-held "destruction of all natural life" packaging policy, by enclosing said cartridges in vast boxes - one for each journo.

Good to see that newly-appointed Promax is getting stuck in to the HP account.

Money, it's a hit

The Arabian Business Rich List is out again - and this time Anil Bhoyrul managed to get access to Prince Alwaleed's accounts. Must be a coincidence that this shock move into openness comes just after all those rumours about Alwaleed being broke due to the economic ruination. Surely.

So it turns out HRH is worth just over $17bn - and AB helpfully gives a breakdown of his holdings.

Oddly, the mag gets a little coy when it comes to how much cash Alwaleed has down the back of his many fine sofas: "We cannot disclose the exact amount as it is confidential, but have seen the verified total figure."

But thanks to the detailed info AB has on the rest of his empire, AdNation can exclusively reveal...

[scribbles on back of napkin]

Yep - according to AB's figures, Alwaleed appears to have roughly $2.614 billion in cash.

Loose change, really.

Now why would Alwaleed not want to reveal what seemingly anyone can easily work out...?