We have become suspicious: of their mawkish advertising, of their treatment of farmers, of their desperate bids to package up things that really don't need packaging up at all (I mean this literally and metaphorically, versions of "restaurant-style" dishes being every bit as phoney and wasteful as apples wrapped in too much plastic).
Blatter was said to have spent the weekend since his election victory, following which he blamed attempts to oust him on bitterness from the Americans and English for losing their World Cup bids, listening to pleas to stand down from those closest to him.
He expects to draw extensively on his previous role as chief executive of 3SC, which manages bids and delivery consortia for large public sector contracts.
Applicants will then have three months in which to lodge their bids, by an as yet unnamed date in February 2007.
With solar photovoltaic energy faring nearly as cheap as coal in the latest bids, and wind energy much cheaper than any fossil fuel, there is no reason for Brazil not to become again a renewables superpower.
The reasons for accepting or rejecting all new school bids were routinely published on the Schools Adjudicator website.
We have had a couple of bids from one club which has been no where near the valuation of what he is worth in this market, so there is no change in that.
If the public interest is proven, and the judge dismissed the argument that potential applicants could be put off by the release of bids, how can the civil service justify such secrecy from now on?
Greece has asked three firms to submit bids for a majority stake in the port, a senior privatisation official told Reuters, unblocking a major sale of a public asset as creditors demand economic reforms from Athens.
Ally McCoist has been encouraged by news of interest in Rangers ahead of Friday's deadline for first indicative bids.
And at first glance, it looks like a success In fact, the auction closed within a few minutes - quicker than expected - as investors raced to get their bids in.
