It looks like the German plan of simply asking banks to do the Eurozone a favour by rolling over their bonds into new,  discounted, long-term
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Having just put up several blogs before 8am it seems odd to say I might be going into blogging purdah, but needs must. The Courageous State –
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From the Channel Online TV: Online greeting card company Funkypigeon could soon become the latest fulfilment business to set up in Guernsey. The business is recruiting on
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Let me stress, straight away, I’m not suggesting the Tea Party are physical terrorists. But in conversation yesterday an idea occurred to me. Suicide bombing
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To continue yesterday’s metaphor…it looks like the Archduke may survive after all. Merkel and Sarkozy supposedly have the umpteenth deal to save the Euro without making fundamental change and
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I see the National Audit Office has said: HM Revenue & Customs faces a significant challenge in securing a £1.6 billion reduction in running costs
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The TUC published a new pamphlet by friend and sometime co-author Howard Reed yesterday. As they said of the pamphlet, which is entitled Fairness and
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Whilst the UK obsesses with phone hacking, Murdoch and idiots with shaving foam I have a strong suspicion that right now is just what July 1914 felt like.
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Christian Aid issued the following press relase within the last hour: Christian Aid today welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron’s backing for legislation that will force companies to
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