John Kay has a fascinating article in the FT this morning. In it he says: The question of whether one entity is controlled by another
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Abolish the FTSE 100: can I have the FTSE UK Index please?
I noticed this amongst the many links I get each day: Ukrainian companies have in recent years stepped up efforts to raise money and list
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One Dell of a lot of questions
This comes from Dell’s quarterly filing to May 2 2008: Income Taxes We reported an effective income tax rate of approximately 23.5% for the first
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Tax is a good thing
California is one almighty mess: About one in every five dollars spent by the state is now money it doesn’t have. Given California is already
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 6th
These are my links for August 6th: MOBILE PHONE NEWS & REVIEWS | Mobile Today Front page – news, jobs and tariffs for the UK
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Where’s a hdge fund? Answer: anywhere but the UK
The Guardian has run a spoof article entitled “How to set up a hedge fund”. Well it would be a joke, except there second point
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Granite is doing just nicely: shame about Northern Rock
As the Guardian has noted: Alistair Darling, criticised for nationalising the bank, insisted yesterday that the government had little option but to agree to swap
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Brown may gamble on stamp duty
So says the Guardian today. It also notes that he might: ¬? Encouraging local councils to offer mortgages. ¬? Allowing housing corporations to buy more
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 5th
These are my links for August 5th: FT.com / Home UK / UK – Entrepreneurs could get snagged by loophole – "When Alistair Darling increased
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