John McDonnell is not a popular man in Westminster. He’s the leader of labour’s awkward squad: the Campaign Group. But I admit I like John,
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Fortis has collapsed. Some are suggesting this could have been because of debt not consolidated in its accounts. The follwoing companies were not consolidated in
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The BBC has reported that: Share trading in six of Iceland’s biggest financial firms has been halted temporarily, the country’s stock exchange has said. The
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I mentioned earlier today that we need a new breed of non-exec directors of banks to make re-regulation and re-capitalisation work. The likes of Prem
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These are my links for October 6th: FT.com / Companies / Energy Utilities Mining – Chinese opposition mounts to BHP-Rio – The Chinese are right
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These are my links for October 6th: FT.com / Companies / Energy Utilities Mining – Chinese opposition mounts to BHP-Rio – The Chinese are right
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The Observer has reported: Ministers have admitted that thousands more post offices will crash out of business – in addition to the 2,500 that have
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The FT has reported: Iceland’s prime minister and central bankers were holding emergency talks with pension funds and banks on Sunday as the country looked
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The FT notes that: Alistair Darling was on Sunday considering a dramatic taxpayer-funded recapitalisation of Britain’s banks, amid signs of cross-party and central bank support
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