I have read almost all the quality press in the UK this weekend, and more besides. I even bought the Mirror on Saturdays to see
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Two weeks ago the idea of nationalising the world’s banking system seemed absurd. Now the UK has offered to subscribe for preference shares giving it
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The Times has reported (in edited form): Wealthier investors who have stashed their cash in offshore bonds could lose their nest eggs after the schemes
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From the Observer today: Opaque off-balance sheet structures hidden in secretive tax havens have helped to bring capitalism to its knees, but no one can
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From the Observer today, commenting on the failure of Dutch / Belgian bank Fortis: Fortis’s accounts were jointly audited by KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers – two
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The Guardian has reported: British savers with deposits in the Channel Islands have no protection for their money if their bank goes bust. After the
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From Michael Hudson comes the following. I offer it unedited: An unprecedented popular protest led Congress to reject the Treasury’s initial bailout plan on Monday,
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These are my links for October 11th: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush plea for unity amid crisis – Let's be candid: they
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