FT.com / Companies / Banks – BofA charged with fraud over Tarp funds. Surely no bank would not try to free ride off the state?
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Big business does not want an IFRS for small companies
Vodafone attacks ‘costly and burdensome’ code change – Accountancy Age. Good news and common sense: The UK’s biggest companies have attacked proposed changes to the
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All but PWC in the Big 4 give up on country-by-country reporting
Only one Big Four firm produces UK annual report – Accountancy Age. The Age asks: Should the UK’s biggest firms set an example to their
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UK privatised energy market does not work
Ofgem: UK cannot trust energy companies to keep the lights on | Business | The Guardian . Thatcher created privatised markets controlled by regulator as
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IFS says ‘don’t cut now’
IFS warns further squeeze on public spending needed | Business | guardian.co.uk . Let me be honest, I think of the Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Queasing on hold
Bank of England halts quantitative easing | Business | guardian.co.uk . The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee today announced that it was putting its
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Tory peer says Labour saved 500,000 jobs
Lord Freud praises government’s jobs policy during recession | Business | guardian.co.uk . Lord Freud, a Conservative spokesman on welfare, has congratulated the government on
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