The prospect of real-terms cuts in "total managed expenditure" — overall spending — is alarming some senior Tories. Kenneth Clarke, the shadow business secretary, recently
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FT.com / Comment / Editorial – Secrets and tax. The FT has an editorial under the above title today. As they say: The ability to
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FT Alphaville » Pensions pile into UK property. Pension funds and other institutional investors committed the most money to the UK commercial property sector last
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FT.com / Companies / Financial Services – Geneva office for Brevan Howard staff. The FT reports: Brevan Howard, Europe’s largest hedge fund, plans to open
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General election 2010: which party is best for your finances? – Telegraph. A chartered accountant (one who happens to be of my acquaintance) has written
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FT.com / UK / Business – BAE pays $400m to end corruption case . It’s been reported this afternoon that: The arms maker BAE Systems
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Op-Ed Columnist – Fiscal Scare Tactics – NYTimes.com. Krugman is a genius: So why the sudden ubiquity of deficit scare stories? It isn’t being driven
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Liechtenstein’s LGT sees positive 2010 inflows- WSJ | Reuters . It’s reported: Liechtenstein’s LGT Bank has had a good start to 2010 and expects “pretty
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FT.com / Europe – Portugal near political crisis over debt . Portugal is facing a debt crisis. Whether justified or not I do not know:
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