Reuters has reported: HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S. Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running U.S.
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I couldn’t help but smile
I really couldn’t help but smile at this report in SwissInfo: Switzerland’s oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co, will sell most of its business to
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If it looks like a duck
I was amused by this: Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, met with UK Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband in London on Monday. Mr Picardo
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The Lord Mayor of London is visiting a branch office today
As Energy FM reports: The Lord Mayor of the City of London is visiting the Isle of Man today to learn more about the Island
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Clegg, tax, and missing the point
According to the Guardian (and I hope they’ll forgive me for borrowing this summary) Nick Clegg’s proposals on tax can be summarised as: Nick Clegg
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Time for Plan B
It seems to be a day to share stuff from Compass – but this is good too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RV_1_XHNZ-A Links are here. I contributed to Plan
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The reason for Labour’s economic woes
I agree with this by Howard Reed in White Flag Labour? At the time of writing, all Labour has to show for eighteen months of
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White Flag Labour
In response to the ongoing economic crisis and in particular the debate around what Labour’s response to the budget deficit should Compass has published a
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UK state debt is not £1 trillion – it is only £725 billion
Stories abound on the fact that the UK supposedly has state debt of £1 trillion for the first time. This however is not true. Over
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