OK, they didn’t put it as bluntly as that, but this is from Reuters on Friday: The world economy is proving weaker than expected in
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Yes, a bit more music. This from years ago — when it inspired me when establishing businesses — where my goal was always to create
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As the WSJ reports: The U.K.’s leading business lobby group offered strong backing to the government’s austerity measures Monday, saying planned spending cuts and tax
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A little music crept into the blog yesterday. At the same time I mentioned Bach could be my thing — but one has to be
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I spoke at the TUC this week. So did Mervyn King. He got more press! No surprise there then. But apart from endorsing arguments for
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From the FT this morning: Poverty among the working-age population of the US rose to the highest level for almost 50 years in 2009, as
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The political swing back against the ConDems has begun. This is why: Fears that Britain is heading for double-dip recession were heightened today after official
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I put up a blog yesterday under the title ‘Why you’re better off under a high tax state’. I was pretty happy that the data
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It seems Nick Clegg has set his heart on being the new face of uncaring nastiness. In advance of the LibDem conference next week he
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