There’s a discussion in the FT this morning on the absurd prices being paid for IT company takeovers at present. That’s not especially interesting to
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Who’s that over my shoulder?
I’ve just spotted this: That’s me being filmed last week for a new documentary – Return to Doncatraz. There’s more on it here.
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Tax receipts suggest Osborne will borrow £13.9 billion more than forecast – and more than last year
The government has, within the last hour, published its statistics on the total tax take for July 2014. I have done a little number crunching.
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The fourth law of thermodynamics
I noted this on twitter from a number of people: 4th Law of Thermodynamics: The amount of energy required to refute bullshit is an order
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Gambling with well-being
The fact that two members of the Monetary Policy Committee thought it appropriate to vote for interest rate rises now in the UK is, to
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Why is the tax profession so intent on making excuses for abuse?
I note that the UK’s Chartered Institute of Taxation have issued a press release that says in response to yesterday’s publication by the government of
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The NHS and private medical care do not mix. Why isn’t that obvious?
Time and again we have been told that the presence of private health care in NHS hospitals was an issue about which we should have
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Adam Posen is right: the unemployed come first
US economist Adam Posen has an article I recommend reading in the FT this morning (and you can read 30 articles a month, free). The headlines
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Banking corruption: more of the same. When will it end?
Another day, and more banking scandals. PWC amended a report to US regulators to hide their banking client’s abuse of US sanctions. They have been
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