I had a very interesting conversation with a person who lives in the Channel Islands last week. He did not come from Jersey. The person
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The FT has noted that: It promises to be a long hot summer for UBS and Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s two world-scale banks. That is not
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The FT has reported that: Ben Bernanke on Thursday called on Congress to consider sweeping changes to financial regulation, including much tighter supervision of investment
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A commentator on this site recently said: You talk about money as though wealth is generated by states, rather than capitalists. I know you don’t
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I have disabled the Odiogo option on this site. I was getting bored by the time it was taking to refresh. If anyone really misses
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That is not the title of Simon Jenkin’s article in the Guardian today, but it could be. My favourite bit is this: I was always
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The London Review of Books has a review by Neal Ascherson of McMafia: Crime without Frontiers by Misha Glenny. He ends the review by noting
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The Economic Times of India has reported that: The government is planning to scrutinise investments flowing in from tax havens such as Andorra, Aruba, Bahamas,
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Walesonline has reported that: Nia Griffith, the Labour MP for Llanelli, is seeking to change the law to force firms that build schools, roads and
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