California is one almighty mess: About one in every five dollars spent by the state is now money it doesn’t have. Given California is already
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 6th
These are my links for August 6th: MOBILE PHONE NEWS & REVIEWS | Mobile Today Front page – news, jobs and tariffs for the UK
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Where’s a hdge fund? Answer: anywhere but the UK
The Guardian has run a spoof article entitled “How to set up a hedge fund”. Well it would be a joke, except there second point
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Granite is doing just nicely: shame about Northern Rock
As the Guardian has noted: Alistair Darling, criticised for nationalising the bank, insisted yesterday that the government had little option but to agree to swap
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Brown may gamble on stamp duty
So says the Guardian today. It also notes that he might: ¬? Encouraging local councils to offer mortgages. ¬? Allowing housing corporations to buy more
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 5th
These are my links for August 5th: FT.com / Home UK / UK – Entrepreneurs could get snagged by loophole – "When Alistair Darling increased
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Political Philosophy & Taxation: 11-12 September 2008, University College London
I thought I should give the above conference a plug. As the organisers say: This conference on Political Philosophy and Taxation will address the issue
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Stephen Green: missing the point
The FT has reported that: Stephen Green, HSBC’s chairman, said the bank had seen signs of an economic slowdown in countries such as India and
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Greenspan: a defunct economist
The FT has reported that Alan Greenspan, theformer chairman of the Federal Reserve has said: More banks and financial institutions could end up being bailed
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