Is this the end of banking as we've known it?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Robert Peston has written this morning that (edited): The most important markets announcement this morning is that the Irish government has placed an unlimited two-year
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The tiger rolled over and died
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008The FT has reported of yesterday’s action on the Irish stock exchange Anglo Irish Bank, the specialist property lender, plunged 45 per cent, while Irish
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Martin Sorrell - advocate for London - quits for Ireland
Monday, September 29th, 2008I’ve already mentioned Boris Johnson’s vacuous thinking this morning. Now we have more evidence. Since becoming Mayor of London in May Boris has created an
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I've watched the economy for 30 years. Now I'm truly scared
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Will Hutton wrote an article with the above title in the Observer today. He accurately reflects my mood. He wrote: If more people understood what
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The Celtic myth is exploded
Friday, September 26th, 2008The FT has reported: Ireland, easily the best performing eurozone economy since the birth of the single currency, on Thursday became the first in the
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Misaccounting was at the core of the governance failure that lead to the credit crunch
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Accountancy Age has reported: Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and giant insurer American International Group are among 26 companies under review by the US
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Nationalise B & B, then relaunch it as the New Deal Bank
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008The FT has reported: Given the banking turmoil of the past week, it is small wonder the UK financial regulator is dusting off contingency plans
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for September 9th
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008These are my links for September 9th: Financial Armageddon: Let's Give them a Hand – This one is pretty much priceless. Rather like the stocks
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Goodbye tax competition: it's time for tax cooperation
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008I’ve discussed the weakness of George Osborne’s logic on corporate inversions and have already suggested anti-inversion legislation as one possible mechanism for tackling this issue,
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