Jim Leaviss: Jobless youth is secret new worry for the West's central bankers
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Economic View
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Tuesday evening, I was chairing a discussion organised by Forge on the future of London.
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: 'I'm Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, and I support marriage equality.'
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: Will Amazon take on Apple on the high street? The answer is, it must.
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: Those optimistic investors who are paying 10 times annual revenue for a share of LinkedIn ought to look over their shoulder.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook Sir Mervyn King wanders into the computer room at the Bank of England. He stoops to the printer, checking that it is full (very full) of paper. Then he types Control P and hits Return. Another £50bn chugs out of the Bank and into the streets. Hey presto, economy saved.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook You don't have to agree with any aspect of The Spectator's politics to find it an entertaining read.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook There'll be good results from Barclays today and warm words from Britain's highest-paid civil servant, chief executive Bob Diamond (don't buy that stuff about Barclays not relying on taxpayer money; it's rot).
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Economic Life: An economy in which real incomes are rising will feel quite different, and that is in sight
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook How many sticks of dynamite would have to explode between Stephen Hester's ears for the fog to clear? Hearing him talk yesterday was to again be reminded that most chief executives and nearly all bankers live on a planet far far away.
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook Has Thomas Cook got a chance in hell? Most of the signs show it is out of luck, out of time and outclassed by arch rival TUI Travel.
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook "Global stocks have hit a fresh six-month high", read the story, "as hopes for a worldwide economic recovery outweigh the sentiment-sapping impact of the lingering eurozone fiscal crisis".
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook Will the marriage of Xstrata and Glencore ever be consummated? Not if Standard Life and Schroders get their way. The mega-deal between the two resources giants might have the City beside itself with excitement but it didn't stop the latter two from playing party-poopers yesterday. They're not at all happy with the dowry for Xstrata, the bride.