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David Prosser: Bolton picks China for his comeback
Outlook The best fund managers have star quality, transcending the mundane industry in which they work and attracting fan bases that follow their every move – they also, like rock stars and sporting heroes, have a habit of reneging on plans for retirement, coming back for that one big final tour.
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James Moore: A glittering career forever tarnished by a failure to act
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The word emanating from the FSA's docklands Lubyanka about Hector Sants' departure announcement yesterday was that it was a personal decision dictated by his personal timetable. He had always said he would go after three years and yesterday's announcement fits in with that. Nothing more to see here, move along now.
David Prosser: The banks versus Obama
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Outlook John Varley's criticisms of the United States' proposed banking reform – championed first by the former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker and now by Barack Obama himself – are twofold. He doesn't like the direction the US has gone in, or that it has chosen to travel independently, rather than seeking international consensus.
David Prosser: GMG gambles everything on contrary view
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Outlook Guardian Media Group's decision to sell its regional media business is yet another indication of its determination to bet the house on all things digital. It has sold a profitable group of local newspapers (albeit with profitability in decline) in order to subsidise its loss-making national newspaper division, which is obsessed with the idea of a multimedia future and, specifically, the view that charging for online content is the wrong way to proceed.
David Prosser: Carbon prices are going the wrong way
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Outlook: The sooner the carbon price rises very significantly the better
David Prosser: No thaw yet for retailers
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Outlook: Higher VAT, awareness of tax increases and lower public spending to come are now making shoppers ultra-cautious
David Prosser: Lord Browne would still feel uncomfortable today
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Outlook: Having seen Lord Browne treated this way, why should other business leaders want to risk facing more of the same?
Stephen King: Another Greek tragedy unfolds
Monday, 8 February 2010
It's not difficult to generate a vicious downward spiral leading to unrest
James Moore: If the taxman plays hardball we're all in trouble
Monday, 8 February 2010
The taxman's 'pay now' demand is enough to tip a business over the edge
James Moore: The price is right – but not for British taxpayers
Monday, 8 February 2010
There's no doubt that an injection of competition into Britain's banking market is desperately needed.
Hamish McRae: Yes, the eurozone will bail out Greece, but its currency has taken a battering
Sunday, 7 February 2010
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