Business Comment
David Prosser: A bow for QE that may not be deserved
Outlook: So it looks as if the Bank of England's great money printing experiment is over.
Inside Business Comment
David Prosser: Glencore ahead on Xstrata
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Outlook: Glencore's bond issue yesterday prompted renewed speculation that it is planning an IPO next year. That may be so, but the more pressing issue is what the fundraising might mean for mining giant Xstrata.
David Prosser: Santa set to miss out the High Street
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Outlook: As further evidence about the performance of retailers in the run-up to Christmas dribbles in, it is still almost impossible to work out whether or not they have enjoyed a decent festive season (all the more important this time since the new year looks tough for the High Street).
David Prosser: Chancellor's stocking is still empty
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Outlook: So Alistair Darling didn't get an early Christmas present after all. After the initial, truly shocking, estimate of a third-quarter 0.4 per cent contraction in GDP, an upwards revision and better-than-expected construction numbers raised hopes that the third quarter might in the end have come in flat or even slightly ahead.
Review of the Year 2009: The corporate classes
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Fattest cats fell to earth with a bump
David Prosser: A loss of nerve at the OFT
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Outlook: A day after the incompetence of the Competition Commission led to BAA winning its appeal against a ruling from that watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading has had to confront the reality of its own regulatory cock-up.
David Prosser: Investment history rewritten?
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Outlook: Successive generations of Britons have grown up accustomed to received wisdom about investing: that while share prices can both rise and fall, over time equities tend to rise – and to outperform other asset classes. Well, as the feature on page 34 explores, that has certainly not been the case during the first decade of the 21st century.
David Prosser: BAA humbles Incompetence Commission
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Outlook: BAA is hardly likely to invest more than it can get away with in assets that it knows it will soon be selling off
David Prosser: High streets feel the chill
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Outlook: Many shoppers may simply decide not to make some of the purchases they had been planning
David Prosser: LSE makes up with some old friends
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Outlook: The launch of Turquoise prompted a tacit admission from the LSE that it had been overcharging
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• Steve Richards: Predictions to keep you going until new year
The leaders’ debates will dominate the campaign, but they won’t change much.
• Hamish McRae: An optimism that has drained away
It is, from an economic perspective, a sombre end to a sombre year.
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