Business Comment
David Prosser: Darling's impossible dilemma
Outlook Will Alistair Darling live to regret his determination to put the question of tackling the budget deficit on the back burner until he is convinced the UK economy is firmly in recovery mode? The Chancellor let it be known at the weekend that he would rather get it in the neck for pulling support from the economy too late than for pulling it too early. But he would not be human had yesterday's news from the credit ratings agencies not given him pause for thought.
Inside Business Comment
David Prosser: Waitrose is shining again
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Outlook The latest data from retail analyst TNS confirms what is becoming the big story of the sector this year: the amazing performance of Waitrose. TNS reports its sales were up almost 15 per cent over the 12 weeks to the end of November – yet more proof that what was once a charming but sleepy bourgeois brand is becoming a credible challenger to the big four supermarkets.
David Prosser: Bankers aren't the only bad guys on pay
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Outlook No wonder bankers feel persecuted. Underlining their status as public enemy No 1, the Financial Services Authority yesterday released the findings of an inquiry into whether its new rules on bankers' pay should be extended to other firms it regulates. The answer, the FSA said, is no.
Jon Wood: 'We lost out because Rock was the first to suffer'
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Owing to the unrealistic terms of reference imposed by the Government, the valuer has confirmed our submission to the courts: that this "compensation" scheme is a "no compensation" scheme by a Government in denial.
David Prosser: Time to make the banks pay their share
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Outlook: A tax on bankers' bonuses is not the best way to raise money or even to address public outrage
David Prosser: Ofgem sends out mixed messages
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Outlook: It is clear that at some companies, customers are paying the price for inefficiency and poor management
Ben Chu: Everybody needs good banking neighbours
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
I hope that the reports that Alistair Darling is planning a windfall tax on bankers' bonuses are true. Just to make it clear, I'm in favour of free markets, but not in favour of the sort of bastardised capitalism in which politically privileged industries take huge subsidies from the state and turn them into sky-high private remuneration.
Sean O'Grady: UK economy to drop out of world's top 10
Monday, 7 December 2009
Britain seems doomed to be relegated from the "premier league" of international economies over the next few years - with serious implications for its diplomatic status and international "clout". Stagnation at home and rapid economic growth in developing economies will push the UK as low as 11th in the global pecking order by 2015, according to analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).
Stephen King: How China is putting the skids under Western economic revival
Monday, 7 December 2009
Outlook: In the absence of a collapse in commodity prices, the US and the UK are struggling
Hamish McRae: It'll be a tricky week, but Goldman's optimism offers renewed cheer
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Economic View: This week will be one of information overload, and information, I fear, of a pretty depressing nature.
Margareta Pagano: Does the brand maketh the sportsman?
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Shareholders are starting to ask if the superstars they fund so lavishly are really good for business
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