Business Comment
David Prosser: This bank error is not in your favour
Outlook So it is D-day for the banks, from whom an enormous weight could be lifted this morning, if the Supreme Court rules that the Office of Fair Trading has been exceeding its powers by investigating their unauthorised borrowing charges. At a stroke, such a ruling would end the campaign, lead by The Independent, for compensation for millions of people overcharged since 2001.
Inside Business Comment
David Prosser: Honesty is always the best policy
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Outlook The scale of the loans provided in October 2008 to HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland are breathtaking, but the fact the Bank of England has managed to keep them secret until a time of its own choosing is also interesting. A little over a year previously, when news leaked out that the Bank was providing emergency funding to Northern Rock, there was a noisy protest that the lender of last resort could no longer intervene discreetly before banking crises got out of hand. But this is exactly what the Bank then managed to do at HBOS and RBS, thanks to new powers given to it following the Rock affair.
David Prosser: Hit Google where it really hurts
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Outlook: The world's news organisations produce around 5 per cent of the top results in a typical Google search
Sean O'Grady: Bank's plan is perfect, and flawed
Monday, 23 November 2009
Excessive leverage turned what should have been an adjustment into a credit crunch
Julie Meyers: What the UK can learn from the US attitude towards entrepreneurialism
Monday, 23 November 2009
Gerard Hendrik Hofstede called National Culture the Software of the Mind in his seminal book by that name. Many things about growing up in America support entrepreneurship.
Hamish McRae: We've created this catastrophe – and now we must find a way to cure it
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Economic view
Margareta Pagano: Is our shareholder democracy all it's cracked up to be?
Sunday, 22 November 2009
The Kraft-Cadbury takeover battle raises questions
Stephen Foley: Shareholders should get a bonus, too
Saturday, 21 November 2009
US Outlook: Never mind philanthropy, what about us?
Stephen Foley: Would you care if AOL were to disappear?
Saturday, 21 November 2009
US Outlook: If you wanted to read last night about Oprah Winfrey quitting her chat show, or Michelle Obama's wardrobe, you could have gone to AOL's website. But of course you didn't have to. There's lots of coverage of Oprah out there on the web. And if you were after something more entertaining by half, you might watch a Barack and Michelle elf dance on YouTube.
James Moore: So, happily ever after for JP and Caz?
Friday, 20 November 2009
Outlook It's been the longest of corporate courtships. The terribly traditional Cazenove has been cohabiting with JP Morgan in a joint venture for years, but only yesterday tied the knot.
Hamish McRae: Tax rises are inevitable – but will need a lot of explaining to voters
Friday, 20 November 2009
Economic Life: Putting the public finances on to a credible basis will be the principle task of the next government.
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