The Independent - Margareta Pagano RSS Feed http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/?service=Rss Margareta Pagano: Even at an Aldi discount, Lloyds is still a gamble http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-even-at-an-aldi-discount-lloyds-is-still-a-gamble-1816794.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-even-at-an-aldi-discount-lloyds-is-still-a-gamble-1816794.html <p>Michel Pébereau, the head of BNP Paribas, the French banking giant, told me an age ago how he would love to buy Lloyds Bank but couldn't afford to because of the huge premium he would have to pay for what was then one of the most profitable banks in the world. </p> Margareta Pagano Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 Margareta Pagano: £7,000 for a banker's wife's frock? Oh, please http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-1637000-for-a-bankers-wifes-frock-oh-please-1808841.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-1637000-for-a-bankers-wifes-frock-oh-please-1808841.html <p>Sitting in a café in Kensington last week, I couldn't help but overhear a banker's wife describing to a friend the problem with a dress she had just bought for £7,000 to wear at a dinner party which she is hosting for 30 guests.</p> Margareta Pagano Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 Margareta Pagano: Raise the school age to six to boost British literacy http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-raise-the-school-age-to-six-to-boost-british-literacy-1804646.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-raise-the-school-age-to-six-to-boost-british-literacy-1804646.html <p> After 11 years in compulsory, and free, education just over a half of all teenagers taking GCSEs achieve less than Grade C in English and maths, while a growing number of youngsters are leaving school semi-illiterate. </p> Margareta Pagano Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 Margareta Pagano: The money men have already priced in a Tory victory http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-the-money-men-have-already-priced-in-a-tory-victory-1800796.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/margareta-pagano/margareta-pagano-the-money-men-have-already-priced-in-a-tory-victory-1800796.html <p>From where I was sitting listening to David Cameron's speech, I could see the faces of the party's big moneymen, while they in turn scrutinised the Tory leader's every move as he made his pitch for No 10.</p> Margareta Pagano Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100