Brown replaced as climate chief June 6, 2010 Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will take over from Britain’s Gordon Brown as co-chair of a UN group looking at ways to raise finance to help poor nations to combat climate change. “It’s decisive to ensure sufficient financing of measures against climate change in poor nations to get a new international climate deal in place,” [...]
China digs in on currency as it assures on climate change action November 30, 2009 CHINA yesterday pushed back against calls to let its currency rise, with Premier Wen Jiabao warning that lifting the yuan could hobble growth, while assuring Europe that his nation is serious about global warming. Speaking after summit talks with the European Union, Wen said the demands being made of Beijing to push up the yuan’s [...]
WH Ireland to hire new boss July 25, 2010 STOCKBROKER WH Ireland has taken on former Toscafund fund manager Paul Compton as its new chief executive, in an attempt to turn the ailing business around. Compton joins the firm at a torrid time for the small-cap broking industry. WH Ireland said on Friday that it had fallen into the red over the first half [...]
WH Ireland to hire new boss July 25, 2010 STOCKBROKER WH Ireland has taken on former Toscafund fund manager Paul Compton as its new chief executive, in an attempt to turn the ailing business around. Compton joins the firm at a torrid time for the small-cap broking industry. WH Ireland said on Friday that it had fallen into the red over the first half [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 10, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LSE TO RING CHANGES WITH OPENING BELL REVIVAL The London Stock Exchange , whose trading pits disappeared 25 years ago, is reviving the buzz of the opening bell by recreating the ritual in its lobby. Construction starts today on a facility at LSE headquarters, next to St Paul’s Cathedral, that will probably feature [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 10, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LSE TO RING CHANGES WITH OPENING BELL REVIVAL The London Stock Exchange , whose trading pits disappeared 25 years ago, is reviving the buzz of the opening bell by recreating the ritual in its lobby. Construction starts today on a facility at LSE headquarters, next to St Paul’s Cathedral, that will probably feature [...]
Bank’s chief hawk says businesses will grow Britain out of recession February 1, 2011 FOR seven months Andrew Sentance stood alone, the only Bank of England rate-setter brave enough to call out for a gradual rise in rates. Yet in January he was finally joined by one of his eight colleagues, Martin Weale, in his appeal for a gradual tightening in the central bank’s rates. “I don’t want to [...]
Bank’s chief hawk says businesses will grow Britain out of recession February 1, 2011 FOR seven months Andrew Sentance stood alone, the only Bank of England rate-setter brave enough to call out for a gradual rise in rates. Yet in January he was finally joined by one of his eight colleagues, Martin Weale, in his appeal for a gradual tightening in the central bank’s rates. “I don’t want to [...]
Obama delays deal on climate change November 15, 2009 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has acknowledged that time has run out for securing a binding deal for tackling global warming at next month’s Copenhagen summit. But he and other world leaders have rallied around plans to avert a failure at the climate summit that would delay legally binding agreements until 2010 or even later. “We [...]
HUHNE LEAVES WIFE June 20, 2010 CHRIS HUHNE, secretary of state for energy and climate change, has confirmed he is leaving his wife of 26-years after revelations about his relationship with a former assistant. He said he was now in a “serious relationship” with Carina Trimingham, head of campaigns at the Electoral Reform Society. Huhne emphasised the importance of family during [...]