Climate camp protesters gather to give RBSstick September 1, 2009 ROYAL Bank of Scotland’s Bishopsgate headquarters was yesterday invaded by climate change activists who stuck themselves to the trading floor with superglue in protest at the bank’s funding of fossil fuel projects. Hundreds more protested outside the bank’s headquarters, while 15 demonstrators staged a naked roof-top demonstration at public relations firm Edelman, which represents E.on, [...]
Whatever you fancy in the long-term, there’s an ISA for it March 23, 2010 With tax hikes on the horizon as the general election looms, sheltering more cash in an ISA is a sensible move. The investment choices you make will depend on how long you wish to invest and how much risk you are prepared to take. But every new year there brings a new fad investment and [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 26, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES TOSHIBA TARGETS METALS DEAL IN KAZAKHSTANJapanese companies, urged on by their government, are racing to secure supplies of rare metals and rare earth elements that are vital to many technology products.By the end of the year Toshiba aims to agree a deal with Kazatomprom, the national uranium company of Kazakhstan, to extract rare [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 26, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES TOSHIBA TARGETS METALS DEAL IN KAZAKHSTANJapanese companies, urged on by their government, are racing to secure supplies of rare metals and rare earth elements that are vital to many technology products.By the end of the year Toshiba aims to agree a deal with Kazatomprom, the national uranium company of Kazakhstan, to extract rare [...]
RED ADAIR’S TORY TINGE ENTERS THE SPOTLIGHT October 20, 2009 SHOULD we really be surprised that the Tories are cosying up to the man we know as “Red Adair”? Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has established deep-rooted links with New Labour in the past – as director-general of the CBI, chair of the government-backed review of the pensions system, the head [...]
RED ADAIR’S TORY TINGE ENTERS THE SPOTLIGHT October 20, 2009 SHOULD we really be surprised that the Tories are cosying up to the man we know as “Red Adair”? Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has established deep-rooted links with New Labour in the past – as director-general of the CBI, chair of the government-backed review of the pensions system, the head [...]
CITY VIEWS: ARE PEOPLE SAVING ENOUGH FOR THEIR RETIREMENT? February 10, 2010 DAVID SHEPPARD | LIMPIO OFFICE SOLUTIONS “ I would say I am saving enough, but other people are definitely not. I know people in my peer group, and the attitude at the moment is live today and worry tomorrow. The money’s all gone anyway.” JAMES SAMPSON | ANGLO IRISH “I think people are definitely not [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 25, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES CHINESE COMPANIES DEBATE LINKS WITH GOOGLE A wave of Chinese businesses are reconsidering their ties with Google in the wake of the US internet company’s move to confront their government over internet censorship. The decision for companies like Sina, the web portal, or China Mobile, the telecoms operator, on whether to stay with [...]
The amateur economist who finds the truth in the freakiest places November 16, 2009 FOR someone who has spent much of the last decade successfully writing about economics, Stephen Dubner is surprisingly keen to point out that he is not an economist. Following his co-authorship of Freakonomics, one of the publishing phenomena of recent years, and a sequel called Superfreakonomics, however, surely he has picked up some knowledge. Well [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 15, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES STANFORD CASE PROMPTS LEGAL CROSS-BORDER CONUNDRUMSThe case against Sir Allen Stanford, the financier accused of operating a $7bn Ponzi scheme, has provoked thorny questions of cross-border jurisdiction and international co-operation. In the latest twist to a complex case, the Montreal Superior Court has decided to bestow control of the Stanford company’s Canadian assets [...]