WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 18, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES FACEBOOK SET FOR SUIT OVER US PUBLICITY LAWS Facebook’s practice of showing people that their friends “like” specific products could run afoul of a California law that gives both celebrities and ordinary citizens the right to control how their names and pictures are used for commercial endorsements. A federal judge in San Jose [...]
Liontrust tamed by slumping equities September 28, 2011 UK funds house Liontrust Asset Management said its assets fell more than six per cent in its first-half, despite pulling in new client money in August, after slumping stock markets hit its core range of equity funds. Liontrust, which is trying to rebuild its business after the exit of two star managers — and the [...]
Inflation: an undemocratic stealth tax October 19, 2011 INFLATION is taxation without legislation, as Milton Friedman, the Nobel prize winning economist, once said. He was spot on. Yesterday’s figures were truly appalling: inflation on the retail price index measure hit 5.6 per cent, the fastest rate for 20 years. On the official consumer price index measure, it reached 5.2 per cent. Over the [...]
Inflation: an undemocratic stealth tax October 18, 2011 INFLATION is taxation without legislation, as Milton Friedman, the Nobel prize winning economist, once said. He was spot on. Yesterday’s figures were truly appalling: inflation on the retail price index measure hit 5.6 per cent, the fastest rate for 20 years. On the official consumer price index measure, it reached 5.2 per cent. Over the [...]
Inflation: an undemocratic stealth tax October 18, 2011 INFLATION is taxation without legislation, as Milton Friedman, the Nobel prize winning economist, once said. He was spot on. Yesterday’s figures were truly appalling: inflation on the retail price index measure hit 5.6 per cent, the fastest rate for 20 years. On the official consumer price index measure, it reached 5.2 per cent. Over the [...]
Eurozone’s growing crisis threatens to derail UK’s coalition November 4, 2011 WHAT a tale of incompetence, mad chutzpah, bullying and stupidity. The tragi-comedy that is the Eurozone’s crisis, and especially the farcical going-ons in Greece, ought at some point to be turned into a Hollywood movie. All the ingredients are present for a blockbuster, from cartoonish figures such as Nicolas Sarkozy or Silvio Berlusconi to the [...]
Eurozone’s growing crisis threatens to derail UK’s coalition November 3, 2011 WHAT a tale of incompetence, mad chutzpah, bullying and stupidity. The tragi-comedy that is the Eurozone’s crisis, and especially the farcical going-ons in Greece, ought at some point to be turned into a Hollywood movie. All the ingredients are present for a blockbuster, from cartoonish figures such as Nicolas Sarkozy or Silvio Berlusconi to the [...]
Eurozone’s growing crisis threatens to derail UK’s coalition November 3, 2011 WHAT a tale of incompetence, mad chutzpah, bullying and stupidity. The tragi-comedy that is the Eurozone’s crisis, and especially the farcical going-ons in Greece, ought at some point to be turned into a Hollywood movie. All the ingredients are present for a blockbuster, from cartoonish figures such as Nicolas Sarkozy or Silvio Berlusconi to the [...]
Rise in Taylor Wimpey sales lifts margins September 19, 2011 HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey said yesterday that sales rates in recent weeks have been encouraging, as the industry has benefited from a seasonal surge in home buying activity. The FTSE 250-listed firm added it is on track to deliver on margin targets this year. The country’s second largest builder by market value said net sales rates [...]
Hometrack survey adds to evidence of a double-dip in the UK housing market July 25, 2010 HOUSE prices fell for the first time in 15 months in June, according to the monthly Hometrack national housing survey published today. The survey showed that house prices fell by 0.1 per cent last month, trimming the annual increase to 2 per cent, mostly as a result of slumping demand and a flood of properties [...]