In the UK, we've been talking for a while about the issues with our politician's expenses being blanked out. See: It's downright disgraceful. Hiding secret purchases including porn movies and duck houses, how are we ever to trust our leadership again? It's so refreshing to see how America does things so differently with the…
I've been blogging for a while about Vernon Hill's new bank. Vernon created Commerce Bank in the USA, which revolutionised retail banking there. He's now got the green light to launch Metro Bank in the UK. The aim is to launch on February 15th, which is why the flagship branch in Holborn has this wrapping:…
Each year, the Evening Standard has an auction for charity. This year it's for Kids UK, and the top City prize offer is to have lunch with Goldman Sachs' Chief Economist Jim O'Neill. What a nice picture. Relaxed, smiling, rich … must be with Goldman Sachs (those in the news today!). Sold for £1,440….
Much has been made today of the fact that Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have jointly written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Like some new entente cordiale, this is fantastiche to see the coup de grace of global leaders working in partnership. Here are some highlights from their article: “The way global…
Much has been made today of the fact that Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have jointly written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Like some new entente cordiale, this is fantastiche to see the coup de grace of global leaders working in partnership. Here are some highlights from their article: “The way global…
Travelling around recently, hotels only seem to have English speaking news channels on the TV. Boring. Endlessly cycled news, regurgitated on the half-hour every half-hour (every fifteen minutes in fact). Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Then there's the adverts. And suddenly Sean Connery – yes, he's still working and alive! – comes on saying, "eesh time fwor green banking"….
Hey you. Yes you, reading this 'ere bloggy thing. Do you have an emission? No, not flattulence. A carbon emission conscience is what we're talking about. If you do, then you need to join in First Direct's poll and webcast about how the climate change agenda is impacting on business and what you can do…
Things we're reading today include: First and foremost, the newspapers are off beam when it comes to Dubai. Yesterday, three news reports dellivered distinctly differing news. One said the UK banks had around $50 billion exposure, with HSBC, StanChart and Barclays taking the brunt. In another, the UK banks had no big exposure so no…
Things we're reading today include: First and foremost, the newspapers are off beam when it comes to Dubai. Yesterday, three news reports dellivered distinctly differing news. One said the UK banks had around $50 billion exposure, with HSBC, StanChart and Barclays taking the brunt. In another, the UK banks had no big exposure so no…
