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Jul 3, 2009

Deutsche Bank accused of ‘spying’

I know that some news goes under the radar but when it's major news – like the ATM malware issues mentioned earlier this week – then it is worth highlighting, and here's another one that creeped out a month ago and only just caught my eye. This is that Deutsche Bank has been accused of…

Jun 26, 2009

The Top 10 Banks of 2009

And yet another Top 10 list is released today. This time it's the Financial Times analysis of the leading investment banks of the world (doubleclick image to see the list properly): This is hot on the heels of the Banker's release of the leading banks of the world, with the most profitable banks being: ICBC…

Jun 26, 2009

The Top 10 Banks of 2009

Jun 16, 2009

Zurich’s reports: worth a read

Rather than placing this in things worth reading, I stumbled upon Zurich Financial Services reports section today. I jumped over there after seeing the group's latest Risk Insight report, which states that the number of companies blaming supply chain problems for lower profits has more than doubled in the last five years, while the number…

Jun 16, 2009

Zurich’s reports: worth a read

Jun 16, 2009

Zurich’s reports: worth a read

Jun 15, 2009

Fred Goodwin found in France

Nothing like sensationalist news headlines, and nothing like our very own News of the World who went on the hunt for Fred Goodwin … and found him! Yep, hiding in the Cote d'Azur hills near Cannes in the South of France. In typical Sunday splash style, they rename Fred the Shred, Fred the Fled, and…

Jun 4, 2009

The Green Shoot Spotter (GSS) Index

Just found the Green Shoot Spotter (GSS) Index on the financial website Breaking Views. Published each Friday it tracks the good, bad and downright ugly news of the global economy and places each headline item into a category of: “Still in real trouble” “Getting less bad” “Not just stabilising, but stable” “Slow growth” “Rapid recovery”…

Jun 4, 2009

The Green Shoot Spotter (GSS) Index

Jun 1, 2009

Brown needs Balls, Darling

Here in the UK, we’re going through a bit of a major emotional rollercoaster. First, we find some of our banking leaders are greedy pigs and then we find most of our politicians have caught their swine flu. For what seems like an age now, we have had all these detailed headlines of members of…