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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…

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…

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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”…

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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”…

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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…

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…

Are we hard wired to mess up our money?

I'm always a sucker for articles about the brain and how the brain works, ever since Baroness Susan Greenfield presented at a meeting I chaired about ten years ago. Her latest contribution to the debate about the financial crisis focuses upon how City traders are making rash decisions due to video games causing the brain's…

Are we hard wired to mess up our money?

I'm always a sucker for articles about the brain and how the brain works, ever since Baroness Susan Greenfield presented at a meeting I chaired about ten years ago. Her latest contribution to the debate about the financial crisis focuses upon how City traders are making rash decisions due to video games causing the brain's…

The EU’s Response to the Financial Crisis

My friends at the Industry and Parliamentary Trust are running an important meeting on Thursday 11 June 2009 at Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, London. The meeting will focus upon the EU's response to the financial crisis and particularly on the EU High-Level Expert Group, led by Jacques de Larosiere, focusing on the reform…

The EU’s Response to the Financial Crisis

My friends at the Industry and Parliamentary Trust are running an important meeting on Thursday 11 June 2009 at Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, London. The meeting will focus upon the EU's response to the financial crisis and particularly on the EU High-Level Expert Group, led by Jacques de Larosiere, focusing on the reform…