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How green is your valley?

I just discovered an interesting part of The Economist I never knew existed: the Daily Chart. Yesterday's focused upon how much of the economic stimulus created by governments to get economies moving is going into projects that have green credentials. Here's the chart: Interesting. The day before was how much protest has taken place at…

Green credentials

G20 Protests: fear … and fear on London’s streets

I posted a bunch of jokey stuff this morning as an April Fool, but it is G20 Protest Day and the live action of the G20 rally is no joke.  Based upon updates via Twitter of events through the day: 15:15 Police barricaded protesters in at Liverpool Street at 11:00 after things got lively and…

G20-meltdown

Bankers stage overnight G20 protest

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…

Candlelight-vigil

Bankers stage overnight G20 protest

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…

Candlelight-vigil

Bankers stage overnight G20 protest

In a shocking slap-in-the-face to anarchists and anticapitalists everywhere, bankers staged their own candlelit vigil outside the G20 meeting at the Excel Centre overnight. With all the extremists locked up safely in bed, the bankers gathered in a large crowd chanting things like “we want our bonuses and we want them now”, as well as…

Candlelight-vigil

G20 protests in the City and beyond

I just received this email from Corporate Watch and, for those in London this week, reproduce all details here so you are aware: The leaders of the world's 22 largest economies are meeting in London this week to 'restore confidence' in the failed capitalist system. Meanwhile, banks and companies in the City are being boarded…

G20 protests in the City and beyond

I just received this email from Corporate Watch and, for those in London this week, reproduce all details here so you are aware: The leaders of the world's 22 largest economies are meeting in London this week to 'restore confidence' in the failed capitalist system. Meanwhile, banks and companies in the City are being boarded…

AIG give Citi, JPM and BoA a Q1 bonus

It's not my usual thing to report news from other blogs but this entry on Zero Hedge is just incredible. A trader who wishes to remain anonymous has sent them a letter claiming that AIG Financial Products (AIG-FP) built up billions of dollars of exposure to Credit Defaul Swaps (CDS) over the years, as we…

AIG give Citi, JPM and BoA a Q1 bonus

It's not my usual thing to report news from other blogs but this entry on Zero Hedge is just incredible. A trader who wishes to remain anonymous has sent them a letter claiming that AIG Financial Products (AIG-FP) built up billions of dollars of exposure to Credit Defaul Swaps (CDS) over the years, as we…

Understanding the crisis of credit

Jane Wells of CNBC says that her 18-year old daughter only understood the credit crisis after watching this 12 minute video: The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. Seems worthwhile to reference this here then.