Each year, the Evening Standard auctions off a load of prizes on eBay, several with a City flavour. Last year, the winning item was a ping-pong game with John Varley, CEO of Barclays Bank. That cost £10,500 ($15,000). This year, it's even more mind-boggling as the top prize went for £14,600 ($20,000). That was £400…
Question: How do you solve the banking crisis? Answer: No-one knows. It’s interesting to ask this question because I was asked this very question on Thursday of last week. The question was poised in the context of the UK Parliament debating the Banking Bill today in the House of Commons, and I had been asked…
Question: How do you solve the banking crisis? Answer: No-one knows. It’s interesting to ask this question because I was asked this very question on Thursday of last week. The question was poised in the context of the UK Parliament debating the Banking Bill today in the House of Commons, and I had been asked…
TIME Magazine has published a long range of Top 10 lists for 2008. This includes the Top 10 Financial Moves: 1. Postpone your losses. 2. Accelerate income. 3. Identify hidden income.4. Defer expenses.5. Get invested for the times.6. Look for bargains.7. Think green.8. Claim your full government benefits.9. Give something away.10. Switch to more tax…
TIME Magazine has published a long range of Top 10 lists for 2008. This includes the Top 10 Financial Moves: 1. Postpone your losses. 2. Accelerate income. 3. Identify hidden income.4. Defer expenses.5. Get invested for the times.6. Look for bargains.7. Think green.8. Claim your full government benefits.9. Give something away.10. Switch to more tax…
TIME Magazine has published a long range of Top 10 lists for 2008. This includes the Top 10 Financial Moves: 1. Postpone your losses. 2. Accelerate income. 3. Identify hidden income.4. Defer expenses.5. Get invested for the times.6. Look for bargains.7. Think green.8. Claim your full government benefits.9. Give something away.10. Switch to more tax…
Couple of interesting notes on Lloyds TSB's merger with HBOS, which gained legal clearance from the courts yesterday when the last protests by the Merger Action Group (MAG) were rejected. In City A.M., there was a one page interview with Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of Lloyds TSB and soon to be Chairman of the "Lloyds…
Couple of interesting notes on Lloyds TSB's merger with HBOS, which gained legal clearance from the courts yesterday when the last protests by the Merger Action Group (MAG) were rejected. In City A.M., there was a one page interview with Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of Lloyds TSB and soon to be Chairman of the "Lloyds…
