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On Thursday 23rd October, I received an email newsletter from VRL Publishing with the headline titled: "HSBC stands out from the crowd”. Here’s the opening paragraph:   “HSBC’s near-unparalleled strength in the face of the tornadoes blowing through global financial markets has been re-emphasised with a swift, internally funded £750 million ($1.3 billion) recapitalisation of…

Barack Obama apparently raised $150 million in campaign funds in September, and now you can see where he’s spending that wad of dosh. In a sequel to the Budweiser Wassup adverts from a decade ago, he makes a few key points about the economy, the subprime crisis and more in a new online YouTube ad:…

Barack Obama apparently raised $150 million in campaign funds in September, and now you can see where he’s spending that wad of dosh. In a sequel to the Budweiser Wassup adverts from a decade ago, he makes a few key points about the economy, the subprime crisis and more in a new online YouTube ad:…

Barack Obama apparently raised $150 million in campaign funds in September, and now you can see where he’s spending that wad of dosh. In a sequel to the Budweiser Wassup adverts from a decade ago, he makes a few key points about the economy, the subprime crisis and more in a new online YouTube ad:…

I was in Ireland yesterday.  As always, the humour and hospitality of my Irish friends was second-to-none as illustrated by this cartoon from the Irish Independent:

I was in Ireland yesterday.  As always, the humour and hospitality of my Irish friends was second-to-none as illustrated by this cartoon from the Irish Independent:

Russia claims that it’s had little impact from the financial crisis, with banks growing at double digits and the Kremlin’s coffers remaining strong. This week Anna Smolchenko, a reporter with the Moscow Times, writes that Prime Minister Putin states: “On the whole, our economy is well enough prepared for long-lasting external shocks … the Russian…

Russia claims that it’s had little impact from the financial crisis, with banks growing at double digits and the Kremlin’s coffers remaining strong. This week Anna Smolchenko, a reporter with the Moscow Times, writes that Prime Minister Putin states: “On the whole, our economy is well enough prepared for long-lasting external shocks … the Russian…