Barclays’ Mystery Man Roger Jenkins Still Refusing to Disclose Bonus

The Barclays shareholder meeting yesterday may have paved the way for the Middle East capital injection/rough-shod bailout to go ahead, but it definitely didn’t clear…

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | November 25, 2008 11:56AM | 4 Comments »

Barclays’ Extraordinary General Meeting Decidedly Un-Extraordinary For Shareholders

Last week we saw how jolly angry Barclays’ shareholders were at the prospect of some jumped-up oil sheiks bailing out the bank, and…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 25, 2008 10:52AM | No Comments »

InBev Chugs Anheuser-Busch, Cobra Next In Line?

Last week InBev metaphorically stuck a knife in the side of Anheuser Busch, chugged it, and crushed the can on its head, and now

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 24, 2008 12:24PM | 2 Comments »

Rouble, Rouble, Oil and Trouble: Russia’s Financial Meltdown Imminent

As the price of oil fell to $50 a barrel last week from the astronomical $140 in July, motorists and industry captains let…

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Posted by Carmody Wilson in Green Rush | November 24, 2008 11:11AM | 2 Comments »

Citigroup Too Big to Succeed, Time To Break It Up

Today’s bailout of banking monster Citigroup seems particularly limp wristed – no resignations of senior management, an unenforceable ‘promise’ that bonuses will be scaled back,…

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Posted by Daniel Stacey in Hot Money | November 24, 2008 10:51AM | 2 Comments »

Tim Geithner Commits Himself To Never Sleeping Again After Being Appointed Treasury Secretary

A few weeks back Bad Idea had a look at the candidates likely to succeed Hank Paulson for the position of Treasury Secretary, and today…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 24, 2008 10:41AM | 1 Comment »

Oxford Students Pay To Interview for Jobs That Don’t Exist

“Part of what we do,” begins Ricky Ghosh, current CEO of OxFizz, “is try and create the future leaders of charities”. Ricky is a young…

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Posted by Chris Baraniuk in Other | November 24, 2008 3:01AM | 1 Comment »

Diary 21: Forcibly Evicted

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Posted by James Nash in Other | November 23, 2008 4:47PM | No Comments »

Bob Geldof Mocked From Margate to Melbourne, as New York Roasts Peaches

The Geldof family appear to be shifting into self-immolating transcontinental hyper-drive.

After causing civic offence by describing Margate as “…

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Creative Economy | November 21, 2008 3:05PM | 6 Comments »

Sad Bush Snubbed by All World Leaders at G20 Summit

Strange to think that we would see the day when we would actually feel sorry for the guy.

Still, what goes around comes around, as…

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Other | November 21, 2008 1:46PM | 4 Comments »

BBC’s Attempts To Make Local News Bearable Scuppered By Ofcom

Yesterday Philip Green voiced his frustration at the BBC being publicly funded and not having to deal with the blasted business of profit…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 21, 2008 1:37PM | 1 Comment »

As Berkshire Hathaway Takes A Dive, Buffett Army Mobilises to Protect Their God

So it’s apparent that something funny is going on with Warren Buffett’s investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway. Those big investments in Goldman Sachs and…

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | November 21, 2008 1:03PM | 9 Comments »