Bradford and Bingley’s annual report raises a brace of issues, with a Goodwinesque pension debacle vying with rocketing bad assets in trying to paint the bank…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 31, 2009 12:12PM | 1 Comment »
Ahead of the “Parade Against Financial Crimes” protest that’s going down on Wednesday, along with all the other myriad protestations, the various parties are sizing…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 30, 2009 1:17PM | No Comments »
Saturday’s massive G20 march through London proved a big hit thanks to the catch-all nature of the protest – “JOBS JUSTICE CLIMATE!” the comprehensively indignant…
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Posted by Chris Baraniuk in Green Rush | March 30, 2009 11:51AM | 2 Comments »
UBS is continuing its program of repentance by axing another of its senior staff, Martin Liechti, as the Swiss bank gets investigated for…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 30, 2009 11:14AM | No Comments »
Bebee_grrl: Omgz Skins last night was mad crazy, I couldn’t believe Naomi made out with JJ…
@Bebee_grrl: I know WTF, that tramp, Emily’s gonna…
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Posted by Trista Orchard in Creative Economy | March 26, 2009 4:02PM | No Comments »
Theodor Reppe, who owns the server owns the German domain name of document-leak site Wikileaks, has had his home raided by German police,…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | March 26, 2009 3:20PM | 1 Comment »
We reported a while back how video games have been enjoying increased sales despite (even because of) the recession. And with the upswing in sales now comes…
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Posted by Ruth Stokes in Creative Economy | March 26, 2009 12:46PM | 2 Comments »
Ticketmaster, the maddening medium that stands between you and a good time, has happily had to write down its value massively after quarter-four…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 26, 2009 11:44AM | 2 Comments »
Goldman Sachs, whose smugness at having avoided the subprime crisis was snuffed out by big losses and having to get some bailout money, are set…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 25, 2009 12:01PM | 1 Comment »