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Archive for March, 2009

Porsche Vs. Hedge Funds - It's On!

Porsche Vs. Hedge Funds – It’s On!

Start booking your seats for the litigation fight of the year, because the hedge fund vs. Porsche melee is good to go!

We’ve been

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 31, 2009 2:46PM | 1 Comment »


Barclays Go It Alone, But Will They Come To Regret It?

Barclays Go It Alone, But Will They Come To Regret It?

After passing the government stress test that asserted that they could weather the ongoing financial mistral, Barclays have decided to man up and

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 31, 2009 2:12PM | No Comments »


Bradford And Bingley's Annual Report Almost As Bleak As Its Head Office

Bradford And Bingley’s Annual Report Almost As Bleak As Its Head Office

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 »


Anti-Banker Protests: The Weigh-In

Anti-Banker Protests: The Weigh-In

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 »


Students Shake Off Apathy And Catch Protest Fever

Students Shake Off Apathy And Catch Protest Fever

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 Exec Martin Liechti Put Out To Pasture

UBS Exec Martin Liechti Put Out To Pasture

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 »


Schools Plan To Use Twitter And Wii To Educate Inevitably Overweight Future Generations

Schools Plan To Use Twitter And Wii To Educate Inevitably Overweight Future Generations

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 »


Wikileaks - Protector Of Civil Liberties, Or Utterly Misguided?

Wikileaks – Protector Of Civil Liberties, Or Utterly Misguided?

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 »


Video Games Save Advertising, Bring Families Together, Create Doctors...

Video Games Save Advertising, Bring Families Together, Create Doctors…

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 Gets $1bn Writedown, But Live Nation Merger Looking Healthy

Ticketmaster Gets $1bn Writedown, But Live Nation Merger Looking Healthy

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 »


Fred Goodwin's House Vandalised! Hurrah!

Goldman Sachs Maybe Ready To Pay Off TARP Money, Bid For iShares

Goldman Sachs Maybe Ready To Pay Off TARP Money, Bid For iShares

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 »