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AOL and Time Warner are finally admitting it just ain’t working out, and are splitting apart after nine years of haemorrhaging balance sheets. When they…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 29, 2009 11:53AM | 3 Comments »
What with North Korea’s nuclear dick-swinging, swine flu, and an endless parade of MPs expenses fiddling, all set against a peachy backdrop of economic decline,…
Posted by Mike Bennett in Green Rush | May 28, 2009 1:12PM | 4 Comments »
Retail banking, while seen as a teacups ride compared with investment banking’s triple-loop rollercoaster in terms of thrills, is nonetheless proving very valuable to banks…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | May 28, 2009 11:35AM | No Comments »
Just yesterday we were lamenting how even China, where Hu Jintao probably snuggles up to a lump of coal every night because he…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 27, 2009 1:45PM | 3 Comments »
Morgan Stanley have been having a rough regulatory ride over the last few weeks, with three of their traders having their knuckles rapped and told…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | May 27, 2009 11:22AM | No Comments »
The latest sign that Chinese electric car and battery manufacturer BYD is set to make it globally: it’s in talks to partner with…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 26, 2009 1:05PM | 4 Comments »
A month ago Ed Miliband announced the next generation of nuclear power that is going to provide a sizable chunk of our energy…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 26, 2009 10:50AM | 3 Comments »
If the financial crisis teaches us anything, it’s to avoid highly leveraged buyouts that attempt to make your company artificially bigger than its rivals. Classic…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | May 21, 2009 11:59AM | No Comments »
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, annoyed American print media at the Newspaper Association of America conference recently by saying: “Try to figure out what…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 21, 2009 10:44AM | No Comments »
In the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, media economics expert Robert G.Picard set out to explain “Why journalists deserve low pay”. While the po-faced, Socratic tone…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 20, 2009 2:50PM | 1 Comment »
For MPs having their wrists slapped for claiming tins of dog food on expenses, it must be galling to see Michael Spencer, Conservative party treasurer,…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | May 20, 2009 11:30AM | No Comments »
Toyota has just brought out their new Prius, and they’re trumpeting their 80,000 Japanese orders in the face of Honda, who are their…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 19, 2009 2:11PM | 1 Comment »
