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Archive for August, 2009

The BAD IDEA Butcher’s Shop: FUTURE HUMAN

It’s been away for a few months, but our unique literary event, The Butcher’s Shop, is back for a one-off sci-fi special on…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events, Podcasts & Video | August 27, 2009 12:44PM | 3 Comments »


Journos Doing The Work Of Regulators Again In Goldman Sachs “Huddles” Case

Sometimes you wonder if financial regulators can only spot wrong-doing when it gets chucked onto their desk in a folder marked “WRONG-DOING”. First there was…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 27, 2009 11:00AM | 1 Comment »


Sarkozy Goes Where The FSA Fears To Tread

Sarkozy Goes Where The FSA Fears To Tread

While executive pay has taken a rather misleading headline billing in the popular imagination as to why the recession happened, its nevertheless potentially damaging to…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 26, 2009 11:47AM | No Comments »


Bernanke Stays As Fed Chief, Obama Lie-In Cancelled

Bernanke Stays As Fed Chief, Obama Lie-In Cancelled

Ben Bernanke is getting four more years at the head of the Federal Reserve, the US equivalent of the Bank of England –…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 25, 2009 12:27PM | No Comments »


How Will Media Change With The London Paper Gone?

How Will Media Change With The London Paper Gone?

It only seems like yesterday that News International was crowing over the sale of the Evening Standard to Alexander Lebedev for a pound, with

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | August 24, 2009 12:14PM | 2 Comments »


CBS Video Advertising Experiment Decidedly Unfuturistic

American TV network CBS has teamed up with Pepsi to bring video advertising into print, with an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly featuring

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | August 20, 2009 2:09PM | 7 Comments »


Madoff Dynamite In Sack Despite ADHD, Small Penis

Bloomberg’s headline writers have a puckish humour that sits sweetly out of place with its dry, numbers-changing-on-screen image, and “Madoff Lover Stuck With

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 19, 2009 11:27AM | 5 Comments »


Don Imus To Add Extra Echo To Fox's Chamber

Don Imus To Add Extra Echo To Fox’s Chamber

Newsnight’s all well and good with its even-handed approach, but sometimes you want something different from your news analysis show, like incendiary personal opinions backed…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | August 17, 2009 1:52PM | 5 Comments »


BarCap Bonus Offer Shows That FSA Needs To Start Making Changes, Fast

BarCap Bonus Offer Shows That FSA Needs To Start Making Changes, Fast

See, this is what we were talking about when we said the FSA had lost its balls. Just after the supposed financial services…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 17, 2009 11:21AM | 1 Comment »


UBS And US Sort Of Wrap Up Their Tax Beef

UBS And US Sort Of Wrap Up Their Tax Beef

The dispute between UBS and the American tax man, where the US wanted names of account holders it said were avoiding paying tax and UBS…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 13, 2009 11:31AM | 3 Comments »


FSA Pay Code Is More Submissive Than A Prison Wife

FSA Pay Code Is More Submissive Than A Prison Wife

Remuneration is one of the most viciously debated issues during the banking crisis – tabloids screaming for an end to those generically-labelled “banker bonuses”, the…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 12, 2009 2:30PM | No Comments »


GM Volt And Nissan Leaf - Which Is Better Value? And Which Is Greener?

GM Volt And Nissan Leaf – Which Is Better Value? And Which Is Greener?

After the PR face-off a couple of months ago between the next-gen Toyota Prius and Honda Insight, two more green motors are now…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | August 12, 2009 11:52AM | 6 Comments »