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CBI Bums Everyone Out By Saying Recession Won't End Til 2010

CBI Bums Everyone Out By Saying Recession Won’t End Til 2010

The constant upswing in the banking sector means everyone’s paying back their government money at such a rate that it’s starting to make last autumn…

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | June 15, 2009 11:13AM | No Comments »


Gordon Brown ‘Nixonian’ Debate Sparked By Frost/Nixon

Film premiers are usually the arena for dull, self congratulatory speeches and some cinema theory babble.

Not so the Frost/Nixon Q&A premier last night (apart…

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Posted by Becky North in Other | January 23, 2009 2:14PM | 3 Comments »


Kate Moss Gets Sir Philip Green to Buy Her Nanny’s Xmas Presents

Times are tough, and with Christmas around the corner and all the expenses of gifts/turkeys/crackers full of cocaine adding up, celebs like Kate Moss are…

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Posted by Becky North in Other | December 5, 2008 12:34PM | 1 Comment »



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 | 3 Comments »


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 »


Sir Philip Green Blows His Top At Shop Woes, Blames BBC For Recession

Seems that Topshop boss Philip Green is not so upbeat about retail anymore, despite harping on a few weeks back about how young

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | November 20, 2008 12:00PM | 6 Comments »


Say Hello To Ramsey MacDonald, Your New Tory Leader

The Tories have announced their new ‘We’re not just an inexperienced version of Labour’ policy agenda, and no one really likes it. Their core idea…

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Posted by Becky North in Other | November 19, 2008 12:51PM | 1 Comment »


Berlusconi’s Bailout Plan Flops As Emperor’s New Clothes Fail to Impress

Italy’s €80 billion bailout has been receiving a grilling, as commentators look into the shady money logic of prime minister Berlusconi.

Shadow economic spokesman Pierluigi…

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | November 18, 2008 3:06PM | 2 Comments »


Iceland Chaos Update

The FT’s man on the ground in Iceland Robert Jackson admitted in the paper’s weekend magazine he’s lost big in the meltdown. “Recent events… savaged…

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Posted by Becky North in Hot Money | November 17, 2008 3:02AM | 1 Comment »


American Seeks Political Asylum Through Craigslist to Escape Obamamania

So we know Obama can get tiring sometimes – all the relentless media coverage, the expectation, the audacity of hope… but that’s no reason…

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Posted by Becky North in Other | November 13, 2008 12:10PM | 5 Comments »


Google’s Content Thieving Portals Gain Legitimacy as Youtube Rallies

Remember all that doom and gloom about Youtube, and how it was going to be sued out of existence? Well, it looks like…

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Posted by Becky North in Creative Economy | November 12, 2008 11:55AM | 4 Comments »