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Posts Tagged ‘Gordon Brown’

UBS Enters Diplomatic Spat With US Over Tax Evasion Names

UBS Enters Diplomatic Spat With US Over Tax Evasion Names

UBS, the bank whose ex-chairman inspired a gang of white rappers to insultingly leave cans of beer outside his house (no, really),

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 5, 2009 2:32PM | 7 Comments »


Alastair Darling Tries to Steer Economy Between Public Anger and Shareholder Revolt

Alistair Darling Tries to Steer Economy Between Public Anger and Shareholder Revolt

Predictably, everyone’s in a right tizz about Alistair Darling’s new bailout package, mostly the bit about insuring against toxic assets, and the lack…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | January 20, 2009 3:34PM | No Comments »


Karl Rove Signs Up For Twitter, Tells GOP To "Master New Media" About Six Months Too Late

Karl Rove Signs Up For Twitter, Tells GOP To “Master New Media” About Six Months Too Late

As Bush says a final goodbye to Air Force One, his senior adviser Karl Rove has jumped aboard the Twitter train to New…

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Posted by Mike Smith in Creative Economy | January 13, 2009 2:58PM | 1 Comment »


Gordon Brown, Federal Reserve Make New Year's Resolutions

Gordon Brown, Federal Reserve Make New Year’s Resolutions

Gordon Brown and the US Federal Reserve are making their new year’s resolutions, and as well as joining a gym they’ll never go to, they’re…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | January 5, 2009 12:59PM | 1 Comment »


McCain and Obama Web Gurus Come Together, Offer Lessons for British Politics

Last month, we took a closer look at Barack Obama’s innovative use of social media to win the American presidential election, and asked how

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Sci-tech | December 12, 2008 5:17PM | 3 Comments »


Will British Pollies Get More Web Savvy In Wake of MyBO etc.?

The Obama campaign’s use of online social networks has already gained legendary status, and is being looked back on as a monumental watershed moment in…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 13, 2008 2:47PM | 1 Comment »


Salmond Bad Run Continues, Makes Things Worse By Claiming Obama Is A Scot

Our hapless chum Alex Salmond, who has recently claimed Scottish nationalism is still go in the face of ever-falling

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Other | November 7, 2008 10:39AM | No Comments »