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Post-Copenhagen, Poverty Equals Opportunity For Third World Nations

Post-Copenhagen, Poverty Equals Opportunity for Third World Nations

I divide my time between the Caribbean and Britain. When you have the option of endless summer, the predictable grey of London may seem an

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Posted by John Rapley in Green Rush | January 20, 2010 2:55PM | No Comments »


Chasing the Third World Farmland Bubble

Chasing the Third World Farmland Bubble

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, an arm of the UN, the global food crisis is worsening. In 2009, over 1 billion people were…

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Posted by Mike Smith in Hot Money | December 17, 2009 5:48PM | 6 Comments »


A View from the 'Hopenhagen Live' Greentech Fair

A View from the ‘Hopenhagen Live’ Greentech Fair

In the city hall square in Copenhagen lies Hopenhagen Live, a futuristic village of glass cabins with green-neon trim, showcasing the greentech innovation that will…

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Posted by Mike Smith in Green Rush | December 16, 2009 3:13PM | 2 Comments »


'Greening' the Royal Bank of Scotland

‘Greening’ the Royal Bank of Scotland

Environmental and anti-poverty campaigners had hoped that the taxpayer’s majority shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) would mean the bank, which has styled…

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Posted by Saoirse Fitzpatrick in Green Rush | December 9, 2009 3:14PM | 2 Comments »


The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

Britain’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

As scientists and now our political leaders insist we ‘go green’ to save the planet, you’d think that coal, the filthiest of all fossil…

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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | December 3, 2009 12:47PM | 4 Comments »


Hectic Week For Cerberus With Locked Funds, Default Rumours, Investors Losses

Hectic Week For Cerberus With Locked Funds, Default Rumours, Investor Losses

Hedge funds, with their wildly fluctuating rates of return and dependence on the short-term health of investments, are pretty much the first place you start…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 3, 2009 11:45AM | No Comments »


Goldman Sachs Still Generating Huge Profits, Still Paying Out Old-School Bonuses

It seems like only yesterday that Goldman Sachs was announcing its first quarter profits to an aghast world, and since then they’ve been…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | July 15, 2009 12:08PM | 1 Comment »


Allen Stanford Case Gets Weirder With Libya Link

Allen Stanford Case Gets Weirder With Libya Link

The Allen Stanford saga just gets better and better. The orange cricket fan was good comedy value before the scandal hit, with his…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | July 8, 2009 10:59AM | No Comments »


US Provides Loans For Electric Cars - Will The UK Realise This Is A Good Idea?

US Provides Loans For Electric Cars – Will The UK Realise This Is A Good Idea?

In a heartening bit of stimulus, the US has given Ford, Nissan and Tesla billions in cheap loans to fund the development and manufacture of…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | June 24, 2009 11:07AM | 1 Comment »


Sheikh Mansour Chooses Hydrocarbons Over Barclays

Sheikh Mansour Chooses Hydrocarbons Over Barclays

One of the shortest chapters in Barclays’ history has closed, with the departure of one of its bacon-saving Arab investors yesterday, who collected

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | June 2, 2009 11:26AM | 1 Comment »


EDF Battles Miliband Over Nuclear Investment

EDF Battles Miliband Over Nuclear Investment

A month ago Ed Miliband announced the next generation of nuclear power that is going to provide a sizable chunk of our energy…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 26, 2009 10:50AM | 3 Comments »


Independent On Verge Of Sell-Off?

Independent On Verge Of Sell-Off?

Independent News and Media, who publish the Independent, are in another spot of financial bother. Aside from the newspaper that loses £10m a year, along…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | April 27, 2009 10:51AM | 1 Comment »