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23 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 80 views]

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23 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 37 views]

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23 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 48 views]

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The dissection of 2008 and all that

23 Dec 2008 [3 Comments | 104 views]

This is the last issue of Investment and Business news in 2008. The next issue will be with you on January 5. Maybe, then, right now is a good time to take stock. What a year. 2008 saw 'once in a hundred years events', or so we have been told. Capitalism is in trouble. Social unrest is growing across the world, and governments are being dragged by their populace into protectionism. But, opportunity lurks too. In fact, right now, the global opportunity is truly outstanding. The danger is that we talk ourselves out of seeing this. It seems that 2008
Why opportunity lurks within crisis

23 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 99 views]

If you had been an economist in, say, September 1929 and were asked to provide a prognosis for how strong you felt the global economy was, it is likely you would have produced a glowing report. The previous 50 years or so had seen extraordinary change. It seems that the 47-year period which ended as the First World War broke out was a kind of big bank of innovation.
Favourite articles of the year: Mark 2 – Comrade Brown heralds in new age of exuberance

23 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 63 views]

Originally published 14 October, after banking bailout agreed As Gordon Brown and the members of his politburo sat and cogitated this weekend, they hit on a formula to do the impossible. They introduced a socialist programme to the world, the likes of which had not been seen since the years after the Tsar was toppled from Russia; yet in the process had the arch proponents of capitalism gushing their approval like best-behaved school children.
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The great fight back begins

22 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 83 views]

It began in Northern Ireland, in towns like Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. The means by which the UK economy can recover have been laid. Hands up all residents of Britain who wish they were paid in euros. Envy those who are. If you receive your salary in euros then you have received an effective 25 per cent pay rise over the last year or so. It’s bad news if you enjoy a regular holiday in Europe every summer. It’s bad news if you take the ferry to France every now and then, and return topped up with cheap booze. But if you want to see the UK economy move onto a sustainable footing, it is time to at last think about celebrating. This morning,
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