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Western Europe RSS feedSteely Neelie’s got it badly wrong on RBS punishment
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2009-11-05T08:12:30ZAwfully sorry, but Barclays looks in pretty good shape
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23762813-awfully-sorry-but-barclays-looks-in-pretty-good-shape.do
<b>Rebuilding Britain's banks:</b> While most banking bosses stuggled to say the "s" word, the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has spent the last year saying sorry2009-10-30T13:06:41ZHow we’ve sidestepped bankruptcy pain
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23753956-how-weve-sidestepped-bankruptcy-pain.do
The great paradox of this recession is how few firms have gone bust. Here we are with the most abrupt and severe downturn since the depression of the 1930s, and yet businesses seem to be surviving it far better than anyone had predicted and with a remarkably low rate of major-name casualties. Woolworths has gone but among high-profile firms, even in the vulnerable retail sector, that is about it2009-10-08T06:19:11ZUnilever £1.2bn buy from Sara Lee
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23748980-unilever-pound-12bn-buy-from-sara-lee.do
Unilever, the Dove soaps and Vaseline maker, adds Brylcreem and Radox bubble bath to its stable of brands in a £1.2 billion takeover of Sara Lee’s personal care business2009-09-25T15:53:17ZA fairer way of running the Mayoral election
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23729403-a-fairer-way-of-running-the-mayoral-election.do
The next Mayoral candidate must involve everyone from the Dagenham cabbie to the pensioners of Tottenham2009-08-07T07:29:28ZHopes and fears for private equity
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23722558-hopes-and-fears-for-private-equity.do
These are interesting times for private equity. According to Close Brothers, one quarter of all the distressed companies in Western Europe are in the UK. Just 14% are in Germany, 12% are in Italy and 8% in France2009-07-22T05:54:45ZDespite the urge, this is no time for us Brits to indulge in masochism
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23704092-despite-the-urge-this-is-no-time-for-us-brits-to-indulge-in-masochism.do
An Indian businessman who travels the world asked a pointed question at a meeting this week. He wanted to know why the people in Britain were so much more depressed than the people in all the other countries he visited2009-06-05T07:26:31ZMandelson in hot water for raging: Who the f**k is Mr Starbucks?
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23646271-mandelson-in-hot-water-for-raging-who-the-fk-is-mr-starbucks.do
Lord Mandelson turned the air blue at a diplomatic residence with a four-letter attack on one of the world's most successful businessmen2009-02-18T14:25:15ZLinklaters gets tough as City downturn hits
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23628150-linklaters-gets-tough-as-city-downturn-hits.do
2009-01-26T13:06:22ZIMF may need more cash for poor nations
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23617317-imf-may-need-more-cash-for-poor-nations.do
<strong>Economics: </strong> The International Monetary Fund says it may need another $150 billion to help save emerging markets and poorer countries from disaster in the global economic recession2009-01-12T09:29:55ZExperts fear gas shortage as Russia cuts off supplies to Ukraine
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23610476-experts-fear-gas-shortage-as-russia-cuts-off-supplies-to-ukraine.do
Experts are increasingly concerned about European gas shortages after Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine2009-01-02T09:44:21Z11th-hour Euro deal fails to heal rift with Berlin
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23600770-11th-hour-euro-deal-fails-to-heal-rift-with-berlin.do
Tensions between Britain and Germany simmered on today despite a compromise deal over EU plans to fight the recession and tackle climate change2008-12-12T09:26:44ZBig clubs must take the blame for friendly shambles
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While you can’t say any game against Germany is futile, England's match in Berlin is surely unnecessary, says David Mellor2008-11-19T09:05:33ZLatte-slurping liberals may come to regret the class divide
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23582388-latte-slurping-liberals-may-come-to-regret-the-class-divide.do
One of the best things to hope for from Barack Obama's election is that by proving racism is on the decline it will allow liberals to concentrate on the real cause of disadvantage in modern societies: class.2008-11-05T10:03:35ZCrisis fears over big bank trio
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Fears that the financial crisis is set to engulf the Far East and other emerging markets today saw three of Europe's largest banks, which have so far weathered the credit crunch, come under renewed pressure.2008-10-27T13:54:58ZIt’s time to turn your attention to TfL, Boris
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23552260-its-time-to-turn-your-attention-to-tfl-boris.do
How magnificently brazen it was to see Ken Livingstone attacking Boris's TfL fares increase last week2008-09-08T09:12:15ZThe moment that football learned money is global
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23550964-the-moment-that-football-learned-money-is-global.do
Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands2008-09-04T08:39:00ZThink small, Boris - and you'll change people's lives
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Boris Johnson must remember that the GLA is young and there is great scope for change, says Andrew Gilligan2008-06-12T12:15:02ZPlanners reject 'superchurch' in Rainham
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23437921-planners-reject-superchurch-in-rainham.do
Plans for an £80 million "superchurch", which could hold five times as many worshippers as Westminster Abbey, have been rejected2008-02-15T08:55:21ZIron curtain masterpieces at the Royal Academy
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23417658-iron-curtain-masterpieces-at-the-royal-academy.do
Modern masterpieces from Russia's greatest museums including one of Henri Matisse's most famous works are to go on show in London.2007-10-22T12:14:50ZClosely observed characters on the trains
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Fine performances constantly engage the audience in Europe, a slick, sleek production about characters hanging around a soon-to-be-closed railway station.2007-03-20T00:00:00ZThe cheek of it!
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The latest exhibition on at Somerset House's Hermitage Rooms titillates with its promise of sex and scholarship - but leaves the visitor wanting much more, says Brian Sewell.2006-12-11T00:00:00Z