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Alan Greenspan RSS feedA union revival waiting in the wings?
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We are all prisoners of our own experience. People who did not work through the early 1990s could not believe there could be a recession and falling house prices. People who did not work through the 1980s do not believe we could face another outbreak of inflation. People who did not work through the 1970s cannot accept the possibility of a revival of trade union power2009-10-14T06:41:51ZGuided tour of financial crash in The Power of Yes
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A National Theatre should tackle national issues, and that is certainly what David Hare's new play - The Power of Yes - does.2009-10-06T23:00:00ZCity comment: Shares' upward march: recovery or a bubble?
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When the Asian markets collapsed in 1997, and the following year when the threatened collapse of American hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management looked set to take with it a significant slice of Wall Street, the US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to restore market confidence.2009-09-11T09:26:01ZGordon Brown and David Cameron should take a leaf out of Barack Obama’s book
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron should publish their full summer reading lists and be damned. The reading public has a right to know2009-08-14T07:10:59ZFinancial regulation: the Governor’s role
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The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector2009-06-25T07:58:10ZRights issues fees are no more than a tax on investors and companies
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Peep peep. That's the rights issue gravy train steaming across the City, throwing off vast amounts of investors' money to any investment bank passing2009-06-23T07:16:45ZPound plunges on threat of rating downgrade by S&P
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Sterling fell sharply after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its outlook for the UK on fears over ballooning levels of Government debt2009-05-21T11:38:03ZStephanie Flanders: How I juggle a dream job, world financial crisis and motherhood
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You can sense that Stephanie Flanders does not suffer fools gladly. Colleagues describe her as imperious and scary. She doesn't like clichés much either. "The phrase 'green shoots' is the bane of my life," she says, wrinkling her nose2009-05-20T08:07:05ZWe pay as RBS gives a window to protesters
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2009-04-02T08:58:37ZHow to end up inside - a fool's guide to insider trading
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2009-03-31T07:49:29ZGreenspan spots ‘seeds of recovery’ in markets
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Alan Greenspan has spoken of “seeds of recovery” for the global economy and declared stock markets around the world “have to be close to a turning point”2009-03-30T08:29:44ZSurvival of Friends looks assured
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2009-03-17T09:30:13ZNow Sir Fred enters hall of shame in US
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Well done, Fred the Shred. Even the Americans are holding you responsible for the credit crunch.2009-02-25T09:57:37ZThere's only one way to make bankers listen to their critics
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The reputation of bankers is at an all-time low and still they ignore the lessons of the crisis. We now need extreme measures to restore confidence2009-02-02T09:37:22ZHold-up for the insurers' rally
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<strong>City comment:</strong> Insurers say they have several reasons to be optimistic2008-11-21T08:44:11ZObama is short of fans on Wall Street
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The other evening I went as a guest of friends to a dinner to raise money for a hospital in New York2008-10-27T10:30:35ZDownturn: the long haul ahead
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Today's official figures on UK growth are expected to confirm what most people now assume: that our economy is shrinking2008-10-24T07:52:55ZBrown didn't give bank enough power, says minister
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Gordon Brown failed to give the Bank of England sufficient powers to ensure financial stability in Britain, the City minister admitted2008-10-24T09:09:26ZSoftware boss in jail after his ‘admission’
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Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists2008-10-13T10:23:53ZVillains of the drama await punishment ... or reprieve
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2008-10-10T12:52:50ZCommentary: Bankers forgot mistakes of the Seventies
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2008-10-01T08:22:07ZLooking on bright side of carnage on Wall St
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>One of life's rules is that there's bad in good and good in bad. The total collapse of the US financial system is no exception. Even in the midst of the current financial despair, we can look around and identify many collateral benefits2008-09-22T09:48:23ZGreenspan expects more collapses
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2008-09-15T08:36:21ZGreenspan warning as insurance giant tumbles
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Fears for the future of insurance giant AIG sent its shares crashing more than a third as Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Fed, warned more financial institutions would collapse2008-09-15T13:28:38ZCommentary: Don't hold your breath, the West's finance system is on the rocks
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So the worst kept secret in the City and Wall Street is out: after Lehman, Merrill was next. It was the bank causing the most anxiety, the big one, that if it collapsed, could bring the whole pack of cards crashing down. Merrill occupies a position in American society quite different from its relative obscurity here2008-09-15T08:17:44ZGreenspan on attack over US home loans rescue deal
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has slammed the US government's handling of the bailout pledge to mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac2008-08-14T09:39:19ZGreed and a trillion dollar meltdown
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As NatWest-owners RBS today announced disastrous results, including a £5.9bn write-off, we tell what has fuelled the biggest downturn to hit London and the financial world for a generation2008-08-08T09:32:27ZBuffett says US is in recession
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the US is
already in recession, presenting a gloomier view
than many observers2008-05-27T11:07:06ZSacre bleu! That Sarko is a Sartre-free zone
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Nicolas Sarkozy, visiting the UK this week, is said to be the least literary French president in living memory2008-03-25T09:09:40ZGreenspan the bubble king can't stop blowing
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There's nothing quite like the misfortunes of others to cheer us up2008-03-20T08:56:16Z