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US housing bubble�s collapse was third-grade arithmetic

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:58:55 GMT

Comment: A book tries to stem moves to rewrite the history of the financial crisis and lays blame firmly at the collapse of the housing bubble - and says the maths shouldn't have been hard to work out

A union revival waiting in the wings?

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:41:51 GMT

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 power

Guided tour of financial crash in The Power of Yes

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A National Theatre should tackle national issues, and that is certainly what David Hare's new play - The Power of Yes - does.

City comment: Shares' upward march: recovery or a bubble?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:26:01 GMT

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.

Gordon Brown and David Cameron should take a leaf out of Barack Obama�s book

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:10:59 GMT

Gordon Brown and David Cameron should publish their full summer reading lists and be damned. The reading public has a right to know

Financial regulation: the Governor�s role

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:58:10 GMT

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 sector

Rights issues fees are no more than a tax on investors and companies

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:16:45 GMT

Peep peep. That's the rights issue gravy train steaming across the City, throwing off vast amounts of investors' money to any investment bank passing

Pound plunges on threat of rating downgrade by S&P

Thu, 21 May 2009 11:38:03 GMT

Sterling fell sharply after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its outlook for the UK on fears over ballooning levels of Government debt

We pay as RBS gives a window to protesters

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:58:37 GMT

How to end up inside - a fool's guide to insider trading

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:49:29 GMT

Greenspan spots �seeds of recovery� in markets

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:29:44 GMT

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�

Survival of Friends looks assured

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:30:13 GMT

Now Sir Fred enters hall of shame in US

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:57:37 GMT

Well done, Fred the Shred. Even the Americans are holding you responsible for the credit crunch.

There's only one way to make bankers listen to their critics

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:37:22 GMT

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 confidence

Hold-up for the insurers' rally

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:11 GMT

City comment: Insurers say they have several reasons to be optimistic

Obama is short of fans on Wall Street

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:30:35 GMT

The other evening I went as a guest of friends to a dinner to raise money for a hospital in New York

Downturn: the long haul ahead

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:52:55 GMT

Today's official figures on UK growth are expected to confirm what most people now assume: that our economy is shrinking

Brown didn't give bank enough power, says minister

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:09:26 GMT

Gordon Brown failed to give the Bank of England sufficient powers to ensure financial stability in Britain, the City minister admitted

Software boss in jail after his �admission�

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:23:53 GMT

Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists

Villains of the drama await punishment ... or reprieve

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:52:50 GMT

Commentary: Bankers forgot mistakes of the Seventies

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:22:07 GMT

Looking on bright side of carnage on Wall St

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:48:23 GMT

Analysis: 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 benefits

Greenspan expects more collapses

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:36:21 GMT

Greenspan warning as insurance giant tumbles

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:28:38 GMT

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 collapse

Commentary: Don't hold your breath, the West's finance system is on the rocks

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:17:44 GMT

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 here

Greenspan on attack over US home loans rescue deal

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:39:19 GMT

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 Mac

Greed and a trillion dollar meltdown

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:32:27 GMT

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 generation

Buffett says US is in recession

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:07:06 GMT

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the US is already in recession, presenting a gloomier view than many observers

Sacre bleu! That Sarko is a Sartre-free zone

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:09:40 GMT

Nicolas Sarkozy, visiting the UK this week, is said to be the least literary French president in living memory

Greenspan the bubble king can't stop blowing

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:56:16 GMT

There's nothing quite like the misfortunes of others to cheer us up