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Whitehall cuts are so bad for adland

06.10.09
Nervousness in adland as agencies digest the thought that the next government will cut its huge advertising budget ... more

Don’t bet on China to end the volatility

28.09.09
The roots of the financial crisis lie not in the greed and excess of a handful of the world’s bankers, nor in their reward systems or penchant for innovation... more

Counting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS

17.09.09
One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more

The suitor pitfall that Anglo must avoid at all costs

24.06.09
Shareholders in Anglo American, the London-listed but largely South African mining giant that looks to be under siege from Swiss-based Xstrata, should note the words of Sir John Craven when he retired as chairman of Lonmin a few months ago... more

Horlick’s ailing fund is targeted by a suitor

30.04.09
City superwoman Nicola Horlick’s flagship-quoted investment fund Bramdean Alternatives has received a takeover approach from an unnamed bidder... more

Bigger story behind a small deal

22.12.08
The sale last week of Société Générale's UK-based asset management division to the listed hedge fund group GLG is a story of our times... more

Gordon says one thing, the sums say another

23.10.08
The pretence that the public sector can somehow sail along without a care in the world continues... more

Don’t cry for me Dame Marjorie

05.09.08
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more

Hurricane highs and lows for the insurers

02.09.08
The oil price ticked up as Hurricane Gustav headed for the oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it appears to be losing strength and passing through without inflicting anything like the damage we saw in 2005 when Katrina flooded New Orleans, prices seem to be sliding down again... more

Bank's prices forecast proves just a mite out

14.08.08
The Bank of England looms over the City like a vast cheese-mould, full of economists, who are the mites in the cheese. This is not their best moment... more

Derek Higgs, man who shook up boardrooms, dies

29.04.08
Sir Derek Higgs has died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 64... more

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