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Dangers mount for future of investigative journalism

12.10.11
Media analysis: There has never been a period in my life when the general interest in journalism has been so intense. Hardly a day passes without some sort of hand-wringing and head-shaking discussion about the past, present and future of the news-gathering business... more

City Spy: Will the FT bring Goldman to book?

19.04.11
So what happens when William Cohan's Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came To Rule The World is entered for the FT Business Book of the Year? ... more

So will press watchdog show bite at last over phone hacking?

02.02.11
Ten years ago this week, the Press Complaints Commission celebrated its 10th anniversary with a glittering party that attracted a couple of royal guests - princes Charles and William - along with a measure of criticism for being too self-congratulatory... more

Andrew Marr is wrong — bloggers are good news

13.10.10
Media Analysis: Andrew Marr’s attack reads as if it was made seven or eight years ago, when there were plenty of internet nay-sayers around... more

City Spy: Flint has friends in such high places

24.09.10
HSBC finance director Douglas Flint, the bank’s new chairman, is well-connected... more

City Spy: Booking into Hay for political chat

02.06.10
The Hay Literary Festival is no longer the preserve of the bookish — the business and political worlds are also well-represented... more

Is the price right to sign up with E.On?

05.10.09
“There is not a clear message regarding future wholesale costs movements that can be communicated to customers” E.On’s Paul Golby obliquely commented recently, on the chances of a cut in retail prices for Britain’s households...... more

Dave disappoints at Blenheim Palace

21.09.09
Some of the biggest names in corporate life were at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on Friday night for the closing black-tie banquet at the annual Oxford Analytica conference, a big pow-wow on global politics and business... more

Troubled Rio boss faces bonus woe

08.06.09
IT will be interesting to see whether Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese is still in his job next year to claim the annual bonus that is de rigueur for top company bosses. ... more

Critics may carp but the media did good job of exposing crunch

11.02.09
Media analysis: We are reliably informed at regular intervals that the media, and newspapers in particular, are not trusted by the public... more

Empty chair on Question Time as BBC tells the Government: No Woolas, no minister

23.10.08
The BBC barred the Government from its flagship Question Time programme after Immigration Minister Phil Woolas was withdrawn at the last minute... more

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08.10.08
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Don't pull the plug on our Tube's future, Gordon

20.05.08
To fund Crossrail and the Olympics, the Government may consider scaling back on a much-needed overhaul of the Underground system, warns one transport expert... more

Focusing on global influentials puts FT in pink again

05.03.08
Some three years ago, the Financial Times seemed destined for the scrap heap - but not anymore... more

Ken: Get Crossrail right or it could ruin London

26.02.08
London could be bankrupted if the £16billion Crossrail project is mishandled, Ken Livingstone told an Evening Standard debate.... more


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