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Are UK banks killing the economic recovery? 29-Jul-2010 Time for a spot more of Britain's favourite sport? Yes, indeed; next week brings first half results from virtually all the top UK banks, and therefore abundant opportunity for renewed banker bashing fun. Read more...
BP chairman Svanberg must prove he was right to dump Hayward 29-Jul-2010 It will be a very different BP that the oil giant's beleaguered chairman Carl Henric Svanberg will find himself selling to investors when he speaks to institutional shareholders over the coming weeks following Tuesday's half-year results. Read more...
Drip after drip of deflation data 28-Jul-2010 Drip after drip of deflation data Read more...
Optimistic BP fails to weigh the chances of being rebuffed in the US . . . 28-Jul-2010 There is no doubt that BP is a radically changed business, I'm just not sure the company's management realises it. Read more...
Roland Gribben: where the oil spill stands in BP's 110-year history 27-Jul-2010 One hundred days represents a short timespan in the history of a company able to trace its roots back almost 110 years. Read more...
BP spill: it will take more than a US passport for Bob Dudley to rebuild BP in America 27-Jul-2010 Tony Hayward was given to Churchillian quotes when leading BP's response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read more...
The Death of Paper Money 26-Jul-2010 As they prepare for holiday reading in Tuscany, City bankers are buying up rare copies of an obscure book on the mechanics of Weimar inflation published in 1974. Read more...
Right, I’ll see your double dip and raise you an economic black hole 26-Jul-2010 Sometimes expressions that dominate common parlance serve to cloud rather than to clarify the central issues. You cannot mention the huge level of government borrowing without someone saying, "So you mean that there is a fiscal black hole?" Read more...
Outsourcing will allow the state to deliver more for less – at long last 23-Jul-2010 If you thought 25pc savings from the Coalition’s fiscal consolidation are a stretch, try 50pc. Read more...
Insurers warn 'Bogus Britain': we're watching you 23-Jul-2010 Every week last year more than 2,000 cases of insurance fraud worth a total of £16m were detected, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Read more...