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Don’t blame Twitter for bad business
25 Days ago at 11:18 by Graham Jones
Twitter is coming in for a bit of stick today. It turns out that yesterday the world’s financial markets went into meltdown as a Tweet suggested that President Barack Obama had been injured in a ...
6 steps to success with solicitors and accountants (part 3)
25 Days ago at 7:00 by Steve Billingham
This week we’re concluding this 3 part series by looking at the final 3 stages of the relationship development process.
Slow growth and monetary action
26 Days ago at 10:19 by John Redwood
Japan and the UK are two island economies on opposite sides of the world. Both are offshore from larger economies. Both face intense competition from China and Germany in manufacturing. Both are ...
Legislation Without Consultation: Why?
27 Days ago at 7:00 by Mark McLaughlin
In the last few days or so, I've been having a close look at two new anti-avoidance provisions included in Finance Bill 2013. The first concerns Inheritance Tax and deductions for liabilities. The ...
The sins of the past
27 Days ago at 7:00 by Henry Tapper
Over the past four weeks we have talked with some of the senior people at the insurers and mastertrusts who will be providing workplace pensions to the 1.2m employers staging auto-enrolment over the ...
Lessons from Zimbabwe
28 Days ago at 9:13 by Nicolo Carpaneda
Stefan took some time off over Easter for a quick holiday in Zimbabwe and, as always, he remained on the lookout for economic insights. As the only country to experience hyperinflation this ...
“Austerity policies under review”
28 Days ago at 9:10 by John Redwood
There is new thinking at the IMF – based on some very old thinking. Under their new Head they are asking themselves whether austerity policies work when countries are deep in recession, as with the ...
Twitter study reveals hidden depths in 140 characters
28 Days ago at 7:00 by Graham Jones
Who would have thought that Twitter could be an informational and educational tool better than traditional media? That’s the implication of work by Benjamin Gleason, a researcher at Michigan State ...
The pension zeitgeist
1 Months ago at 8:38 by Henry Tapper
Yesterday I asked whether social media could play a part in pension governance. It attracted some really interesting responses on the social media site where it was posted. One question was whether ...
The sector seems to want young talent at no cost
1 Months ago at 8:29 by Leon Ward
I have my last deadline at university in five weeks. I receive my last instalment of student finance later this month. I leave the security of student life. These facts combined have triggered a ...
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