BAE in Rolls-Royce merger? Let's not go there
Other than head office duplication, there would be little additional potential for cost-cutting
View ArticleDavos 2016: Cautious optimism could soon turn ugly
The possibility that recent market turmoil could transmogrify into something much more serious is all too obvious on the slopes this year
View ArticleDavos 2016: Government urges business leaders to support In campaign
Some corporate bossess fear their silence on the issue is being misinterpreted as acquiescence in an Out vote.
View ArticleDavos 2016: Can David Cameron have his Brexit cake and eat it?
European leaders seem to be just waking up to the threat of a Brexit but can the prime really have the 'best of both worlds?'
View ArticleFear and uncertainty are causing market chaos
There is no particular trigger for the latest panic - and the gathering in Davos is doing little to help
View ArticleIt's time for the UK to do business with Argentina
Election of the centre-Right Mauricio Macri promises a new beginning for the country and Britain should revive its historical trading relationships
View ArticleThe fintech revolution that promises to finish off the big bad banks for good
New technologies such as blockchain threaten a veritable revolution in financial services, breaking the big banks' grip on the payments system
View ArticleThe Lords of Finance are skidding out of control
Financial markets have become dangerously dependent on the cheap monetary steriods of central bankers - creating yet more debt
View ArticleJeremy Warner: BT must up its game to avoid threat of breakup
Gavin Patterson needs to pre-empt the regulator with a credible five point plan for improving quality of service
View ArticleJeremy Warner: Google's public relations disaster
The whole tax avoidance mess is back in the political spotlight after Google publicly announced details of its tax settlement with HM Revenue and Customs.
View ArticleThwarting the European hegemon as sterling wilts amid Brexit fears
The EU as it stands is manifestly in deep trouble, but is it really in Britain's interests to deliver the final coup de grace?
View ArticleRebuilding public trust in money - and Government - will take a long time
Across the world, the political centre ground has had to give way to a new wave of populism
View ArticleAs the world economy again flirts with recession, prepare for years to come...
In the face of a slowing economy, central banks have again abandoned the quest for higher interest rates
View ArticleCreditors must brace for a tsunami of losses in a world awash with debt
Countries have taken on far more debt than can ever be repaid. As the European banking sell-off is already signalling, creditors are in for a brutal awakening. Get ready for debt restructuring mayhem.
View ArticleOnce again, we are powerless before the financial storm
The world's biggest container shipping company has warned that it is suffering worse trading conditions than 2008, when the financial crisis was at its height. What does the humble container tell us...
View ArticleThe EU is finished if it doesn't allow Italy to fix its banks
The Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has accused the EU of behaving like the orchestra on the Titanic
View ArticleThe banking reform agenda has descended into a confused and...
Nearly seven years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers we are still debating what is an appropriate level of banking capital, and little good it is doing us
View ArticleOur economic debate on Brexit has descended into insultingly superficial...
We should have had a Royal Commission into the economic pros and cons of leaving the EU. Instead we are confined to little more than scaremongering propaganda and blind hope guesswork
View ArticleThe gloves are finally off for epic Brexit fight
The risk of staying in seems to be that of being repeatedly over-ruled and disadvantaged by the eurozone majority
View ArticleIt's true, the City will suffer if Britain votes to leave the EU
Countries that reject the EU's obligations are denied access to its single market - particularly in banking
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