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'Clients don't pay me to feel sorry': bond vigilante Bill Gross talks tough
12th March 2010 The world's biggest bond investor doesn't watch Fox News and votes for Obama, but don't expect Bill Gross to take a soft line on GreeceBill Gross, the world's biggest bond investor, has not been in Greece for 15 years. Yet the welfare of millions of Greeks could improve with only a few kind words from him. Even so, he chooses not to.From the LA offices...
12th March 2010 The world's biggest bond investor doesn't watch Fox News and votes for Obama, but don't expect Bill Gross to take a soft line on GreeceBill Gross, the world's biggest bond investor, has not been in Greece for 15 years. Yet the welfare of millions of Greeks could improve with only a few kind words from him. Even so, he chooses not to.From the LA offices...
The economy: Bad tidings | Editorial
11th March 2010 Gordon Brown's best chance of winning the election is to keep warning that the Tories would rein in spending too soonWarning: what follows will depress you. When Gordon Brown said yesterday that "there are still real risks to the recovery" he was if anything understating the hole the economy is in. As chancellor, Mr Brown was often surprisingly accurate...
11th March 2010 Gordon Brown's best chance of winning the election is to keep warning that the Tories would rein in spending too soonWarning: what follows will depress you. When Gordon Brown said yesterday that "there are still real risks to the recovery" he was if anything understating the hole the economy is in. As chancellor, Mr Brown was often surprisingly accurate...
One year on, the Bank of England deserves a little bit of credit
4th March 2010 The effectiveness of quantitative easing is difficult to judge, but Mervyn King was certainly right to keep interest rates down for the last 12 monthsMervyn King never misses an opportunity to remind people just how dire the world looked this time last year: financial markets were in freefall, house prices were plunging and business confidence had fallen...
4th March 2010 The effectiveness of quantitative easing is difficult to judge, but Mervyn King was certainly right to keep interest rates down for the last 12 monthsMervyn King never misses an opportunity to remind people just how dire the world looked this time last year: financial markets were in freefall, house prices were plunging and business confidence had fallen...
The top economists who support Tory spending plans
19th February 2010 Roger Bootle, Tim Besley and others urge the government to cut the budget deficit
19th February 2010 Roger Bootle, Tim Besley and others urge the government to cut the budget deficit
Pain in Spain could fall on British companies
17th February 2010 Britain's exposure to the financial turmoil sweeping through southern European economies could be far greater than previously thought, according to data seen by the Guardian.Despite relief that Britain's decision to stay out of the euro has avoided...
17th February 2010 Britain's exposure to the financial turmoil sweeping through southern European economies could be far greater than previously thought, according to data seen by the Guardian.Despite relief that Britain's decision to stay out of the euro has avoided...
Spain's economic blind spots | Luis Garicano
12th February 2010 Spain is not facing up to the severity or singularity of its financial crisis, largely caused by its property bubbleSpain is facing a credibility crisis. Property prices are crashing, wiping out a large part of many families' wealth and leaving banks with billions of euros in loans, which look increasingly risky in a country where up to 1.5 million...
12th February 2010 Spain is not facing up to the severity or singularity of its financial crisis, largely caused by its property bubbleSpain is facing a credibility crisis. Property prices are crashing, wiping out a large part of many families' wealth and leaving banks with billions of euros in loans, which look increasingly risky in a country where up to 1.5 million...
Lesson of credit crunch hasn't been learned, says Joseph Stiglitz
12th February 2010 Economist Joseph Stiglitz was euphoric at the response to the credit crunch – but he believes the plans have been derailedJoseph Stiglitz feels depressed. Having been a voice in the wilderness urging caution when financial capitalism was in a speculative frenzy, he wants the crisis to be the catalyst for radical thinking. But he fears it won't be:...
12th February 2010 Economist Joseph Stiglitz was euphoric at the response to the credit crunch – but he believes the plans have been derailedJoseph Stiglitz feels depressed. Having been a voice in the wilderness urging caution when financial capitalism was in a speculative frenzy, he wants the crisis to be the catalyst for radical thinking. But he fears it won't be:...
Greek debt crisis: the view from Germany
11th February 2010 German voters unhappy at possible bailout of profligate Greek government may yearn for days of deutschmarkResistance in Germany towards helping bail out Greece, its troubled eurozone partner, was growing today amid fears that financial assistance for Athens would be hard to justify to the German voter."Germany is going to have to shoulder Greece's...
11th February 2010 German voters unhappy at possible bailout of profligate Greek government may yearn for days of deutschmarkResistance in Germany towards helping bail out Greece, its troubled eurozone partner, was growing today amid fears that financial assistance for Athens would be hard to justify to the German voter."Germany is going to have to shoulder Greece's...
Bank of England halts quantitative easing
4th February 2010 UK's £200bn programme of asset purchases – known as quantitative easing – on hold, Bank of England announcesThe Bank of England's monetary policy committee today said it was putting its £200bn quantitative easing programme on hold, but warned the economy remained sluggish and said it would start buying assets again if need be. The move, widely...
4th February 2010 UK's £200bn programme of asset purchases – known as quantitative easing – on hold, Bank of England announcesThe Bank of England's monetary policy committee today said it was putting its £200bn quantitative easing programme on hold, but warned the economy remained sluggish and said it would start buying assets again if need be. The move, widely...
Davos: World must learn trade talk lessons, says WTO's Pascal Lamy
28th January 2010 World Trade Organisation chief says long-running global trade talks show what is needed to prevent negotiations on climate change and financial regulation dragging out for many yearsWorld leaders need to learn lessons from the long-running global trade talks if they are to prevent negotiations on climate change and financial regulation dragging out...
28th January 2010 World Trade Organisation chief says long-running global trade talks show what is needed to prevent negotiations on climate change and financial regulation dragging out for many yearsWorld leaders need to learn lessons from the long-running global trade talks if they are to prevent negotiations on climate change and financial regulation dragging out...
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15th March 2010
Rufus Hound stormed the stage performing Cheryl Cole's number hit single and winning this years Let's Dance for Sport Relief. Hosted and presented by Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones, the celebrities strutted their stuff for the benefit of both the audience to raise fund for sport relief
12th March 2010
Christine Bleakley was in tears this morning as she completed her daunting bid to waterski across the world's busiest shipping lane. Despite falling eight times into the 4C freezing sea, she made it across 22 miles of choppy ocean in just one hour 40 minutes. Setting off for the French coast at 7.46am, The One Show presenter was good spirits supported by her co-host Adrian Chiles. Christine was determined to complete her challenge whatever the weather after raising thousands of pounds for Sport Relief.
