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Public borrowing hits record high - 1 hour ago
The UK's public sector net borrowing hit a record high of £20.3bn in November, official figures show...
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UK banking sector 'more stable' - 54 minutes ago
The UK's financial system has become "significantly more stable over the past six months", the Bank...
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Mortgage lending 'falls by 10%' - 1 hour ago
Mortgage lending in the UK fell by 10% in November compared with the previous month, according to...
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From our cold dead hands.
A phrase popularized by the late Charlton Heston in his crusading role as the poster boy for the NRA...
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Next thing you know the Dow’s down 9000 points
I thought I'd play a little markets jeopardy with the headline to this post. The question of course...
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What would Teddy (Roosevelt) do?
I have long been concerned by the rise and rise of the global mega-bank, first due to my conviction...
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$ub£im€ $imp£¢it¥
Anyone who has ever used an Apple product understands that a key part of the value flows from the...
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Platforms, Markets and Bytes
This morning I gave my presentation - "platforms, markets and bytes" at eComm 09 in Amsterdam. I'm...
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Seeing the future of finance.
I first wrote here about Ken Banks and FrontlineSMS a little over a year ago, after having seen him...
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Wonderland.
"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." "You mean you...
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Wisdom of (this) crowd?
Image via WikipediaI was very kindly invited by Paul and Lee to attend my first ever eComm...
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Work / life balance. (Thinking about snow…)
This post has nothing to do with new paradigms in finance or markets or anything like that. It does...
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Echo chambers.
To paraphrase Schumpeter, 'successful business people are always conspiring to preserve the status...



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