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Extreme leverage haunts Europe’s banks
Read more: Extreme leverage haunts Europe’s banksEurope’s credit markets have continued to seize up on mounting fears that the region’s banks may fail to roll over $700bn (£405bn) debt falling due in coming months. read more | digg story
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Information anarchy at the MoD
Read more: Information anarchy at the MoDThe MoD loses a computer hard drive with the private details of 100,000 members of the Armed Forces and their families, plus 600,000 applicants and their referees. In four years, 658 laptops have been stolen and, since January,…
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Gordon Brown, John Redwood and the FTSE
Read more: Gordon Brown, John Redwood and the FTSEFrom the front page of The Times, right now: The FTSE falls by more than 10% in a few minutes, and Gordon Brown explains how “we must lead the world”. John Redwood says that “there is a new…
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Sensible proposals to help in the crisis
Read more: Sensible proposals to help in the crisisChris Grayling proposes suspending the rules that would otherwise force people to take their retirement annuity during the crisis. Eric Pickles calls for reassurance on council tax bills. George Osborne proposes new powers to manage debt and other…
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Rescue plan: What does this mean for the public finances?
Read more: Rescue plan: What does this mean for the public finances?The £500 billion worth of public money being staked to stabilise the British banking system will push Government borrowing even higher and raise the prospect of spending cuts and tax increases in years to come. … Norman Lamont,…
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Jenni Russell: The all-seeing state is about to end privacy
Read more: Jenni Russell: The all-seeing state is about to end privacyThe minute we become of interest to anyone in authority – perhaps because we take part in a demonstration, have an argument with a security guard at an airport, spend too long on a website, or are witness…
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Libertarian Alliance: No to Bail out for UK Financial System
Read more: Libertarian Alliance: No to Bail out for UK Financial SystemAs ever, the Libertarian Alliance provides the radical case: Final responsibility for this crisis rests with the authorities. For at least ten years, the Bank of England – and the central banks in most other countries – has…
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52-week returns on investment
Read more: 52-week returns on investmentHere are some 52-week returns on investment for share indices from Bloomberg. They show how much you would have lost in the last year if you had invested in each basket of shares. FTSE 100: -30.93% European 500:…