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Books

Katie Grant is inspired by a touching tale of struggle and triumph in a success story built on soggy foundations

Features

A parable of management folly

A parable of management folly

Matthew Lynn draws lessons from the disastrous strategies pursued by the Swiss giant that was once among the strongest and most respected financial institutions in Europe

Power from the Earth’s most common element

Power from the Earth’s most common element

Nick Kochan says hydrogen fuel cells can generate clean energy for businesses and vehicles from a source that will never run out – but is the technology too good to be true?

Investor

Commodity of the month: Ferrochrome

Ferrochrome is an alloy of chrome and iron containing 50-70 per cent chrome.

The man who predicted the property crash

Economist Fred Harrison proved to be the canary in the housing mine, reveals Ross Clark – but few were listening

In this week's issue

Safe as houses: why Nationwide survived

Matthew Lynn says Britain’s largest building society prospered by refusing to follow fashion — while its bolder, greedier rivals have all gone bust or been taken over

Matthew Lynn

The No. 1 tax detective agency

Ross Clark takes a look at the TaxPayers’ Alliance

Ross Clark

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