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Businesses I really admire

We ask successful entrepreneurs to tell us which companies they most respect. This month, former cabinet minister and Cable & Wireless chairman turned private-equity investor David Young

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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

People on tighter budgets are more concerned about the quality and ethics of what they buy, because their money is more precious, Justin King, Sainsbury’s ebullient chief executive, tells Ben Laurance

Investor

Commodity of the month: Ferrochrome

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

There’s no need for blind pessimism

The investment outlook is stormy – but this could still be the time to buy, argues Ben Laurance

Farewell to the bank that did Dull

Neil Collins on the financial crisis

Neil Collins

Can Comrade Hank find a way through this crisis?

The US Treasury chief sees his interventionism as a case-by-case response to unprecedented events, says James Doran, but his critics see it as inconsistent, dangerous and ‘un-American’

James Doran

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