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Last Word

Rowan Pelling on the halcyon days of the enterprise that brought the world the Illustrated Book of Bottoms and poshtotty.com

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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

The Tigger approach

The Tigger approach

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

There’s no need for blind pessimism

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

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The unravelling of the great buy-to-let scam

Ross Clark says speculators and fraudsters saw easy money in buying city-centre flats with borrowed money — but investors and lenders now face huge losses as prices crash

Ross Clark

Socialism siezes the City

Richard Northedge on the current financial crisis

Richard Northedge

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