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Saturday 30 August 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill

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City Life

Elliot Wilson

27th August, 2008

The credit crunch reaches the home of the rotten apple and the ‘Rolexo’ watch

New Deal economics: lessons from Herbert Hoover

Bill Jamieson

20th August, 2008

Bill Jamieson says calls for a Rooseveltian New Deal to stave off US recession are misinformed; it was FDR’s much-maligned predecessor who set the course for recovery

Credit Crunch: First Anniversary

Richard Northedge

20th August, 2008

A primary banking crisis

Any Other Business

Martin Vander Weyer

13th August, 2008

Does Medvedev really believe in the rule of law? The fate of TNK-BP is the test

The end of Euro Disney’s white-knuckle ride?

Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid

6th August, 2008

After years of financial struggle, say Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid, the Paris theme park has finally found a path to profit — just as the European economy hits a downturn

Rumours of the death of music are exaggerated

David Crow

30th July, 2008

David Crow says the record industry’s attempt to clamp down on illegal downloads is belated and befuddled — but the good news is that live music is thriving again

City Life

Robert Beaumont

30th July, 2008

Cold beer, smiling people, stable growth: where Gordon should have gone on holiday

The decline of the empire of Starbucks

Matthew Lynn

23rd July, 2008

Matthew Lynn says coffee is the pure brew of capitalism — as the credit crunch bites, no wonder the world’s most ubiquitous coffee-house chain is heading for trouble

Who’s in charge? It’s hapless Hank

Elliot Wilson

16th July, 2008

The failings of Hank Paulson

Can London be turned around like a troubled company?

Judi Bevan

16th July, 2008

Judi Bevan meets Tim Parker, the controversial private-equity player who slashed jobs and boosted value at Kwik-Fit and the AA, and is about to apply his skills at City Hall

Any Other Business

Martin Vander Weyer

9th July, 2008

Martin Vander Weyer's thoughts on the world of business

Good news for the prudent: we’re heading for recession

Richard Northedge

9th July, 2008

Richard Northedge says those who did not overspend during the boom years will soon be able to buy whatever they want at bargain prices, perhaps even with borrowed money

Private education

Merryn Somerset Webb

9th July, 2008

School fees: a luxury you can’t afford

Fading memories of the Raj in the tea gardens of Assam

Richard Orange

2nd July, 2008

Richard Orange says the Indian tea industry is enjoying a revival — but that the traditional tea-planters’ way of life, established by the British, is passing into history

There is not much to distinguish Dhanesheva Kurmi from the rest of the crowd at the Hautely Tea Estate, a remote garden an hour and a half’s bumpy drive from the Assamese town of Jorhat.

The market’s favourite scapegoat

Christopher Fildes

2nd July, 2008

Christopher Fildes on short selling

The veteran batsman who just hates to lose

Judi Bevan

25th June, 2008

Judi Bevan meets Sir Martin Sorrell, the hard-driving Eighties entrepreneur who is still chasing acquisitions for the company he created, the advertising giant WPP

‘Building a company is the nearest thing a man can do to giving birth and nurturing a child to maturity,’ says Sir Martin Sorrell, the founder and chief executive of WPP.

Pound sold to highest bidder

Matthew Lynn

25th June, 2008

Matthew Lynn on domain name sales

City Life

Edie G. Lush

25th June, 2008

Childcare costs soar, house prices plunge, and the rich get sued by Mr Riches

Business as usual with the Burmese generals

Elliot Wilson

18th June, 2008

Elliot Wilson explains why international condemnation of Burma’s brutal military leaders is so ineffectual: because many other countries are eager to do deals with them

Wishful thinking at the Economist

Tony Curzon Price

18th June, 2008

Tony Curzon Price on oil price speculators

Not a scandal but a textbook success

Ross Butler

18th June, 2008

Ross Butler says MPs’ criticisms of the sell-off of theformer Defence Research Agency are financially naive

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