10 March 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS: The USA economy continues to outperform projections, at least so far as employment is concerned. In January the number of people in employment rose 172,000, above projections, and in February’s beat the forecasts again with 242,000 new jobs. A lot of this is… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief Financial
Month: March 2016
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: HSBC (John Watson)
03 March 2016 HSBC A difficult balancing act. by John Watson “Go on, then. A little closer to the edge. It’s ages since anyone fell off the cliffs, so it must all be pretty safe. No, don’t take any notice of the warning signs. Experts are always much too conservative. Just try a little further.… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: HSBC (John Watson)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Week in Brief: UK
03 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK DOCTORS’ STRIKE: Junior doctors have voted to continue their programme of strikes after agreement could not be reached with the Government over rates to be paid for weekend work. The BMA has announced that it intends to seek judicial review of Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose new contracts.… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 43: 2016 03 03:Week in brief Financial
03 March 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LESS THAN DELIGHTED: If HSBC thought that its decision a few days ago to keep its head office in the UK would be well received it must now be feeling disappointed. The Government and the Bank of England welcomed the decision, which no doubt brought… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03:Week in brief Financial
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Once Again,From the Top (J.R.Thomas)
03 March 2016 Once Again, From the Top by J.R.Thomas As the A303, the old high road from London to nowhere in particular in the west, sweeps its way past Stonehenge and across the Wiltshire Downs, it passes a minor turning marked “Bishop’s Fonthill”. Follow the lane and at the end is one of those… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Once Again,From the Top (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Super Trump in America (J.R.Thomas)
03 March 2016 Super Trump in America by J.R.Thomas The headlines on Wednesday were confident: It’s Clinton versus Trump! Trump has it sewn up! Clinton has vanquished the challenger Sanders! Super Tuesday had spoken and now it is a gentle jog all the way to the conventions in July. But let’s just look at the… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Super Trump in America (J.R.Thomas)
issue 43:2016 03 03: Week in Brief International
03 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: A group of central and southern European countries met in Vienna to tighten border controls. The meeting was independent of the EU and included Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Bulgaria (all EU members) as well as Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo (non EU countries). … Continue reading issue 43:2016 03 03: Week in Brief International
Issue 43:2016 03 03:Going to the dogs with canine dopplegangers (Frank O’Nomics)
03 March 2016 Going to the dogs with canine doppelgangers by Princess Lottie of Islington (with help from Frank O’Nomics) The world seems to be awash with people who are obsessed by animals and two recent books highlight the fact that some men are taking this obsession to the extreme by, at least temporarily, changing… Continue reading Issue 43:2016 03 03:Going to the dogs with canine dopplegangers (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: The Oscars Quiz (Lynda Goetz)
03 March 2016 The Oscars Quiz by Lynda Goetz I don’t know about you, but I feel as if the 88th Oscars happened weeks ago, not just a few nights ago. There has been such interminable coverage that I am sure you must all know everything there is to know about these Hollywood back-slapping awards and… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: The Oscars Quiz (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: India calling (Neil Tidmarsh)
03 March 2016 India Calling Mobile phones haven’t taken the spice out of India’s headlines. By Neil Tidmarsh How much did you pay for that smartphone in your pocket? A hundred quid? Two hundred quid? Six hundred? I’m sure you’ll insist that it was worth every penny. In fact it’s almost priceless now that it’s… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: India calling (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 43:2016 03 03:The death of shops (Frank O’Nomics)
03 March 2016 The death of shops The price of progress by Frank O’Nomics Napoleon famously described Britain as a nation of shopkeepers. Apparently he did not intend this to be a derogatory accusation, but rather that “you were a nation of merchants, and that all your great riches, and your grand resources arose from… Continue reading Issue 43:2016 03 03:The death of shops (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Did Caesar Play the Bagpipes? (Chin Chin)
03 March 2016 Did Caesar Play The Bagpipes? The background to the Ides of March By Chin Chin “O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!” The words of MacDuff echo across the hills and vales of Scotland. Never a laird’s hall, never a shepherd’s croft but the dismal news strikes… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Did Caesar Play the Bagpipes? (Chin Chin)
Issue 43: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 4
03 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 4 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
