Month: June 2017

Issue111:2017 06 29:Infinite outcomes for a finite life ( by Frank O’Nomics)

29 June 2017 Infinite outcomes for a finite life Seeking a solution to retirement planning by Frank O’Nomics Baby boomers face what has been described as the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance” – that of deciding how to use their savings in retirement.  This description comes from the pen of Nobel laureate William Sharpe; a… Continue reading Issue111:2017 06 29:Infinite outcomes for a finite life ( by Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 111:2017 06 29: Ink (Adam McCormack)

29 June 2017 Ink (by James Graham) The Almeida reviewed by Adam McCormack Stars: ***** It is 1969, and Hugh Cudlipp wants to get rid of The Sun, a broadsheet newspaper that is failing, with a circulation dwarfed by its sister paper the Daily Mirror.  Enter two archetypal outsiders.  One shunned by the establishment for trying… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29: Ink (Adam McCormack)

Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International

29 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU:  The European Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for taking advantage of its dominant position in promoting shopping options. GERMANY:  Martin Schultz, leader of Social Democrats and Ms Merkel’s main rival for Chancellor in this September’s elections, has pledged to push for the creation of a… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International

Issue 111:2017 06 29:Week in Brief Financial

29 June 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IN THE PUBLIC GAZE:  Two big property companies were the talk of the market this week; one you have probably heard of, one you probably haven’t.  The well-known one is Hammerson plc, founded in the 1950’s and now the third largest propco in the FTSE100,… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Remain or Leave (Richard Pooley)

22 June 2017 Remain or Leave? The dilemma facing one British expatriate couple. by Richard Pooley My wife and I moved to south-west France in March 2013, intending to stay for no more than five years before returning to our house in Bath. After living in seven different countries and visiting over fifty others, either… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Remain or Leave (Richard Pooley)

Issue 110: 2017 06 22: RA Summer Exhibition (William Morton)

22 June 2017 The RA Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, 13 June – 20 August Reviewed by William Morton The Summer Exhibition is fun.  Each Academician has the right to submit six works, and the public is invited to submit a maximum of two each for possible inclusion.  This year 12,500 items were put forward by… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: RA Summer Exhibition (William Morton)

Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)

22 June 2017 Caravanning In The Ionian Avoiding the car crash at home. By Lynda Goetz I have just returned from two weeks holiday.  Oh yes, it was lovely, thank you.  Of course I sent off my postal vote before I left.  I do feel that we all have a responsibility to vote, but I… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Meanwhile, In The White House… (J R Thomas)

22 June 2017 Meanwhile, In The White House… The administration looks at Syria and Wall Street. by J.R.Thomas Events in the UK have rather distracted from what is happening across the Atlantic.  We can confirm that Mr Trump is still President, though you might have thought from some reports that he was about to be… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Meanwhile, In The White House… (J R Thomas)

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