21 September 2017 Money is not Wealth Do asset managers pursue profit above social responsibility? by Frank O’Nomics Asset managers have decided to give us something for nothing. Incoming regulatory changes, known as MIFID II, will mean that banks will have to charge asset managers for the research that they receive. For some this could… Continue reading Issue 121:2017 09 21:Money is not wealth (Frank O’Nomics)
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Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Terror and the internet (Neil Tidmarsh)
21 September 2017 Terror And The Internet A political challenge, not a technological one. By Neil Tidmarsh This week Theresa May is hosting an event at the UN general assembly in New York which will be attended by representatives of internet companies such as Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Twitter. The purpose of the event is… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Terror and the internet (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief International
21 September 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: In his state of the union address, president of the EU commission Jean-Claude Juncker proposed more centralisation of power in Brussels (including a single president instead of one for the EU commission and one for the European council, a Eurozone finance minister, an intelligence agency,… Continue reading Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief International
Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief Financial
21 September 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY NEVER KNOWINGLY OVERPROFITEERING: It’s shaping up to be a very mixed summer of results from retail, with fashion chains, department chains, and food retailing all seeing big variations in performance. Latest results to surprise the market are from that British favourite John Lewis Partnership, (including Waitrose,… Continue reading Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 120:2017 09 14: Germany Approaches General Elections (Neil Tidmarsh)
14 September 2017 Germany Approaches General Elections On confident and fashionable feet. By Neil Tidmarsh The German foot scored yet another World Championship winning goal this week. But not at football – Teutonic mastery of that field has long been acknowledged by the rest of us as predictable and inevitable. No, the field which we… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14: Germany Approaches General Elections (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 120:2017 09 14:Cartoons (AGGro)
14 September 2014 Cartoons by AGGro If you enjoyed this article please share it using the buttons above. Please click here if you would like a weekly email on publication of the ShawSheet Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issuw 120: 2017 09 14:It’s behind you (J.R.Thomas)
14 September 2017 It’s Behind You Surveillance – by Uber by J.R. Thomas Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation Or in front of you; or above you; or all around you. Privacy is so yesterday. And that mobile phone in your bag or pocket so handy. But do you know who it… Continue reading Issuw 120: 2017 09 14:It’s behind you (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 120:2017 09 14:Week in Brief Financial
14 September 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY BUILDING A NEW MODEL: You might think that with Lego popping up on so much family time advertising – not to say those damn bricks all over your carpet if you have children of a certain age – that things must be good for the Danish… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 120:2017 09 14:Week in Brief International
14 September 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: The European Court of Justice rejected Hungary’s and Slovakia’s legal challenge to the EU’s national quotas for migrant relocation. Slovakia has accepted the ruling, but Hungary continues to defy it, backed by Poland and the Czech Republic. According to a leaked report, the EU is considering… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:Week in Brief International
Issue 120:2017 09 14:The collapse of Bell Pottinger (R.D.Shackleton)
14 September 2017 The collapse of Bell Pottinger Does the moral outrage ring true? by R.D.Shackleton The moral outrage amongst corporate clients of the now infamous public relations agency, Bell Pottinger, does not entirely ring true. So many of the biggest names have deserted the consultancy since it became embroiled in the “race hate” scandal… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:The collapse of Bell Pottinger (R.D.Shackleton)
Issue 120:2017 09 14:Oslo (Adam McCormack)
14 September 2017 Oslo The National Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Oslo, a new play by J T Rogers, takes two big risks. The first is whether the subject matter, clandestine meetings to try to achieve peace in the Middle East, is one that can hold the attention of theatre audiences – for many the… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:Oslo (Adam McCormack)
Issue 120:2017 09 14:Low interest rates – a blip or the new normal? (Frank O’Nomics)
14 September 2017 Low interest rates – a blip or the new normal? When economic heavyweights disagree. by Frank O’Nomics. In a week in which UK inflation exceeded expectations, coming out at 2.9%, getting within a whisker of the point at which the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor have to exchange… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:Low interest rates – a blip or the new normal? (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 120:2017 09 14:High Office, and How To Hold It(J.R.Thomas)
14 September 2017 High Office, and How To Hold It Boris’s wilderness years by J.R.Thomas If you had asked Boris in May 2016 what he expected to be doing in the autumn of 2017, you would doubtless have got a witty but evasive answer. To those who persevered, sat with him after a fine feast,… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:High Office, and How To Hold It(J.R.Thomas)
