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May 26, 2011
The former Union Bank of Switzerland is reportedly considering finding a new national home for its investment bank.  Lex’s Edward Hadas and Richard Stovin-Bradford discuss why the ...
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May 25, 2011
The markets have reacted to political brinkmanship by ranking the US as more likely to default on its debts than Colombia or Panama. Some investors and politicians argue a temporary default would ...
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May 25, 2011
Andy Kyte of Gartner talks to Tom Griggs about the problems business face when updating their systems to the latest technology
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May 25, 2011
The BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have issued a common statement: they do not want another European at the top of the International Monetary Fund. Lex’s John Authers and ...
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May 25, 2011
Chancellor Angela Merkel has performed a U-turn by ending Germany’s pro-nuclear policy in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Gerrit Weissman, Berlin correspondent, reports from the ...
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May 24, 2011
Rating agency Moody’s has placed on review for possible downgrade fourteen out of the UK's 18 banks and building societies. Lex's John Authers and Richard Stovin-Bradford look at ...
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May 23, 2011
Victor Mallet, Madrid bureau chief, reports on the victory of the spain’s Populist party which has taken control of towns run by the Socialists since the 1970s. He explains also why recent ...
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May 23, 2011
Spain is the eurozone’s primary defence from crisis contagion, and market response to the country's dramatic local elections show just how nervous investors are. But, says James ...
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May 23, 2011
Protest in Spain over high youth unemployment and a downgrade warning on Italy’s debt highlight political problems in the eurozone. Lex's Edward Hadas and Vincent Boland discuss whether ...
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May 20, 2011
From Russia to Korea, the gardens of England are in high demand. Buyers can expect to pay a minimum of £1m for a design by a leading British gardener, with some fetching five times that figure. ...
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May 20, 2011
Stephen Jennings, chief executive of Renaissance Capital, explains to Megan Murphy, investment banking correspondent, why Africa will soon be the world’s fastest growing region, how Russia ...
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May 20, 2011
There’s much debate over the size of the European over the counter (OTC) cash equities market. Christian Krohn, a managing director at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, which ...
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May 20, 2011
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil has slipped nearly 20 per cent in recent months on concerns over tightening regulation in his home base of Mexico. Lex's Edward Hadas and John Authers look at ...
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May 19, 2011
When people are willing to lend to the US government at a loss, as some have been over the past few weeks, it doesn’t reflect well on their view of other investment opportunities. James ...
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May 19, 2011
Felix Zulauf, former head of asset management at UBS, warns that storm clouds are gathering over the markets. He discusses with John Authers, head of Lex, his grim outlook: that Europe faces a ...
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May 19, 2011
Deadly protests at Israel border prove the Palestine issue is moving up the agenda across the Arab world. FT’s Jerusalem bureau chief Tobias Buck analyses how this has been driven by governments ...
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May 19, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Everyone agrees that sooner or later a non-European should run the IMF. But some say the the eurozone ...
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May 18, 2011
Since the turn of the year there has been a switch away from riskier smaller companies and a focus on yield rather than capital growth. James Mackintosh, investment editor, analyses ...
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May 17, 2011
The Bank of England has missed its inflation target 16 times in a row. It has plenty of excuses, but as James Mackintosh, investment editor, explains, while higher inflation may help the economy ...
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May 17, 2011
Even the Conservative-led education authority of Birmingham, the largest in England, has criticised the Lib-Con coalition’s cuts to capital budgets for school buildings and equipment. Chris ...
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