1. Bank reform: The radical way

Please forgive me for not having published a column for a bit. I've been pre-occupied sorting out family stuff. That stuff isn't quite ticketyboo yet. So the blog will go into hibernation for some weeks (please don't look so pleased). There...

21/10/2009 | 133 Hits | Read more...

2. BAE: Can't pay, would like to pay

If, as expected, the Serious Fraud Office announces today that it intends to request permission from the attorney general to prosecute BAE, that will be an important milestone in perhaps the most sensational criminal case ever against a big British...

30/09/2009 | 164 Hits | Read more...

3. Brown and markets

Gordon Brown made a not especially hilarious joke yesterday in his conference speech by saying that if he were to praise Alistair Darling as the best chancellor of the exchequer ever, the media would write the headline "Brown snubs Brown" - or that...

29/09/2009 | 150 Hits | Read more...

4. Brown and bonuses

Gordon Brown just told Andrew Marr that there would be legislation to curb bankers' bonuses - and he implied that what he planned would be tougher on bankers and banks than what other countries were doing. How significant is this? Well not...

27/09/2009 | 39 Hits | Read more...

5. Ball not going to ITV

Tony Ball has walked away from ITV. The former Sky boss will not become chief executive of the commercial broadcaster, I have learned. He had set a deadline of this weekend to agree terms and the two sides failed to sort out everything....

25/09/2009 | 36 Hits | Read more...