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The mystery of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain: Tactical tweaker or a new Keynes?
Stephen Carter (or Lord Carter of Barnes as he is otherwise known) published his preliminary manifesto for Digital Britain in…
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ByThe discreet charm of non-executive directors: Sharp hires at The Guardian and The Telegraph
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ByFreefall Friday: Richard Littlejohn might laugh at Banki Hankipanki, but the City is running scared
Another massive downward lurch on the markets today. Partly caused by technical issues relating to the liquidation of Lehman Brothers.…
ByHow should you cover a run on one of Britain’s biggest banks?
As for the Mail‘s front page splash this morning (“Crunch Time At The Halifax”), here’s a representative comment: 1 –…
ByWhy Downing Street’s spinners should be scared of the Mirror and (yes) the Express
Who’d be a Treasury minister amid this mess? Or a Square Mile spin doctor? Well, OK — the aforementioned people…
ByAd recession: We’re at the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end
Writing in the FT, Tim Bradshaw predicts that ITV’s forecast 20% YOY decline in September ad bookings might come to…
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