22 May 2013 19:08
Though governments have a truly atrocious record when it comes to running businesses as profit-making concerns, not every single commercial enterprise owned by the state should necessarily be privatised. Britain’s railways offer a perfect example of a...
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16 May 2013 16:29
I wonder whether the scale of change in the personal financial services industry will prove to be to everyone’s benefit.There’s no doubt that recent changes have been proposed and subsequently implemented with the best of intentions, but their practical...
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08 May 2013 13:20
You couldn’t fail to notice just how rapidly music and other festivals have grown in popularity over the past couple of decades.One upon a time, there was only Glastonbury, Somerset’s week-long hedonistic carnival of very loud music, over-priced drinks,...
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02 May 2013 11:26
Earlier this week a friend sent me a book called ‘The Number’ written by Lee Eisenberg and published a few years ago in the United States.At first glance, it looks like typical airport lounge material bought, I assumed, prior to a lengthy flight. The...
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22 April 2013 18:28
“Mankind,” said Sir Max Beerbohm, “is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.” Today, the great essayist and caricaturist, who died in 1956, would have to revise his words and further divide his categories to avoid being accused of ‘classism’,...
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15 April 2013 18:53
Away from the recent fuss regarding the plummeting value of gold, a report published this weekend in German magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ led me to conclude that shrewder investors might consider the precious metal’s falling price an ideal buying opportunity.Apparently,...
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05 April 2013 10:00
I vividly recall as a 14 year-old going along after school one night to ask the man who handled the local delivery of evening newspapers whether I could have a job. A red-faced character, he worked in the open air, his bundles of fresh newsprint piled...
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30 March 2013 17:21
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21 March 2013 08:33
Given the limited resources at his disposal, George Osborne did the best he could at the despatch box yesterday afternoon. The Chancellor delivered a Budget which gave house builders a significant lift in a speech laden with phrases such as ‘credible...
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09 March 2013 14:42
If a preference for such matters existed, there are a number of things I would enjoy being better at. Take golf for instance, a source of great pleasure but sadly, also of considerable frustration. Similarly, although I always imagined myself as something...
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04 March 2013 17:02
Although weather conditions could hardly be described as tropical, isn’t it wonderful to finally see some daylight after six o’clock? Who knows, we may even be blessed with some sunshine soon.Having grown accustomed to an intermittent air of misery brought...
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19 February 2013 12:30
I was asked recently whether I adhere to an investment master plan. It’s a great question, one that makes you think, “Well, I should, but was the purchase of X, or the sale of Y a sensible move?” Actually, what makes matters more complicated is the research...
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08 February 2013 16:23
I’ve just returned from spending a few days at ICE, the world’s largest gaming exhibition, which this year was held at London’s Excel centre for the first time. The setting is appropriate, its enormous size capable of accommodating even the most outrageous...
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01 February 2013 18:34
I recently met up with a pal who has been working abroad for several years to swap a few anecdotes and to share a couple of beers. He has been working in the Gulf assessing insurance risks at a time when there has been plenty of risk to assess and has,...
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22 January 2013 15:59
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