Sunday 8th November 2009

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A charmed life

Credit rating agencies are enjoying a heady irony: the very process that before rewarded uncertain financial products is now generating significant revenues 'rating' the risk of buying corporate and government debt  More »
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox

Asset protection

In some countries, intellectual property and copyright is tantamount to the “right to copy”, but counterfeit goods and piracy cost companies billions of dollars in lost revenue. However, there are signs that enforcement may be improving  More »

The impact of the G20

The London Summit, it was hoped, would provide the groundwork for a coherent global strategy to deal with the current financial crisis. Amidst reports of the scale of IMF investment we ask whether this was the day the world came together; or did they?  More »
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A bleak future

The deepening crisis in company pension schemes is prompting companies not just to close their defined contribution schemes to new members, but to scrap the schemes altogether  More »

Car cash crash

When one of the world's leading car manufacturers is forced into bankruptcy, it does not take a genius to realise that the industry is in trouble. So far, most other major manufacturers have managed to stay afloat, but for how much longer?  More »

How Mugabe wrecked his nation's dollar

While central bankers all over the world fight to revive the financial sector, their colleague in the stricken state of Zimbabwe has done exactly the opposite  More »
World Finance - Mugabe

Australia's cold shoulder

Australia-Sino trade relations strain as new investment guidelines put a fresh twist on an age old debate. Overlapping and separate issues still sit on the table  More »
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Sunday 8th November

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Crunch costs

The credit crunch is likely to result in more regulation and increased litigation, writes Neil Baker  More »

Into the unknown

Amid concerns about a US slowdown and global political instability, the World Economic Forum is forecasting the highest levels of uncertainty for a decade  More »

World Markets

Do we need the IMF?

Once dominated by neoliberal ideology, the financial crisis is returning the IMF to its Keynesian roots, Neil Baker  More »

Charting a new map

The financial crisis has forced a redraw of the pipeline map for EMEA, says Harry Wilson  More »

Banking

Plugging the leaks

The case for real change has been made by Obama, he may have tempered his rhetoric, but there's still hope that he'll follow through with the workings of the US financial system  More »

The rising sun

Japanese banks take steps overseas, gingerly, according to David Dolan  More »

Corporate Practices

Ethical business

Years of regulatory and investor pressure for companies to take environmental, social, ethical and governance issues more seriously look as if they might have paid off  More »

On the boards

The long and luxuriant holiday that has been the life of the average broker is over, with some hard work and tough graft on the horizon  More »

Technology

Fly me home, James

Fuel prices are rising and many airlines are cutting back on routes. Yet corporate aviation seems to soar far above such every-day concerns such as the price of oil or passenger demand  More »

The cultural revolution

How has the internet broken down barriers and is it always for the greater good?  More »

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