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Claer Barrett

Sisters should be doing it for themselves

COLUMNIST: Today is International Women's Day. Claer Barrett makes the case for more women in finance

5 March 2010 written by GuestColumnists

James Dean theory

COLUMNIST: In today's financial markets, the evil day always seems to be postponed

10 March 2010 - BearBull

Stories vs statistics

Ignore the stories about where sterling's heading. Look instead at the raw statistics.

09 March 2010 - ChrisDillow

More and more

THE TRADER: Stock markets are overbought, but don't expect a big sell-off, says the Trader. And the Euro still looks good for a bounce.

09 March 2010 - TheTrader

Delta, Delta

SIMON THOMPSON: Shares in Delta soar on news of an agreed cash bid from US giant Valmont Industries, but the bid battle is far from over

08 March 2010 - SimonThompson

By remote control

COMMENT: Guy Hands is running a ?10bn business remotely from a tax haven. No wonder it's in trouble

03 March 2010 - NoFreeLunch

Your opinion

QE - was it worth it?

THE BIG QUESTION: ?200bn later, are we any better off? John Redwood and Hetal Mehta debate

  • 9 February 2010
  • Written by:
    Jonathan Eley

Is UK borrowing out of control?

THE BIG QUESTION: Greece is on the ropes. Spain could be next. And debate is raging about whether the UK faces a currency crisis and a rating downgrade

  • 2 February 2010
  • Written by:
    Jonas Crosland

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