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COMMENT: King of Shaves is promoting a bond direct to investors via press adverts. Alistair Blair professes himself amazed at the chutzpah of it all
30 June 2009 written by NoFreeLunch
Outside the banking industry, British companies are doing remarkably well
02 July 2009 - ChrisDillow
COLUMNIST: Xstrata's Mick Davis has made some good moves in chatting up Anglo American's Cynthia Carroll, but he may need help from Geoffrey Chaucer, says Mr Bearbull
30 June 2009 - BearBull
THE TRADER: US and European markets are still in opposite trends, but it's very clear where the turning points lie. Plus a technical view of our recent call on oil
29 June 2009 - TheTrader
COLUMNIST: Could the FSA's commission ban improve things for investors?
29 June 2009 - GuestColumnists
SIMON THOMPSON: Our companies editor believes the next major move in the US markets will be down and outlines a potentially profitable trade
22 June 2009 - SimonThompson
MOMENTUM: Even sectors that traditionally offer bolt holes in tough times have been battered during the current market slide, but it's not time to give up on their charms.
25 November 2008 - SectorWatcher
COLUMNIST: In the final extract from his diary, Bernard Jones finds life is more than a hill of beans
21 November 2008 - BernardJones
TRADING IDEA: Long-term buying opportunity in oversold US shares, reckons Wall Street wizard Tarquin Coe
08 October 2008 - ChartChatter
SMALLWORLD: The junior market now has its first Shariah-compliant fund, and more look set to follow
28 July 2008 - SmallWorld
THE BIG QUESTION: It's an issue that's divided the oil industry since it was first proposed in the 1950s - has the world's oil production capacity already entered terminal decline?
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-IC-1.9.0c-prod - 15/05/2009 11:00:33 - stuart.turner
Does the UK need a Glass-Steagall Act?
THE BIG QUESTION: Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson argues that High Street banks shouldn't be allowed to own investment banks. The British Bankers Association disagrees.