Archive for August, 2006

Not everybody waiting in the clerk's office in the Bankruptcy Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, on Friday, seemed unduly concerned by the fate that was about to befall them. Several bored-looking women, seemingly oblivious to the cause of their troubles, were thumbing through lifestyle magazines, putting down their copies of Take a Break, […]

The surprising thing about the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates was that it was a surprise. There were plenty of straws in the wind in the past month to suggest the monetary policy committee would opt for a no-risk strategy, yet the City - with a few notable exceptions - failed to […]

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