Margareta Pagano: It shouldn't be so taxing to bring in share ownership for the workers
18 January 2012 12:00 AM
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James Moore: Learn lessons in growth from the Germans
18 January 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook: With what is becoming an annual battle over bonuses now well and truly joined, expect more threats to quit the UK from various banking executives.
James Moore: Dear Sir Mervyn, Goldman Sachs will increase revenues paid out to its staff
18 January 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook: Sir Mervyn King is becoming quite the radical. The Bank of England Governor used a hearing at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday to fire yet another broadside at the banks and their addiction to six- and seven-figure bonuses.
RBS has its critics, but the bank is absolutely right not to prop up Peacocks
17 January 2012 12:00 AM
When you shout about dressing people for £3 you surely ought to find a ready market
Ben Chu: All Greek bondholders should lose – even the European Central Bank
16 January 2012 12:00 AM
Economic Outlook: Where there is a foolish borrower there is also a foolish lender, this applies not only to Greecebut also to Ireland
Margareta Pagano: Tesco must decide: price or quality – or both?
15 January 2012 12:00 AM
Like any sensible shopper in these tough times, I plotted the Christmas food shopping with the zeal and precision of a general going to war – and 12 people feasting over three days is an expensive battle.
Hamish McRae: Satnav is heading for the East but at least Britain should move up a gear
15 January 2012 12:00 AM
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Stephen Foley: Mini-stores may take a bite out of Apple's image
14 January 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: Target must be hoping for Beijing-style mob scenes when it opensmini-Apple stores inside its superstores soon, though maybe not quite the brawls and egg-throwing that marred the iPhone 4S launch in China yesterday.
Anthony Hilton: Reckless policymakers killed our pubs: what will their next reform ruin?
14 January 2012 12:00 AM
For almost 30 years I have taken a perverse pride that a book of mine had the worst title of any business book ever published, but this week I ceded the crown at the launch party for Intervention in the Modern UK brewing Industry* written by an old friend, Simon Ward, and three like-minded colleagues.
Stephen Foley: Google has a fight on its hands to preserve an open and accessible web
14 January 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: Google is being a bully. On our behalf.
Stephen Foley: Volcker Rule is useless in tackling systemic risk
14 January 2012 12:00 AM
US Outlook: There are so many good reasons to hate the Volcker Rule, it is surprising that lobbyists against it have thrown up so many disingenuous objections, too.
James Thompson: Story of tribulations is a sign of how tough things really are
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
For those who over indulged at Christmas, January is often the time when people vow to eat healthier, sign up to a gym or take a seat in the doctor's waiting room – if they have really overdone it.
Simon English: Home Retail chief Duddy needs a whiz to rescue him from the aggro at Argos
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook The jibes from the City scribblers were fierce. Argos is little more than "a showroom for Amazon," quips Rahul Sharma of NeevCapital. "There's a growing chance of a "Woolworth-esque decline," jabs David Jeary at Investec.
Simon English: Going may be bumpier yet for the Tesco wagon
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook In the old days, when Tesco showed slight signs of wobbling, it would always quickly correct itself.
Simon English: Five key questions for Barclays' Diamond
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Outlook The banker is huddled in the corner of Jamies Wine Bar, just off Ludgate Hill, and looking shifty.
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