A line's many sides
The work is politically subversive: Mussolini is watching at all times, but he has no solidity, no definition. He is…
ByMonth: February 2009
Be Gordon Brown for a day
If you don’t like the idea, look away now. If you don’t like the idea, look away now. Gordon Brown…
ByAll a matter of time
Normally a new President is given a hundred-day honeymoon, but not Barack Obama. Normally a new President is given a…
ByObserver: Darling attacks ‘intolerable’ Switzerland
Alistair Darling has launched a blistering attack on Switzerland, suggesting its banks’ refusal to end centuries of secrecy is “intolerable”.…
ByNew sanctions on tax havens, say EU leaders
EU leaders have agreed to impose new sanctions on ‘uncooperative’ tax havens, and are to draw up a new list…
ByWSJ: UBS would break law in revealing names to US
UBS AG said its employees would have to violate Swiss criminal law to comply with the U.S. government’s demand for…
ByHong Kong loses thousands of millionaires
About 66,000 people fell out of the Hong Kong-dollar millionaire league last yearas shares prices plunged amid the global economic…
ByThe Noah Group
Outline of a Noah Road Map for 2009 Those present: Jonathan Arter, Dick Fox, Evelyn Garriss, Bill Houston, Lacy Hunt,…
ByAFP: 5,000 lawyers form Madoff victims’ alliance
Some 5,000 lawyers have formed an international alliance to defend victims of the alleged scam perpetrated by Wall Street investment…
ByIndian Summer blooms
The Jodhpur landscape paintings move into exploring planes and colour fields, more like Rothko than Rajasthan. I feel a desperate…
ByStrauss-Kahn's suspicions
One man overviews the whole world, and his view is disturbing in the extreme. While Obama and Geithner, Sarkozy and…
ByIs Big Brother listening?
Surprisingly, Russell Tice was not challenged about his credentials or the validity of his assertions. A man claiming to be…
ByHedge funds enter positive territory in January
Hedge funds moved back to positive territory during January, according to the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index. Overall, the index…
ByTimes: City firms join global Madoff alliance
Three City law firms have joined a world alliance of legal firms representing claimants who lost out in the alleged…
ByBreaking: Stanford accused of $8bn fraud
Stopping what it called a “massive ongoing fraud,” the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday accused Robert Allen Stanford, the…
ByNight Terrors
As if global economic meltdown wasn’t enough, Barack Obama has a terrifying array of security-related concerns to keep him awake…
ByHi-Ho, Hi-Ho! It’s Off the Cliff We Go!
Jeremy McGivern on the flawed logic and mindless herd instinct that led so many property investors over the edge and…
ByDon’t Have a Kowloon, Man
For anybody wanting to flee the gloom of London, there’s a whiff of optimism to be found in the Far…
ByBreaking: Inflation eases to 3%
Inflation in January registered a much larger year-on-year rise than many economists had expected, given falling costs of fuel and…
ByVanessa Neumann on Newsnight
Watch Spear’s columnist and blogger Vanessa Neumann on the BBC discussing the Venezuelan election. Dr Vanessa Neumann, as well as…
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