Sunday Papers Roundup

A quick Drew round-up this week, starting as is my wont with an energy item:

UK biofuel producer sees shares slump, seeks funding. But why, you may ask, when the EC mandates increasing use of biofuels ? Because US agri-business is being subsidised to produce the stuff and they are dumping. This is just the start of major biofuels controversy to come …

… because food price inflation is really taking off and food-for-fuel is one of the (several) reasons

It’s to be ‘green’ taxes from Darling on Budget Day. The Sunday papers have got their well-informed votes in - here and here - on CU’s sidebar poll. But how do they know, he asked naively – anyone remember when a budget leak meant the Chancellor’s head on a platter ?

A big IT contractor gets the boot from the UK government. Has the worm turned – at last ?

The government and BAA have fixed the evidence on the 3^rd Runway case. And we are supposed to be surprised ...

Predators target Virgin Media. Beardy in the money again

Finally, margin calls have stuffed Peloton and Carlyle Capital. Déjà vu, anyone? Oh yes, you read it, err, at C@W first – on Friday !

ND