Our great leader, Gordon Brown, currently lecturing the UN in a fashion more reminiscent of a failing Marxist African overlord (I just watch...

I would like to thank my ( international )readers for voting in the poll this week. The question was, is it time to emigrate from Britain? ...

For your delectation, 10 interesting stories from the UK Sunday business pages, most stories relate to three issues, Market Crash, Private E...

The Chinese have caused a stir by their plans to take a significant stake in Barclays – they have excellent reasons which we covered on Tues...

it is quite interesting in the markets at the moment, everything is very up in the air and lots of traders seem unsure about what will happe...

Many people still find the stock markets a fearful thing and choose not to invest. Property seems like a much simpler bet and people can see...

Trespassing on territory that others perhaps know better ... but the forthcoming major Chinese investment in Barclays seems highly signifi...

2007 is set to be a good year in economic terms, so make the most of it: 1 - UK growth is currently ticking along at a nicely overclocked 3%...

It is that time again, 10 of the best stories in the UK Sunday Business pages; Qatari's to buy Sainsbury's - Easily the biggest sto...

After the quite stunning decision of the police to not prosecute Lord Levy or Ruth Turner after the Cash for Honours investigation, it is ti...

“ No-one wants the lights to be going out in 20 years time. I’m not saying they will. They won’t .” Of course you're not, Minister,...

I have not, since badger (Alistair Darling ) became Chancellor barely a peep has been heard. This is not what we have come to expect after 1...

So it comes to pass that Ken of this parish has managed to get his own way in the end. The official Labour Mayor of London has triumphed ove...

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Ten of the business stories in the UK Sunday papers that caught my eye: Brown looking to Insurance - For another tax raid, destroying the p...

I went shopping today at lunchtime yesterday, something I rarely do. Equipped with a suitable discount voucher I bought a couple of shirts a...

The Dollar/Pound exchange rate is set well above the 2:1 ratio now. A great time for a holiday to the USA where even tourist rates are appro...

Our new capable leader, Mr Brown has been very active in the meedia to make it clear he will be a different kind of guy from Mr Blair; The d...

For all those gentle readers who quake at the thought of being dependent on gas from the kindly Gazprom, three entertaining recent news item...

Hi High Toniness, fresh from completing what will turn out to be a seedy list of peerages to end his scarred reign as PM, is off to the Mid...