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Should we penalise firms that price-fix?
Posted by Jez Davison on July 24, 2008 9:43 AM
IN TODAY'S so-called free trade market, JEZ DAVISON questions the wisdom of punishing firms for price-fixing....
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Why cash is king in any economic environment
Posted by Jez Davison on June 10, 2008 6:18 PM
THE City is screaming blue murder.
Chaos reigns in financial markets. Confidence among the business community is shot to bits. And chiefs at the Bank of England and the European Central Bank have warned us that the worst storm may be yet to come.
It’s enough to make business owners question their sanity and head for the hills. But is the above an accurate assessment of the markets or an overreaction to hyperbolic media coverage?
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Fat cats' fury
Posted by Jez Davison on June 9, 2008 6:17 PM
WHY is it that this country is so quick to criticise people for being successful?
The news that five directors at banking giant HSBC are set to share a £120m windfall during the next three years has been met with incredulity by the business world.
How can this be so, the critics cried, when the UK’s largest bank announced write-downs of around £8.7bn only three months ago?
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The drinks industry isn't to blame for society's ills
Posted by Jez Davison on June 5, 2008 6:15 PM
EVERY year we hear stories about the evils of alcohol, particularly its effect on young people. And, every time, the drinks industry is expected to shoulder the blame.
As Children’s Secretary Ed Balls revealed new plans that could see parents prosecuted if their kids drink in public, critics waded in to denounce retailers for encouraging binge drinking by selling cheap alcohol and advertising their products.
Why not just ban alcohol altogether and put the drinks industry - already wounded by soaring fuel costs and alcohol duties - out of its misery?
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