Rangers fans threaten Lloyds Bank boycott
Lloyds Banking Group has been warned that Rangers Football Club fans will boycott it unless it continues to support the […]
2010
Murray: David Cameron best for the country
David Cameron has received a boost in Scotland ahead of the general election from Sir David Murray, the Rangers owner,
Scottish pension funds fight to reclaim European tax
Strathclyde Pension Fund and Highland Council Pension Fund, two of Scotland’s largest public-sector pension schemes, are in the vanguard of
Goldman Sachs’ stance marks Gordon Brown out as a man without shame
You may remember the classic scene in Casablanca in which the police captain Louis Renault raids Rick’s Cafe claiming to
The SEC’s case against Goldman Sachs is a turning point for Wall Street
The torrent of speculation surrounding the SEC’s attempt to nail the “giant vampire squid” (a.k.a. Goldman Sachs) over alleged fraudulence
Brown is “shocked, shocked” to discover gambling’s been going on
Gordon Brown has condemned Goldman Sachs for defrauding buyers of a toxic CDO yet has condoned similar activities by British
Eurozone ‘at risk’ unless ECB softens currency line
The entire eurozone is at risk unless the European Central Bank softens its stance towards the value of the euro
The secrets and lies of Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown recently branded Goldman Sachs “morally bankrupt” and asked the FSA to investigate it. Yet he has turned a
Dodd’s bill won’t prevent another crisis
Breaking up is the hardest things to do … Three years since the onset of the crisis, the United States
‘The story BCG offered me $16,000 not to tell’
I’ve just been reading the musings of Keith Yost, a disillusioned former Boston Consulting Group insider. In a series of
Scientist questions Scottish Government over research practices
A leading research scientist is calling for a full investigation into the Scottish Government’s approach to funding research and development
Scourge of the ‘Pinstripe Scargills’: Vince Cable has the policies to help Britain. But will he get the chance to implement them?
The Ask The Chancellors debate featuring Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vince Cable got the Twitterati into such a lather
Gordon Brown commissioned the Don Cruikshank report on banking, then largely ignored it
TEN years after Don Cruickshank published his Review of Banking Services is a good time to take stock of Gordon
Sea snake deal gives Pelamis £5 million boost
THE era of commercial wave farms off Scotland’s coast has come a step closer following ScottishPower Renewables’ purchase of a
‘Big Four’ audit firms admit they misrepresented bank solvency pre-crisis
I was shocked by the testimony given by the heads of the “Big Four” accountancy firms — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte,
US rescue plan: Stiglitz vs Gold
Three years after the crisis began is as good a time as any to take stock of the US policy
It was not lack of regulation, but lack of ethics, that killed The Street
The former Salomon Brothers bond trader who lifted the lid on sharp practice in Wall Street with Liar’s Poker in
Time for Sarbox to be rethought post-Valukas
The time bombs detonated by the court-appointed Examiner’s Report into the collapse of Lehman Brothers have by no means all
Funding mergers and acquisitions post-credit crunch
Mergers and acquisitions: Corporate treasurers are on the look out for imaginative but prudent ways of financing tactical and strategic
It’s time for a fundamental overhaul of the accountancy profession
America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and its London-based counterpart, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), both privately-owned, self-regulatory bodies,
Lehman examiner’s report: London was the ‘Guantanamo Bay’ of finance
One of the most stunning revelations to come out of the Court Appointed Examiner’s Report into the bankruptcy of Lehman