Day 2 of the Barclays Meltdown: Diamond resigns J Iddhis Bing. London July 4 In a dizzying series of fast-paced events in the City, London’s financial hub, Barclay’s Chairman, Marcus Agius, has been re-instated and Bob Diamond, the American-born CEO, has resigned. The highly unusual switch occurred when it became apparent that […]
Cameron Announces Hearings into Financial Culture
Plus ça change… London July 2, 2012. English Prime Minister David Cameron has announced an inquiry into the banking industry. In a dramatic appearance before Parliament, Cameron announced that the inquiry would be empowered to examine witnesses under oath and has the stated aim of "gaining access to all relevant papers." The PM said the inquiry […]
Everything Depends On What You Mean By Normal
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY NORMAL Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Paris. June 26-30 Iddhis Bing Say what you will about the pasty-faced Bourbons – one of whose descendants sits on the Spanish throne these days – they knew how to build an […]
The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece
Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So Goes Ireland, Too INTERVIEW WITH TONY PHILLIPS Defeat is the battle that isn’t waged. – Alex Tsipras Iddhis Bing Tony Phillips is an Irish journalist and political economist, editor of the online magazine DensidadRegional.org He contributed to the newly published What […]
The European Electoral Landscape
A Quick Pre-Anti-Climatic Look At The European Landscape Before The End of the World Iddhis Bing Tonight is the one and only nationally televised, face to face debate between President Nicholas Sarkozy and Socialist candidate Francois Hollande. Is a knock-out punch likely? Hardly and yet, Sarkozy, a fighter enjoying all the […]
hE DOTH PROTEST IN LOUD TONES
Iddhis Bing id37bing@gmail.com He Doth Protest In A Very Loud Voice Results for the first round of elections in France have been in for a week now – Hollande, 29.2%, Sarkozy 27%, Le Pen 17.3%, Melenchon, 11.4% – and small oceans of ink have been spilled to Explain Exactly What It Means. […]
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