What a difference a rumour makes
Articles by Victor Jimenez
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Victor Jimenez
Victor Jimenez
Let the People’s Party put the break on the autonomic follies in Spain
Give Angela some respect
Santander UK would now have a word about those Vickers reforms
LONDON | Chancellor of the British Treasury George Osborne confirmed Monday afternoon what Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, had announce the day before on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: that the Vickers report will be forced on to all banking institutions in the United Kingdom. “Our big banks were at the very centre of the financial crisis, what the Europeans call Anglo-Saxon financial capitalism. It needs reform.” The next weeks will be…
Weekend link fest
A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions: Has social media changed the financial industry? How Britain could leave the euro Why David Cameron’s UK deserves another chance in the EU Banks fear sovereign debt A document which every investor in the euro…
Fog in the Square Mile, continent’s credit cut off
UK vs EU, and Australia, China, Japan, US right now
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®(LEI) for the UK decreased 0.4 percent in both October and September, after decreasing 0.5 percent in August. Jean-Claude Manini, The Conference Board Senior Economist for Europe, said: “The slight improvement in stock prices did not offset the further and broad based deterioration of confidence measures. Coupled with the persistent weakness in the LEI, current economic conditions suggest that the British economy is at risk…
Forget TARP, let’s do a TAP
Giuseppe Vegas: “There’s a real bank alarm in Italy, everyone should be worried”
European Monetary Union members better learn from Algemesí’s Muixeranga
