That was chilling: ten years since the financial crash on August 14, 2017Ten years ago the then chancellor, Alistair Darling, was on holiday and had walked to the shops to buy bread rolls for breakfast. He picked up a copy of the Financial Times. It stopped him in his tracks as he walked home. The lead story was about a French bank, BNP Paribas, which had been […]
Can Trump really cut off his business ties? on December 19, 2016 News conferences are rare events for President-elect Donald Trump. Since he beat Hillary Clinton, his media appearances have been restricted to television interviews and the occasional audiences with an important outlet such as the New York Times. Now his plans to hold one on Thursday to tackle a thorny subject – how he […]