The evil banker syndrome
April 01, 2013
I was talking the other day to a US banker who works in the City for a British bank. He was complaining about a decision-making process that was cumbersome by American standards. But his main issue was a feeling that bankers in Europe are seen as the enemy — overpaid profiteers. It was a relief to g...
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Mursi's mistakes are worse than crime
January 03, 2013
Egypt has travelled a long way: US-trained generals have saluted a freely elected Brotherhood president and a proud nation has emerged from a crippling political deep freeze. But the achievements are fragile...
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Made exclusively in the United States of America
September 03, 2012
I built this column. I built it all by myself in this second American century. I built it after seeing banners at the Republican National Convention saying, "Build, Baby, Build!-? So I decided to drill down and see what I could find.
I found I needed a laptop that somebody else had built, some...
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Saving private Romney
August 15, 2012
No sooner had Mitt Romney and his newly picked running mate Paul Ryan of Wisconsin dubbed themselves "America's Comeback Team-? than President Barack Obama tweeted: "Romney-Ryan: The Go Back Team.-?Bring it on! Saving Private Romney is going to involve an ideological battle -” over the size...
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The Titanic and the end of an era
March 29, 2012
I was on a packed rush-hour Tube the other day when my eye was caught by a headline in one of the free tabloids that help pass the time in the Underground: "Menu from Titanic's last lunch to fetch ?£100,000 at auction.-?
That's a lot for a menu, but then there is no limit to the fascinatio...
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