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Leaders debate the economy - live

11.52am: A bit more on the banking levy - Clegg reckons a temporary tax on bank profits will raise about £2bn. That sounds pretty small beer given what others have been talking about. 11.50am: Clegg revisits the question of a levy on banking, adding ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nick Clegg

The Shortwave Report 11/20/09 Listen Globally

Dear Radio Friend, The latest Shortwave Report (November 20) is up at the website  http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Portland Indymedia,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  United Nations,  Tony Blair,  International Criminal Court,  CA Inc.

The Shortwave Report 11/13/09 Listen Globally

Dear Radio Friend, The latest Shortwave Report (November 13) is up at the website  http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Portland Indymedia,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  United Nations,  Hugo Chávez,  Organization of American States,  Evo Morales

Fantastic Mr Fox looks good in corduroy … and you can too

Wes Anderson says he has a new ­corduroy suit made for himself every couple of years. Photograph: Richard Young / Rex Features For over a year now, I have taken a lot of ribbing. When I bought a light-brown corduroy suit last autumn, in the eyes of ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Wes Anderson,  Richard Young,  Roald Dahl,  George Clooney

The Shortwave Report 11/06/09 Listen Globally

Dear Radio Friend, The latest Shortwave Report (November 6) is up at the website  http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have access ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Portland Indymedia,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Abdullah Abdullah,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Wal-Mart,  NATO

Dan Roberts on the breaking up of Lloyds & RBS

Your IP address will be logged If you need help using the site: userhelp@guardian.co.uk Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: +44 (0)20 3353 2000 Tories say it is the equivalent of £2,000 per family and a 'new world ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

A high price for hiding the truth

Reading the small print: Chancellor Alistair Darling needs to put in a positive light the taxpayers' continuing massive investment to keep Britain's banking sector afloat. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA The final act of Britain's banking tragedy is not ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Comment Is Free,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Alistair Darling,  Northern Rock,  London Stock Exchange

A wake-up call that big changes are still needed in our economy

Looking for silver linings on a day when Britain's economy sinks to new depths of despair might seem perverse. Whatever one thinks of the limitations of GDP as a measure of national prosperity, the fact remains that today's dreadful numbers reflect a ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Comment Is Free,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

How negative growth could be positive

As the recession bites, a shop in Congleton, Cheshire, closes. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images But there is still a reason to cheer – and not just because the economists were once again caught by surprise. Had their consensus forecasts been ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Comment Is Free,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

The Shortwave Report 10/23/09 Listen Globally

Dear Radio Friend, The latest Shortwave Report (October 23) is up at the website  http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have access ...

From DAN ROBERTS, Portland Indymedia,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations General Assembly,  Hu Jintao,  World Trade Organization,  Hugo Chávez,  New York Times Company

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