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Former Farepak board »
On this week's agenda: disqualification proceedings relating to the collapsed Christmas savings company, and a commodity [...]
Political
While Europe waits for Greece »
There are four weeks to go before the Greek elections – and, it seems, even longer to wait before a [...]
A Tory at the BBC? It »
Boris Johnson was as outspoken as ever about political placement at the BBC. But rare is the chairman of [...]
Saving the euro won’t »
The vast imbalances in trade, and yawning gaps in competitiveness, between European states will continue [...]
Technology
The investors on the trail of a British Facebook
London has become the scene of a big-money race to find an internet firm with potential to be as profitable as the US social networking siteDavor Hebel, a Croatian-born and US-educated partner at Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, a £100m fund, is explaining where venture capital (VC) investors fit into London's technology ecosystem. It all boils [...]
Facebook is going to need all the friends it can get | John Naughton
Facebook still has a long way to go to make its value credibleThe interesting thing about the Facebook IPO (initial public offering) is that there was no first-day "pop". In other words, the shares ended the day trading at just about the price at which they had started.Given the advance hype, this surprised many observers and led some to speculate [...]
Fred Pearce: Land grabbing has more of an impact on the world’s poor than climate change
The science and environment author discusses a growing global threat• Read an extract from Fred Pearce's new book The Land GrabbersWhat inspired you to write The Land Grabbers?Over the last few years, I became aware of this hidden revolution taking place around the world: the buying up of vast swaths of land by foreign entities from beneath its [...]
Fashion
It’s not rocket science – »
Roy Greenslade and other commentators may analyse the ABCs, but maybe sales disparities boil down to the change in our pocketsProfessor Roy Greenslade [Read More]
Sports
Facebook staff »
As the social network floated on the stock market, its employees marked the occasion with [...]
Should you do »
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can afford to dress down, even when he's courting Wall [...]
Weather
Abundance – Small business, big »
Founder Karl Harder's 'democratic finance' means anyone with £5 can invest in renewable energy projectsName Abundance GenerationFounders Karl Harder, Louise Wilson, Bruce DavisCompany started Abundance was founded in Oct 2009 but has only been authorised and regulated by [Read More]
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