As Australian childcare company ABC collapses under more than AUD1 milliard of debt, questions are being asked as to the company's business practices.
Economies: Brown to leave a poison pill
Forgive us for being cynical - but it's difficult to see what else Gordon Brown and his little Darling next door can mortgage in their attempts to prevent a recession that looks increasingly inevitable. Brown already knows he's not going to be P...
Economies: Greenspan's arrogance un-dimmed
Former US Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress that he was wrong about some things but that it wasn't his fault.
Economies: NZ reverses fortunes with dramatic interest rates cut
Recently revealed as the developed country with the greatest difference between rich and poor, and recipient of the (fictional) Award for the simplest capital-catching strate...
Economies: Bernanke's tenuous grip on reality
If you can lose your head when all around are trying to save theirs, then you can be Chairman of the Fed, my son*. Bernanke's latest idea for saving the USA's economy is hackn...
China's upset. Whilst the rest of the world falls into what economists call...
Economies: Netherlands buys 8.5% of ING
Dutch financial giant ING, which has been mounting a stealth-attack on the...
Business Strategies: paying bonuses in times of hardship
Barclays wants to buy Lehman Brothers in the US, and it needs to borrow to make the deal despite the fact that it's buying a bankrupt company whe...
UK acts to keep out business travellers
If you want to visit the UK for a quick trip, it's easy: turn up at the airport, say you'll be in the country for a few days, tell them the truth...
Economies: the dead cat bounce that left a very bloody mess
One swallow does not a.... oh, never mind. That and every other cliché one...
