The bankers bite back
Faisal Islam blogs from Davos on the day that the bankers fought back.
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Faisal Islam blogs from Davos on the day that the bankers fought back.
Chancellor George Osborne has defended his austerity plan to Channel 4 News saying that abandoning the deficit reduction plan, would drag the country “back into the danger zone”.
Chancellor George Osborne has defended his austerity plan to Channel 4 News saying that abandoning the deficit reduction plan, would drag the country “back into the danger zone”.
Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital in South Africa, where he was having tests. The admission of the frail 92-year old statesman had sparked widespread fears for his health.
Our Economics Editor reports from Davos on the news conference with the world’s oil giants.
Jon Snow interviews Bill and Melinda Gates about their work across the world, follow the interview here.
Faisal Islam blogs on the economic differences between the UK and Germany, on his way to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
Jon Snow blogs: the sacking of Andy Gray represents a major watershed in our social revolution, but what now for Rupert Murdoch whose media outlets continue to dominate headlines?
A Briton who was among the 35 victims of the Moscow suicide blast is named, as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vows revenge for the airport bombing.
More than 30 people – reportedly including two Britons – are killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bombing at Moscow’s biggest airport, Domodedovo.
The Prime Minister’s private dinner with News Corporation executives raises questions over his impartiality in the light of News Corp’s attempt to take over BSkyB, one MP tells Channel 4 News.
The ructions at the top of Barclays have been somewhat Shakespearean in character over the past few years. It was said that US-born investment banker Bob Diamond was the foil for the calmer, older school John Varley. Diamond, currently the president of Barclays, was the architect of the wildly successful purchase of the bankrupt core…
Bob Diamond, one of the world’s highest paid bankers, is named as chief executive of Barclays in a move Economics Editor Faisal Islam says challenges the government’s position on banking reform.
Faisal Islam blogs on how he believes the Conservatives may be feeling a little edgy after last night’s leaders’ debate.
It is like the Conservatives have flicked a switch. Today, I got invited into the Conservative war-room and they seem a pretty euphoric lot following the apparent endorsement of their National Insurance plan from Britain’s business elite – George Osborne thinks it’s a “momentous” day in the campaign. And when I spoke to George Osborne,…