The Heathrow problem – and how London mayoral candidates can handle it

Apr 27, 2016 21:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

With Heathrow already operating at 98% capacity, airport expansion will be one of the biggest issues facing the next mayor of London. Whoever is elected to the position wont have the final say that power lies with the UK...

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Are 60% of UK laws really imposed by the EU?

Apr 27, 2016 21:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Today it is a tragedy that the European Union that body long ago established with the high and noble motive of making another war impossible is itself beginning to stifle democracy, in this country and around Europe. If...

Explainer: what's it like to work at a company that goes into administration?

Apr 27, 2016 21:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views

All businesses hit choppy waters at times, and inevitably several end up drowning. High Street tailor Austin Reed followed hard on the heels of department store BHS this week, both paying the price for management failures...

Apple's slowdown highlights how growth-obsessed investors distort our view of value

Apr 27, 2016 21:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Apple has reported its first decline in revenues and income for the past 13 years. The market and media has reacted predictably with an 8% fall in Apples stock price. From an investors perspective, the decline in sales of...

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How much does the UK actually pay to the EU?

Apr 27, 2016 21:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

For every 2 we send to Brussels, we get 1 back and it comes back with a tag on it on what we have to spend it on. Gisela Stuart, Labour MP and joint head of Vote Leave, speaking on BBC Radio 4s Today programme, April...

RBA policy decision next week likely to be a close call, odds of cut rise post CPI data

Apr 27, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views

Data released earlier today showed Australias Q1 headline CPI figures came in at -0.2% q/q versus +0.2% expected and +0.4% previous. More concerning was that the key core inflation measures, Trimmed Mean CPI and Weighted...

Why Libya's collapse into chaos is not an argument against intervention

Apr 27, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Insights & Views

Libya is mired in crisis a shit show according to President Obama. Many have declared that the 2011 intervention shouldnt have been launched , and that the Libya campaign is reason enough to put an end to the practice of...