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How many of today’s students will go on to work in business and the City, to make their fortunes, and give nothing back? I suggest they also look at James “Jimi” Heselden

There is clearly a large body of public opinion that believes that having received the benefits of free university teaching ourselves, we are betraying our children by charging so much

Markets anticipate further easing from the Reserve Bank of India. Twelve-year bond prices are climbing, apparently on speculation that the central bank will intervene to buy the securities to ease [...]

QE2 may create the very conditions for a bubble and a new collapse that the Fed dreadsIt’s November 2012 and Barack Obama is living out the last few weeks of his one-term presidency. History is being made for a second time: the first black commander in chief replaced by the first female holder of that [...]

Airline has found problems in three more engines during Airbus fleet inspectionsThe chief executive of Qantas said last night the airline has found engine problems in more of its Airbus A380s following an incident last week in which one of its superjumbos made an emergency landing after an engine exploded in mid-flight.Three more engines across [...]

The last thing that the world economy needs right now is another source of deflation in a financial crisis. And attaching the world economy’s price level to an anchor that central banks cannot augment at need is another source of deflation–we learned …

New-look trophies, more focus on album award – and artists to have a say in voting as Brits move from Earls Court to O2 ArenaThe Brit awards, the glitziest event in the UK music industry calendar, are no stranger to criticism. Tedious, embarrassing and irrelevant are just some of the less generous adjectives that have [...]

The G20 will need to consider ideas of managing trade if it is to avoid an unseemly trade squabbleTo get an idea of the kind of pressure Barack Obama is under this week, as he heads to South Korea for the G20 summit of leading economies, take a look at a recent video from a [...]

Canada-based BlueCat Networks announced it is investing an undisclosed amount of funds in Asia Pacific as part of its continued expansion in the region. With its customer base in China growing rapidly, BlueCat Networks has started its investment by ope…

ZTE Corporation announced that it has signed purchase agreements with five U.S. technology vendors at total value of USD3 billion. Under these framework agreements, ZTE will purchase semiconductor components from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Freescale …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said investors representing 98.5 percent of its shares signed up for its $5.3 billion rights issue, which will boost the Asia-focused bank’s capital ahead of…

Alkermes Inc., (ALKS)F2Q2011 (Qtr End 09/30/2010) Earnings CallNovember 4, 2010 4:30 pm ETComplete Story »

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Three additional settlements to claims arising from the debris removal operations after 9/11 have been reached, adding $56.45 million to existing settlements that already total up to $750 million in compensation f…

David Hunkar submits: The world’s best stock in terms of returns is not a U.S.-based company stock. Many people assume that Warren Buffet’s Berskhire Hathaway (BRK.A) is the world’s best stock. However that is not true. According…