News hot off the press this morning… Germany's Quarter 1, 2012 GDP figures show an impressive 0.5% growth over the first 3 months: which is impressive compared to the UK economy and others in Europe. Plus, I believe that growth of this nature does strengthen Angela Merkel's hand in...
Last week I attended a presentation by William Hobbs, Global Equity Strategist at Barclays Wealth - refreshingly, his outlook for the global economy was very positive in the main, bar a number of unsurprising 'danger' areas. Over the past months, these 'dangers' have been well documented by...
Those interested in world affairs, and politics in general, will know that today is Super Tuesday in America. This is when ten states in the US decide on who they think is the best Republican contender to run against President Obama in November 2012. It's all very complicated, but currently...
So will the Europeans back the Greeks with their next bailout? It's fascinating that in the last two or three weeks the "mood music” coming from countries like Norway, the Netherlands and particularly the Germans is becoming very "hawkish” over debating the bailout itself. The...
Our world at the moment is so fast moving that sometimes keeping up with the news is almost impossible - with the European sovereign debt crisis; the demise of the UK banking system; national debt over one trillion pounds for the first time ever and unemployment rising rapidly, particularly...
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