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  • Some lessons from the US university system
    Monday 6th February 2012, 4:22am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    TED KEMP
    BEWARE, those who follow our lead. Those who defend the UK’s university fee hikes say that there’s no need to worry, because the educational loan system ensures that students still are able to pay... [Read more]
  • February will need a new set of equity buyers
    Monday 30th January 2012, 3:39am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    STEVE SEDGWICK
    NEW buyers, please. One month down, 11 to go. It has been a nice January so far for most of the long equity brigade, with markets putting in a respectable performance. The problems are the same that... [Read more]
  • Eurozone crisis still as muddled after two years
    Monday 16th January 2012, 3:22am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    REBECCA MEEHAN
    TWO years into the Eurozone crisis and still no more clarity and so many moving parts. Almost everyone we speak to seems to think the euro/dollar exchange rate is headed down to 1.20, but for all... [Read more]
  • Eurozone New Year is dawn of the living dead
    Monday 9th January 2012, 3:21am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    ROSS WESTGATE
    SO we’re up and running. 2012 is fully underway and here I am with the same question I had in January last year. We’ve always presumed that whatever happens to the Eurozone, one way or another... [Read more]
  • Politicians’ bickering is bad news for businesses
    Monday 19th December 2011, 3:24am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    TED KEMP
    THE brawl has made for cracking entertainment. It’s been a super-fun read. But it’s time for government officials in the UK and France to shut their traps and get their heads back into the game of... [Read more]
  • Why this week’s oil meeting matters for Opec
    Monday 12th December 2011, 3:26am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    STEVE SEDGWICK
    IT was one of the worst Opec meetings ever,” exclaimed the most important man in world oil, Ali al-Naimi, back in June to a gob-smacked press pack in Vienna. Seriously, this was a truly amazing... [Read more]
  • Petrol congress meets amid Middle East unrest
    Monday 5th December 2011, 3:39am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    YOUSEF GAMAL EL-DIN
    THE TWENTIETH World Petroleum Congress kicks off in the Qatari capital of Doha this week, aiming to boost dialogue among stakeholders in the petroleum industry and beyond. It is the first time the... [Read more]
  • It’s comeback time for bond market vigilantes
    Monday 28th November 2011, 3:22am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    LOUISA BOJESEN
    GUESS where we’ll be getting our cues from next week (hint: it’s an easy question). The answer, of course, is once again from the bond markets and the politicians. Fantastic. So something new to look... [Read more]
  • German strong-arm tactics could backfire
    Monday 21st November 2011, 4:05am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    ROSS WESTGATE
    IF a week is a long time in politics, two weeks covering affairs of state in Italy can seem like an eternity. But having covered the fall of Berlusconi and the rise of Monti’s technocrats, there’s... [Read more]
  • Blame selfishness, not capitalism, for our woes
    Monday 14th November 2011, 4:18am GMT
    CNBC COMMENT
    REBECCA MEEHAN
    I LOVE a protest. So long as it involves a point worthy of consideration, and preferably a brazier, I’m there. I’ve spent quite a while wandering around the OccupyLSX site reading the bumf and... [Read more]
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