Cameron points to FSA report that detailed a catalogue of errors that triggered the bank failure
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FT on 19th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Ministers publish plans to scrap fines for incorrect disposal of household waste by residents of England.
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BBCPolitics on 15th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
The future of British science is under serious threat because its funding body is making "disastrous errors", more than 70 senior academics have warned.
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Telegraph on 11th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The future of British science is under serious threat because its funding body is making "disastrous errors", more than 70 senior academics have warned. Here is their letter in full.
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Telegraph View: There was no apology for Labour's many errors in the leader's speech.
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Since Detlev Schlichter is discussed frequently around here, I thought it might be interesting to summarise some of the arguments from his book, Paper Money Collapse. Of course I am summarising my understanding of the arguments, so caveats about my fallibility apply; errors and omissions are mine. He begins with a description of money. It is the medium of exchange. It needs to be something people ...
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Whilst reading a discussion on the state of Social Security I noticed some conceptual errors, which if not corrected, could lead to very bad results. Social Security is not a welfare program. It is not a wealth redistribution program. It was created in FDR's time as a one size fits all retirement fund. Every working person is forced to pay a percentage of their income into it so that upon ret...
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Financial regulator set to reveals a catalogue of errors relating to the catastrophic failure of Royal Bank of Scotland
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FT on 9th Dec 2011 (via ft.com)
There are concerns that the changes will not live up to their revolutionary billing and that autonomy could lead some to perform less well
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FT on 7th Dec 2011 (via ft.com)
“I thought about the meaning of Giora’s pork chops for several days. They seemed to contain a larger message.” Good lord: a woman called Belen Fernandez has written a whole book on the topic of Tom Friedman, his myriad errors,...
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