Wall Street is backing the right-hand man of Elliot Spitzer, its previous scourge, in the race for one of the most powerful financial law enforcement jobs in the US, the New York attorney-general, according to new analysis of campaign contributions
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FT on 2nd Sep 2010 (via ft.com)
Fierce German resistance to helping crisis-hit Greece has emerged in a Financial Times opinion poll that strengthens the hand of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, hand before a possible European showdown this week over financial aid for Athens
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FT on 21st Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Excellent coverage of the refusal to hand back their Pension issue - Here and Here.
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AVeryBritishDude on 27th Feb 2009 (via brackenworld.blogspot.com)
HOLYROOD politicians are refusing to say whether they will hand back profits of almost £2 million which they stand to make on their taxpayer-funded second homes.
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Scotsman on 18th May 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
"Why can't my left hand give money to my right hand?" wondered Wittgenstein. Bizarre proposals to jump-start the stalled private finance initiative, discussed in Wednesday's Society Guardian, resemble the left hand writing out a deed of gift while the right hand pens a receipt. A scheme whose supposed rationale was using the private sector to shelter the taxpayer from risk may now be rev...
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Guardian on 4th Feb 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
nGW and information warfare go hand in hand, and that is exactly what we are seeing unfold with the situation regarding the sea based protesters and Israel this morning as the discussion moves away from law and into the realm of politics. The political fallout will prove interesting, only because we are likely to learn a lot about President Obama. The news has already gone viral, and many pundits ...
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InformationDissemination on 1st Jun 2010 (via informationdissemination.net)
The ongoing financial worries at The New York Times continues, from Silicon Alley Insider: Specifically, the company must deliver $400 million to lenders in May of 2009, six months from now. The company has only $46 million of cash on hand, and its operations will likely begin consuming this meager balance this quarter or next.
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LiberalConspiracy on 9th Nov 2008 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
If the rumours are to be believed, Bill and Hillary Clinton are in love. No, I mean with each other. Recently, the US secretary of state and the former president have been seen holding hands at the Cafe Carlyle in New York, only to be spotted a few days later walking together, again hand in hand, down a street in Washington. Rarely has a marriage been the subject of such sharply contradictory spec...
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Guardian on 28th Apr 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Ed Miliband will effectively be acting with one hand tied behind his back when he assembles his top team.
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Telegraph on 8th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)