Blog posts tagged "banks"

June 14, 2010 9:48 am 10 Comments

The authoritative Which? Commission report (Chaired by David Davies MP) tells it like it is. In the 21st century we get a rotten service.

November 5, 2009 9:27 am No Comments

I have blogged before about the role “unproductive” trades are playing in the current stock market boom. The FT today reports Goldman Sachs only posted one day’s trading loss in the past quarter – the quarter before saw two such days. On 35 of the 65 days of trading in the last quarter the company [...]

October 28, 2009 11:59 am 22 Comments

Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow insists there are no signs of increaed credit being made available in Europe despite the campaigns by politicians and senior economists.

September 21, 2009 6:02 pm No Comments

So it’s been reported that a bank WE own is being investigated by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for allegations of involvement in tax avoidance. This is probably the issue I have blogged about more than any other since Snowblog dawned – tax havens and tax avoidance, and the Channel Islands have never been far [...]