Investing Blog

North Asia to lead wave of M&A activity

forex — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:47:55 +0000

Japanese and South Korean companies are expected to lead a wave of acquisition activity out of the region this year

Forget Fred and focus on the real banking scandal

forex — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000

Capitalism works – and works far better than any other system – because the discipline of the marketplace keeps greed, folly and incompetence in check, writes Nigel Lawson

It’s time to support the opposition in the Syrian civil war

forex — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000

Thanks to the morally bankrupt policies of Russia and China, there is no guarantee Syria can avoid a bloody fate, write Malcolm Rifkind and Shashank Joshi

Stocks surge on strong US jobs data

forex — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:41:44 +0000

Equities and commodities benefit from robust US employment data with the FTSE All-World index at its best levels since start of August

The football transfer myth is coming to an end

forex — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:51 +0000

Football clubs are coming round to the idea that buying expensive players is an own-goal, writes Simon Kuper

Everyone’s a critic now – or are they?

forex — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:51 +0000

A substandard romantic novel is trivial, whereas a ruined weekend tryst in Paris is a minor tragedy, writes Tim Harford

Lucky Dave’s show goes on as an(other) irritant departs

forex — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:51 +0000

Nick Clegg still needs to answer the question of what the Lib Dems are for. A list of achievements will not suffice, writes John Kampfner

Our burn-a-banker frenzy is tempting – but wrong

forex — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:51 +0000

Mr Goodwin may have been an egregious example of bad banking but he was hardly alone in causing the credit crunch, writes Martin Dickson

Volatile banks push Europe higher

forex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:33:56 +0000

Rapid gains for Société Générale and Crédit Agricole helped the FTSE Eurofirst rise for the fourth consecutive session on Friday

Stocks surge on strong US jobs data

forex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:33:56 +0000

Equities and commodities benefit from robust US employment data with the FTSE All-World stock at its best levels since the beginning of August