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Viewpoint: We can't stop good firms falling in the credit gap
Let us be clear. Whatever the British Bankers' Association's statistics say about an increase in lending to small businesses in the past quarter, it is quite obvious that pain is being inflicted on some reputable and credit-worthy companies. Many are having their overdraft facilities withd ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Politics
Let us be clear. Whatever the British Bankers' Association's statistics say about an increase in lending to small businesses in the past quarter, it is quite obvious that pain is being inflicted on some reputable and credit-worthy companies. Many are having their overdraft facilities withd ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Politics
Bush bails out Pumpkin the turkey, but stays silent on economy
A lame duck yesterday pardoned a turkey at the White House. As the US and the world grappled with the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, President George Bush had only one public engagement: offering a full and unconditional reprieve to Pumpkin."Welcome to the Rose Garden for t ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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A lame duck yesterday pardoned a turkey at the White House. As the US and the world grappled with the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, President George Bush had only one public engagement: offering a full and unconditional reprieve to Pumpkin."Welcome to the Rose Garden for t ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Torrent of gloomy news gives US little to be thankful for
The US consumer freeze deepened yesterday as the biggest fall in spending since the 2001 terrorist attacks gave the Thanksgiving shopping season its worst possible start.Americans cut their high-street expenditure by 1% in October, a worse-than-expected decline and the steepest in seven years. The f ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The US consumer freeze deepened yesterday as the biggest fall in spending since the 2001 terrorist attacks gave the Thanksgiving shopping season its worst possible start.Americans cut their high-street expenditure by 1% in October, a worse-than-expected decline and the steepest in seven years. The f ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 27, 2008 12:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Ex-Fed chairman Volcker joins Obama's economic recovery team
The US President-elect Barack Obama named Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, to a panel that will advise on how to pull the US economy out of recession, amid more signs that the downturn is accelerating.
The Independent – Nov 27, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The US President-elect Barack Obama named Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, to a panel that will advise on how to pull the US economy out of recession, amid more signs that the downturn is accelerating.
The Independent – Nov 27, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business