Economy
As the Mexican economy takes off, new president Enrique Pena-Nieto has a shot at redemption
Sleek and telegenic, Mexico’s Enrique Pena-Nieto was sworn in as president for a six-year term on Saturday. It’s been five long months since Mr Pena-Nieto won the presidential elections amid allegations of fraud and protests.
By Maria Tadeo | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Monday, 3 December 2012 at 6:09 pm
Why Britain’s SMEs are turning to trading alternatives
Economic conditions continue to prove challenging for the country’s small businesses with any fluctuations in investment, inflation or confidence hitting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the hardest. It’s clear that businesses have had to become savvier in how they operate, generate revenue and protect the bottom line. That’s why many of the UK’s SMEs are turning to innovative trading alternatives as they look to boost revenue.
By Nick Moore | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 16 November 2012 at 3:19 pm
Ireland, it’s at our darkest moment that the fight back begins
It’s appropriate that country music has always been popular in Ireland because more and more the place feels like a tragic Tammy Wynnette song.
By Grainne Maguire | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 30 October 2012 at 6:00 am
Avoiding office meetings has economic consequences
A poll of 600 UK office workers out yesterday reported that just over two thirds of office workers now prefer e-mails and phone calls to face-to-face meetings, even when colleagues are in the same building.
By Dr Sean Carey | Notebook | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 12:38 pm
Why George Osborne should give everyone in Britain a new credit card
The basic problem is that fear is causing many households and firms in the private sector who could spend to cut back on their spending, while others who would be glad to spend more cannot get access to credit.
By Miles Kimball | Eagle Eye, Econoblog, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 10:43 am
Pocket money: Our children don’t have to follow in our credit crunched footsteps
Children need to understand the value of money, where it comes from and where it goes when they have spent it.
By Dr. James Lane | Notebook | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 12:00 am
China-US trade wars are an eerie Charybdis of despair
The pace of China’s unprecedented economic growth has allowed the Chinese to broaden their horizons in regional and international affairs, much to the annoyance of its great western rival the US, but they are still under criticism for ‘unfair’ trade regulations. What gives?
By Mohammad I. Aslam | Notebook, Opinion, iPolitics | Tuesday, 12 June 2012 at 4:40 am
Why we shouldn’t write off Merkel yet
“Isolation is a dream killer,” so the saying goes. Many commentators assert that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unprecedented new isolation in Europe over eurobonds and growth measures could turn her dream of tightly controlled European fiscal discipline into a limp cadaver. Some go even further and say it could accelerate her own political garrotting.
By Sherelle Jacobs | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 25 May 2012 at 11:57 am
Top of the posts: Gangsters, airbrushing and blood for money
The most read blogs from the past week, as determined by stats.
By Laura Davis | Notebook | Friday, 11 May 2012 at 5:14 pm
Scoop: It Was a Single Dip Recession After All
Best story in the Sunday newspapers is in Hamish McRae’s economics column for The Independent on Sunday. He reports Goldman Sachs figures suggesting that there was no double-dip recession and that last week’s -0.2 per cent GDP figure for the first quarter of the year will be revised in two or three years’ time to [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 29 April 2012 at 10:26 am
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