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Tuesday, #27

It’s budget day in this fine country. Has anybody else realized that George Osborne looks like “the voice of London” Lewis Prothero in V for Vendetta? It’s too early to say much (because the man is...

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And why wouldn’t Serbia want to join the EU right now…

Herman von Rompuy, the by far funniest looking European politician, was elected for a second term as president of the European Council. Kind of surprising that there was any kind of election...

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Suing countries

Yesterday, the ECB was all the rage, because it had said to stop supplying four Greek banks with liquidity. Those banks now have to turn to the Bank of Greece, where they could access liquidity at a...

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You know it’s bad when it impacts the Eurovision Song Contest

The most exciting thing that happened yesterday was Goldman Sachs joining Twitter - for real. The first three tweets regarded an official ‘hello’, shareholder support and the firm’s global...

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EU unemployment at 10.4%, India in the dark

The News Brief is going on holiday and will be back on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Record unemployment and Zara Philips and Milton Friedman as trending topics on Twitter. I guess that’s the world we...

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The unexpected: A deal for Greece, a Canadian for the BoE

The Eurogroup has completed its first successful Greece-related meeting measured by the measurability of its results. In short: we got a deal. It’s not a haircut (go Germany!), but it’s not far from...

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Currency wars – on land and on Twitter

There won’t be an update until Friday, 15 February 2013. Today, there is a lot of opinion and analysis on North Korea’s third nuclear test; even China has joined in with the rest of the world in...

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IMF joins Cyprus creditors; Fannie Mae records first profits in 6 years

There won’t be an update tomorrow, Thursday April 4th. Yesterday…In the US, people are getting more nervous about the Fed’s spending spree. Eyeing over to Japan, that might be fair. Once again, it’s...

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Letta new Italian PM; Apple profits drop for first time in decade

Yesterday… It was a dark day for the European economy, with April PMIs across the globe disappointed, except for France, which beat expectations and soared to four-months highs. China and Germany on...

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US payrolls estimate up; Twitter IPO rumors back

Yesterday… the ECB shook up Europe for a moment, with government debt yields falling to new lows under the soothing sound of disgruntled murmuring Germans. The ECB is ready for more [again], it says,...

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