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There’s gold in them thar pagodas. How?

I apologise once more if some of our longer-standing readers are bored with the Slog’s major gold obsession, […]

John Ward June 12, 2010 banks build storage space to cope with demand, but price still below $1300., gold price manipulation

ANALYSIS: East, West and handling the transfer of power.

Nobody should assume that China’scoming dominance is going to be peaceful It is a truism that business (apart […]

John Ward June 12, 2010 China, Toronto agreement needed, US anger, war about business., Yuan float

UK LIVING STANDARDS: The pain of putting off pain is equal to the sum of the rock and the hard place.

This afternoon, The Slog contributed this piece to Martin Wolf’s (left) comment thread. His article is (as always […]

John Ward June 11, 2010 George Osborne, Martin Wolf ., Plan B, Slog view., uk deficit

BANKING REFORM: G20 finance ministers are on the case.

You may have spotted The Slog heaping praise on the G20 men and women last week. Well, working […]

John Ward June 11, 2010 big decision, G20 finance jolly, George Osborne, Goldman Sachs, Tim Geithner

US OUTLOOK: Watch what they do not what they say.

US Corporate cash-hoarding is a sure signthat business expects the worst. And ECBsecrecy is another one. “I command […]

John Ward June 11, 2010 corporate cash hoarding, crazy., EU banks not lending, markets rising, Obama clueless, Trichet secretive, US banks not lending, US money-starved

ANALYSIS: Obama is staring at a single-term Presidency.

More finger-pointing and Taxi Driver style “listen up, punk” stuff is emanating from the Oval Office. But although […]

John Ward June 11, 2010 Barack Obama, Black Carter., BP spillage, Chinese currency, Israel and Gaza

FRENCH LIFE: Apres M. Ruggeri, le deluge.

Local roofing man Jean-Pierre Ruggeri is making good speed with our new roof here. The super-tough silver-covered insulation […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 roofing contractors and rain in France

Where did everyone go on June 10th 2010?

I don’t know how many Sloggers have been to the BBC most popular stories page today, but worldwide […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 BBC, fatwah, internet traffic at 10% normal level, Mark Thompson, Obama, why?

EU POWER ANALYSIS: Romp the Pomp, and a plan to render every EU elector irrelevant.

As the UK heads for a showdown with the EU, Cameron should beware Herman van Rompuy: he does […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 Cameron, EU plan to see fiscal budgets first, Hoban, on uk collision course., UK Treasury, Van Rompuy.

Van Rompuy: the amoral, anti-democratic fixer behind the poetic image.

King of the Belgians Herman Van Rompuy is concerned that we’re not converging as a European Union. This […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 anti-democrat., Exclusive coming...the real Van Rompuy

MEMO TO WILLETTS: Better graduates, lower costs, more plumbers.

The cost of degree courses is a “burden on the taxpayer” and the system of funding is in […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 better reduce intake, David Willetts, Degree costs, raise standards, rebalance training., UK Cuts

ANALYSIS: WHY MERVYN KING IS WRONG ABOUT UK INFLATION.

Mr King is ignoring the European dimension Look at US, Australo-Pacific and even some EU business websites at […]

John Ward June 10, 2010 UK inflation rate Mervyn King wrong raw material costs EU bailout costs heading for UK/EU collision, Van Rompuy.

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