'Value for the taxpayer' is the most common line I hear in defence of nationalisation, and inside I laugh every time I hear this line, ...

There are winners and losers in every rate cut, so literally somebody, somewhere loses out every time, this can be the bank, a borrower...

We have been talking about this for some time, (see posts here 1, 2, 3, 4). In this clip Bloomberg editor Tom Keene talks about the iss...

Financial services (such as brokering) are a zero VAT business, we cannot charge VAT for our activities, we do however, pay VAT on all ...

National Public Radio in the USA have recorded a piece on Ireland it's about five minutes long and you can tune into it here. It inter...

TechTicker talk to Todd Harrison about the deflation or inflation question, many commentators have felt that inflation will be the true...

In looking at any product or service you will often hear people mention 'supply and demand', it is one of the foundations of Microecono...

There is an ongoing debate about ways to make the 'fat cats' pay more tax, and that there should be a way of forcing people who earn a ...

The ECB meeting is due to meet this week on the 7th and a further 0.25% rate cut is expected which will bring European base rate lendin...

I was at a meeting last week and the topic of 'what I read' came up, I spend on average, about six hours a day reading, granted that is...

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