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Dinner 2024 - change, change, change
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The UK General Election earlier this...
Martin Hayes
Oct 3, 2024
Dinner, again
So, here we come again to another LME Dinner. It’s the cue for people who have been in the business for a long time - me included, I have...
Lord Copper
Oct 1, 2024
Un-inversion
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The global economy has been...
Richard Horswill
Sep 24, 2024
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
I am again going to inflict my literary tastes on you. I have just read Danny Finkelstein’s family history - Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad....
Lord Copper
Sep 16, 2024
From embryo to veteran
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In South Korea environmental...
Anthony Lipmann
Sep 3, 2024
Welcome to the madhouse
After a mere seven weeks, I could find plenty of reasons to criticise the new UK government, but I prefer not to write political stuff...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 29, 2024
The Scrapyard Awaits us all
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. My mother, who died on Sunday...
Anthony Lipmann
Jul 26, 2024
Buyer's remorse, anyone?
Buyer’s remorse already making itself felt, amongst all those whose votes enabled the accession of our new government? Let’s look at...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 12, 2024
Growth, growth, growth
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The general election has produced...
Richard Horswill
Jul 10, 2024
Listen for the drum
I don’t really want to write political stuff here, but we have an election imminent, so a least a passing reference is almost...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 3, 2024
Alice in Electionland
Election time in Wonderland! Alice leapt out of bed when the alarm rang, excited and eager to start studying the policies of the various...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 19, 2024
Send in the clowns?
Once again, it’s time to look at energy supply and security. A US investment bank/wealth manager - Stifel - has recently published a...
geoffreysambrook
May 22, 2024
Ready to be cold?
I don’t like to be the harbinger of bad news (and I apologise for returning yet again to a subject which all our politicians claim to...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 9, 2024
The Strange Case of the Sale of Mopani Copper Mines
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. So, let’s just recap. Just over a...
Anthony Lipmann
Mar 13, 2024
Don't get caught out by the bull
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The global economic narrative...
Richard Horswill
Mar 6, 2024
Escape Artist
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Escape Artist”, by Jonathan Freedland. It’s the story of a man variously called Walter...
geoffreysambrook
Mar 1, 2024
From Kamchatka to Old Maui, Cornwall and back
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. What child has not been bewitched by...
Anthony Lipmann
Feb 20, 2024
Kryptonite, hydrogen or electricity direct
This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own (although in this case he is himself...
Fred Piechoczek
Feb 15, 2024
It's (not?) a Wonderful Life
A couple of months ago, I saw an old (1940s) film, entitled It’s a Wonderful Life. Since it’s apparently very famous and critically...
geoffreysambrook
Feb 8, 2024
Do consumers use internet auctions any more?
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. As someone who treated the...
Anthony Lipmann
Jan 25, 2024
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