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Brink of disaster

January 15, 2013

Phew, that was close. As President Obama winked goodbye to the press corps and returned to his holiday in Hawaii, there was relief as imminent financial disaster – the ‘fiscal cliff’ – was avoided. There was instant celebration in financial markets too. Share prices rose steeply – not that traders ever need too much encouragement to get over-excited. (more…)

US election campaign puts spotlight on outsourcing

July 12, 2012

Across the pond in the US a storm is brewing. The two forces fighting are the incumbent president Barack Obama and the man vying to evict him from the White House, Mitt Romney, and it is all blowing up over outsourcing. (more…)