At the time of writing the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England is busy deliberating as to whether to raise the base lending rate (currently at 4.5%). The consensus view is that the rate will go up a quarter point. Others speculate on a half percent rise (the National Institute of Economic and [...]

Frans Groenendijk’s comment here reminded me that I installed a phpboard for us a couple of months back, located here.

Apart from the fact that she is German, aged 37, and works for Morgan Stanley, perhaps, until recently, little more of any importance would have been known about her. But you try a ’search news’ click on Google, and you will see how many times the name of ‘our Elga’ shows up in connection with [...]

With Google all set to start their IPO this Wednesday, many analysts are busy scratching their heads trying to work out whether the numbers add up.
One little detail that is exercising their minds is the recent fate of the once acclaimed Lycos. Terra Lycos announced this week that it will sell U.S.-based Web portal [...]

The Italian government appears to be making plans to get to grips with the mounting burden of its debt. This is a move which is being widely welcomed. Under the latest plan, the deficit is forecast to be 2.7% in 2005, down from the 2004 target of 3.2% of GDP.
Without the changes, experts were suggesting [...]