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The profit maxim is paramount and is reflected in well established economic theory of supply and demand – holding back supply when demand is high, keeps prices high. But only a monopolist – or a cartel...
View ArticleWell, no, not really
It is not every day that you read a stock market announcement like the one from Goals this morning. The company said that the discovery means that there is “material uncertainty” about its accounts and...
View ArticleThe Effect Of Brexit On Rolls Royce
The Observer tells us that it’s all likely to be very difficult. Without actually managing to understand how the business works in the slightest. Rolls-Royce has some advantages over other...
View ArticleBlimey, this was still going?
It was quite the thing back in the day: Spudulike closes all 37 outlets as high street downturn continues
View ArticleEconomic idiot
US labels China a currency manipulator as trade tensions flare As I point out elsewhere, the yuan falling is what is supposed to happen: President Trump is vilely angry that China is manipulating the...
View ArticlePerhaps not, eh?
As such, it places Venezuela on par with adversaries such as Cuba, Syria, Iran and North Korea, who have also come under strident US measures. Stringent, meaning strict, rather than strident, meaning...
View ArticleThis is how you deal with oiks like Aer Lingus
Take it away Squander Two. An open letter to Aer Lingus on the occasion of their quite dreadful service. Dear Sir or Madam, I was unfortunate enough to be on your delayed flight EI937 from Heathrow to...
View ArticleBusiness Opportunity Of The Day
The steam train enthusiasts should team up with coal-mining enthusiasts. There are bound to be a few near-surface deposits that could be mined by chaps in Victorian clothing, using pit ponies....
View ArticleSo, here’s a question – football shirts
Yes, yes, I know, people want the latest designs which is why every club issues three or four new strips every year. And they’re all copyright too. Fine. But when were strips not copyright? How far...
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Alphaville LLC is delighted to announce that its inaugural research report “Ice deal; US chief is interested in purchasing Greenland”, was quoted by prestigious British broadsheet the Guardian on...
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How to Save Personal Space When Dating
Independence in personal life is very important. But a person in love often blurs the line between themselves and their partner, as a result of which the relationship between a man and a woman ceases...
View ArticleReally not sure it works this way
Normal savers now have the chance to bank like the super rich, as a cash tool used by the elite opens its doors to the less well-off. Unlike most people, who take their money direct to banks, the...
View ArticleIs Longrider about? How does this work then?
To call on this blog’s rail signalling expert. How in buggery is this happening? Newly-refurbished trains have been pulled from service over fears they are accidentally turning signals red or yellow....
View ArticleThe actual problem with WeWork
This isn’t the way to do investment at all. But it is my immediate reaction to WeWork. Adam Neumann is handsome. Therefore the business is shite. That is, good looking will get you a long way in...
View ArticleWell, yes, but
Tricky one here: The world’s biggest float – the $2 trillion listing of state-owned oil titan Saudi Aramco – is under threat in the wake of attacks on the desert kingdom that triggered the biggest...
View ArticleWhy the hell would anyone do this?
Assume, for a moment, that this side of the story is actually telling the truth: There are no longer any unionized mines in Kentucky, but Harlan’s miners are currently continuing the region’s legacy of...
View ArticleIt’s going to make a hell of a bang…..
Wework has 527,000 members in 528 locations across 27 countries, having expanded rapidly since it was founded in New York nine years ago. It is the largest corporate occupier of office space in London...
View ArticleLabour’s planning an FTT
As the IMF says about FTTs: How much overall investment would fall as a result of the STT would depend on the relative elasticities of capital supply and demand. In a small, open economy, the after-tax...
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A Labour Party spokesman yesterday said: “The Labour Party pays all tax that is due.” Sure, sure. New figures at Companies House reveal that ‘Labour Party Properties Limited’ – a venture that owns 19...
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Questor today: Questor: our original ‘tip of the year’ made 90pc in six months. Here is its replacement
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