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Instead of the usual line-up of finance-company flacks and failures that usually litter their pages, SST Business Editor Rob O'Neill wrote about something really positive and interesting in today's paper. He had this to say (not on-line yet): There is a great deal of lip-service…
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Another scandal in Britain's banks - interest rate-swapping on small business loans. Banks offered small businesses supposedly low hedging insurance on interest rate movements, knew they could get cheaper rates themselves because they had better market information, and pocketed the difference as guaranteed profit. The…
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I'm going to try and put up a piece each Sunday of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It's also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn't…
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In a desperate effort to hang on to a few red-neck votes, National keeps on ramping up rhetoric against solo mums. There was talk of compulsory contraception or sterilisation. National played up those ideas, even though it hasn't followed through. Is it any surprise, then,…
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