Lou Reed
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To l’Ancienne Belgique this evening to see Mr Laurie Anderson, aka Lou Reed, on his ‘Vu to Lulu’ tour. Reed is seventy and, frankly, it shows. He is slightly doddery on his legs and is cossetted by the loving roadies. Clearly, this...
Egyptian Court: Declaring a Legislature Unconstitutional
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In 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Madison v. Marbury, which established the authority of the court to declare a law to be unconstitutional, and thus invalid. A basic principle underlying this authority is that a constitution is on a level super...
As the crisis gets bigger, the politicians are getting smaller | Jonathan Freedland
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The elections in Greece and Egypt will not determine their fate. Power has shifted to the markets, Brussels and beyondIt used to be so simple. Voting was like driving: turn the wheel left and the car would move left, nudge it right and it would shift...
Debt is the problem, not the solution
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So we're going to 'inject £140 billion into the economy,' are we? Wow. Who knew it was that easy? Why not inject £280 billion and be twice as rich? Why not a trillion? I can't believe I keep having to write this, but we got into this mess in the fi...
The vote of proof
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During Greece's May elections, citizens strongly expressed their anger with those they considered liable for leading the country to its current crisis. With hurt pride, a ruined future and lots of domestic political, social and economic problems reve...
The vote of proof
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During Greece's May elections, citizens strongly expressed their anger with those they considered liable for leading the country to its current crisis. With hurt pride, a ruined future and lots of domestic political, social and economic problems reve...
Russia: Death Threats for Journalists and Forgiveness for Officials
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A bizarre story involving Russia's top investigator threatening the life of an opposition newspaper's deputy editor, and how everyone reconciled a day later. Kevin Rothrock reports.
The Weekender
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This week on FT Alphaville,- Was the Spanish bank bailout really less than a week ago? Really?- Here’s our full series on it, including that tricky seniority question....
Vital Objectives To Use Web Advertisement
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One thing that will surely capture your attention is that small businesses have less chance to succeed when compared to the big and multi companies. If you are one of the individuals who are thinking of entering the business world, one thing that you...
Unmoved by Reality
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The Economic of the Greek neo-com party, The SYRIZA Unionist Socialist Front, in a CNBC interview with the charming and talented Maria Caruso-Cabrera, cited the old lunatics and selfish brats of 0ccupy Wall Street as intellectual kinsmen. You’ll n...
Friday fantasies
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Two of Europe's most slippery customers: will they get to grips? Case C-137/12 European Commission v Council of the European Union is a battle of the Euro-titans, with the European Commission picking on the Council on a matter of policy as well...
Rajat Gupta guilty
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Another head on the wall for government prosecutors. Maybe one of the biggest so far in the annals of insider trading convictions.The jury took little time in returning with...
Cyprus Popular Bank: ‘Money is gone’ (allegedly)
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We must return to Cyprus Popular Bank, the bank that’s essentially forcing Cyprus to seek a bailout – something that may well be announced some time this weekend. Most...
Brussels blog round up for 9 – 15 June 2012: Preparing for Rio+20, liquid democracy and is Italy next in line for a bailout?
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Chris Gilson and Julian Kirchherr take a look at the week in Brussels blogging. The EU Centre How can we make the European Union (EU) more democratic? Last week, Debating Europe’s partner think-tank, Friends of Europe, held a seminar with Eur...
Pension funds in Europe – Broken promises unraveling
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The main concern that can be raised against pension funds is forgotten by the public press, while economists have been warning about the next adamant bubble for years. The older generation may deserve their retirement under the palm trees, but the co...
Zambia: Meet a Blogger Who Tackles Health Issues
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One Zambian female blogger tackles an issue other Zambian bloggers don’t touch — health. Meluse Kapatamoyo has written about dementia, fibroids as well as malaria eradication and the use of beads for family planning among other health conditions...
ECB decides now is not the time for complexity
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Strangely timed ECB announcement – The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to discontinue the preparations for the Collateral Central Bank Management (CCBM2) project in its current form. In the project detailing pha...
In China, a first step in a long journey
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I am in Beijing, a city I visited many times more than a decade ago. It’s changed enormously: the “hutongs” with their narrow, crowded streets have given way to wide boulevards lined with gleaming buildings – packed with cars,...
Wounded patent survives - Smith & Nephew v Convatec Technologies
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Having just noted that His Honour Judge Birss is stepping up from the PCC to hear the Apple v Samsung design case on Monday, this Kat was delighted to notice that the same Judge has just issued a lovely decision in a patent case, again sitting as a H...
