Jonathan Pountney
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Comment, analysis and other offerings from Friday’s FT,
William Wallis: Why Africa is leaving Europe behind
Africans are relishing something of a reversal in roles, writes William Wallis,
The Tobin tax lives on – part two
Yesterday the Merkozy plan for a Financial Transaction Tax caused some hefty damage for London-listed exchanges and brokers.
Not a surprise really. The analysts at Adam Smith Institute were hopping mad on Thursday:
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Comment, analysis and other offerings from Thursday’s FT,
Jeffrey Sachs: The great failure of globalisation
Transatlantic leadership is falling short, writes Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The Tobin Tax lives on
A couple inter-dealer brokers, a bank with a big investment banking arm and a spread betting company were among the biggest fallers on the London stock market on Wednesday.
The reason: the Merkosy plan for a Financial Transaction Tax,
The Samsung skirmish in the patent war
Speaking of a patent war in the smartphone industry…
Compared to the massive Google-Motorola deal, Samsung’s ongoing battle with Apple is more like a skirmish, but it probably shows just how disruptive Google’s strategy could be,
Presenting the Google phone
Breaking Google news on Monday lunchtime:
RTRS-GOOGLE TO ACQUIRE MOTOROLA MOBILITY
RTRS-GOOGLE INC – DEAL FOR $40.00 PER SHARE IN CASH
RTRS-GOOGLE INC – DEAL FOR ABOUT $12.5 BLN
RTRS-GOOGLE INC – SAYS MOTOROLA MOBILITY WILL REMAIN A LICENSEE OF ANDROID AND ANDROID WILL REMAIN OPEN
RTRS-GOOGLE INC – SAYS GOOGLE WILL RUN MOTOROLA MOBILITY AS A SEPARATE BUSINESS.