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BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Stanley Reed |
A Chill in Britain With more layoffs looming, it may struggle in 2010, too |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 James Mehring |
European Union: Sending The Wrong Signal To Business Recently proposed measures intended to protect workers' health and safety could also be a competitive drag for the EU. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Stanley Reed |
What Blair Could Teach Sarkozy France's new President might learn a lot from Tony Blair about building a vibrant economy. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Inside The Bank Of England The venerable central bank has led Britain to unprecedented prosperity. Now it's trying to contain a housing bubble. Will it succeed? |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Kerry Capell |
Britain's Coming Credit Crisis Steep housing prices and a dependence on financial services make Britain's economy vulnerable. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 John Rossant |
How Europe Could Grow Again The European experiment was supposed to deliver prosperity. It hasn't. But with less reform than you might think, a healthy new economy could emerge. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Britain: If The Economy Ain't Broke... Blair's strong economic record may be his saving grace in the election. |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Carol Matlack |
Job Exports: Europe's Turn It's following the offshoring trend -- and much of it is white-collar |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Fairlamb, Reinhardt & Cohn |
Is Europe Suffering From Productivity Paralysis? Why can't Europe be more productive? That's a question investors, executives, and politicians are asking with increasing urgency. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
Where Are The Jobs? Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated |
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Laura Cohn |
A Strong Sterling -- And No Complaints Cheap goods from Asia are fueling the spending that's powering British growth. And the euro is up against the dollar -- way up. |
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003 |
The Euro's March to... Where? In the case of the euro, one can never overlook the political agenda. |
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
Outsourcing: Who's Safe Anymore? The U.S. federal budget deficit will limit help to displaced workers. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Kerry Capell |
Is This The Endgame For Tony Blair? Is the endgame approaching for Blair? It's too early to say. But the Prime Minister, who backed President George W. Bush fully on the Iraq war, is feeling incessant heat over his decision -- and watching his position slide in the polls. |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Laura Cohn |
Brits Get Into The Swing Of Plastic Consumers are piling up debt. Will the credit-card binge bring a backlash? |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Labour's Deep Bench Even if Blair stumbles, Chancellor of Exchequer Brown can step in. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Peter Coy |
Jobs: The Turning Point Is Here It will take many months for the Great American Job Machine to fully crank up. But robust demand has oiled the gears, and the hum you hear is getting louder. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 Stanley Reed |
Suddenly, A Bank Run In Britain How brash Northern Rock fell victim to a credit crunch. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Kerry Capell |
Jitters From Seville To Shanghai The real estate market has exploded across Europe and Asia. Analysts predict the market will slow down due to economic factors such as rising interest rates. |
CIO December 1, 2003 Laura Rohde |
Bank Gets Earful for Exporting IT Jobs When it emerged Oct. 17 that the London-based global bank HSBC Holdings planned to move 4,000 data processing and call center jobs to China, India and Malaysia by 2006, the angry reaction from leaders of Britain's big unions was swift and strong. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Stanley Reed |
A Dogfight Within The House of Labour Some might think the contenders are Tory vs. Labour, but the more closely watched contest is between Blair and his tough Chancellor of the Exchequer for control of the party -- and ultimately of 10 Downing St. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell |
Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2002 Tom Mudd |
Leeds Looks to The Future The Northern England city builds on its historic manufacturing base... |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls. |
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Kerry Capell |
Handcuffs Across The Water Why a treaty with the U.S. to extradite terror suspects is riling British executives. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 |
Europe And Britain: Prickly Partners The gulf between old Europe and the sceptered isle was on display during a meeting in London of French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Tony Blair on Nov. 24. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2004 Anatole Pevnev |
Looking For Job Growth? Try Bangalore The outsourcing trend and what it means for the office real estate market |
Reason November 2005 Daniel Koffler |
Breaking Curfew Citing the European Convention on Human Rights, a 15-year-old brought an anti-curfew suit against the London suburb of Richmond and the Metropolitan Police, and convinced Lord Justice Brooke that he has the right to "walk the streets without interference from police." |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Alex Massie |
Gordon Brown: The Great Clunking Stylist What lesson does the former British Prime Minister take from the crash? In his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, he blames America. |
British Heritage |
Letter From British Heritage - March 2008 The Queen celebrates 60 years of marriage. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Gonzalo Vina |
George Osborne Is Spooking the Markets Britain's New Chancellor of the Exchequer's alarmist warnings about the coming fiscal pain has investors worried about his skills. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Bubble, Bubble, Housing Trouble In Britain Are British homeowners, especially those buying now, saddled with a depreciating asset? |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Jeffrey E. Garten |
Will All Those Jobs Ever Come Back? Without big efforts from the feds, the debacle may never be reversed. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
Ready to Say "Help Wanted"? Surging demand should spur a second-half spike in hiring. |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Matthew Lynn |
A British Toss-Up with an American Twist Nick Clegg came out of nowhere and may now determine who becomes Prime Minister. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
France: Not A Lot Of Gas In This Job Engine Will a new year mean more new jobs for French workers? President Jacques Chirac has made better employment growth a focus for 2005. But private economists are skeptical that France can grow fast enough to generate a pickup in hiring. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Back To The Bad Old Days Of Strikes? British unions are angry, but things are nowhere near as chaotic as in the '70s |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 |
Big Brother Britain? The Blair Administration's proposal for biometric ID cards looked like a goner - until the July 7 attacks in London. But critics still worry about their intrusiveness. |
Reason March 2002 James Morrow |
Bye-Bye, Jury Britain is poised to eliminate almost two-thirds of all jury trials, according to a report in the New Statesman. New rules would allow a wide range of offenses (including any crime with a maximum sentence of less than two years) to be tried solely by a judge employed by the crown... |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 MacAskill & Menon |
No End in Sight for Britain's Bank Rescue By holding its shares in RBS and Lloyds, the U.K. may earn a profit. Meanwhile, the cost of carrying the stakes continues to rise. |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Mark Scott |
Pressure Mounts to Nationalize British Banks As Royal Bank of Scotland piles up colossal losses, Gordon Brown ushers in a new bailout to stave off nationalization. |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Kerry Capell |
A Backlash Against Private Equity Grumbling by unions in Europe over post-deal job cuts has escalated into a public outcry. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Stanley Reed |
The New Deal Gets Britain Off The Dole Since taking power in 1997, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government has launched a flurry of programs under the New Deal banner aimed at putting the unemployed to work. Britain's welfare-busters are on a winning streak. |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Kerry Capell |
Sex-Bias Suits: The Fight Gets Ugly Europeans - and Americans - who think sex-discrimination and harassment suits are a purely U.S. phenomenon had better think again. Cases are piling up in Britain, and new EU rules next year may spread them around the Continent. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Kay & Evans |
In Britain, Fewer Pubs, More Beer at Home With unemployment among 18- to 24-year-olds at 20 percent, nightclubs in Britain are closing and pints are going domestic. |
BusinessWeek June 10, 2010 |
How Household Savings Stack Up in Asia, the West, and Latin America See which countries have the lowest and highest household savings rates. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 David Fairlamb |
A Bumpy Ride in Europe Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s experiences in Germany and Britain couldn't be more different. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker |
The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s. |