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PICCADILLY — I love summer weekends. There’s so much going on that for a brief period it feels like there’s more to life than work. I’ve been running from pillar to post for 10 days. It’s amazing I am still upright. But Saturday I stood still long enough to soak up some chatter from some friends [...] ANOTHER TAXI IN KL — I am on my way to the airport. The circus is leaving town. In another 24 hours of lounges and airplanes I will be home. It’s been a hugely rewarding experience. I have spent the last two days locked in a room with internal communications people from Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, [...] TCR — Something quite amazing happened yesterday. Did you see it? No, it wasn’t the Blur concert. Or the Beckham’s nanny, or Tiger talking about Lefty’s wife. Yesterday the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China met. They were in Yekaterinburg, of course. And their statement (in English!) is here. Depending on who you ask they represent [...] My view is that they [the banks] are partly to blame and there are people who feel remorse about this. – Sir Win Bischoff, chairman of Citigroup [Note to Sir Win: Good use of the third person, impersonal. "We don't know who these people are, but, by Jove, I swear they are out there!"] For this season, all [...] TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD — They’re all in a mess today. Citigroup was once my poster-child for what a global business could be. Now they’re borrowing more than the GDP of Oman. Standard Chartered has long been a favourite because they bank neatly in places that need neat banking – India, Africa, Asia. But they’re in trouble too. And [...] |
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