http://www.hemscott.com/news.do Each week Hemscott News Editor Rodney Hobson writes a topical column about recent events in business, economics, and politics. en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.hemscott.com/hsretail/images/rodney.jpg http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week.do 58 73 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=72188 Holly Cook The Government’s White Paper on Financial Services has been both applauded and criticised this week Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:31:51 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=72188 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=71748 Holly Cook The role of psychology in the equity markets shouldn’t be underplayed Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:23:31 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=71748 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=71368 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Having worked for seven years in the Far East, I take more interest than most investors in what is happening on the Pacific shores Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:37:53 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=71368 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70971 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) The inflation figures do not lie. Once again the evidence shows that it is inflation, not deflation, that is the threat to recovery Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:42:17 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70971 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70648 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Much has been made in this column about the conflicting signals that have emanated from the economy over the past few months but this week we have seen some genuine signs of improvement. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:57:13 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70648 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70348 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) It has been a long running theme of this column that it is better for a chancellor of the exchequer to be lucky rather than good. They don’t come much unluckier than Alistair Darling. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:58:18 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=70348 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69969 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Private investors may well be wondering what the fuss over the UK’s credit rating is all about Fri, 29 May 2009 14:18:37 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69969 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69650 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) At last we have some decent inflation figures, yet already economists are being wheeled out to warn us of the dangers of deflation Fri, 22 May 2009 13:56:35 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69650 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69309 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) With wonderful timing Harrow council has decided to prosecute a woman who used her mother’s address to apply for a better school for her son Fri, 15 May 2009 14:47:55 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=69309 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=68988 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) We can dare to hope that, however bad things are, the rot has been stopped. It is highly significant that the stock market is ignoring the bad news and concentrating on the positive Fri, 08 May 2009 14:24:12 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=68988 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=68688 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) When a fund manager suggests the government is set to make billions out of the bank bailout we should resist the temptation to shout hallelujah Fri, 01 May 2009 12:08:43 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=68688