Merkel backed by SDP and Greens to approve new ESFF budget while communists and some CDU rebels are against. Numbers don’t come. Left wins majority in French senate. Tide is turning for the right amid the crisis? Meanwhile talk of a Brady plan by Rogoff and Eichengreen squashed by Mr Brady himself. Greece & Portugal lack growth. Ireland not quoted. Keltic spirit.

Putin presidential opposed by surging Russian middle class? So what

NYC, occupy wall street movement intensifying.

Tax wars: A fight worth billions tax optimisation in the global age, from Delaware to the uk, trusts set up to claim foreign tax credits and other benefits with asset swaps. IRS finally investigating.

Kant discussion continues , this time w/ an authoritative reader. It shows how some fancy quotes sometimes are misquoted. Safe even in a ‘society of devils’

Confidence Men on barack obama, it's the management stupid

somebody attempting to revolutionise Capitalism ? Not Marx but Michael Porter , An academic who shares his values 2011 HBR, creating shared value

Housing finds no shelter with UK pension funds residential property less volatile than commercial, Switzerland situation and UK pension funds preference for commercial property.

New route opens up for suing defaulting states Argentina may be liable in front English court vis a vis Hedge Fund in attempt to recover assets