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Evidence counts against climate change alarmists
From Lord Turnbull. Sir, Edward Luce writes that ‘the reality of global warming is starker than four years ago – in most respects alarmingly so’
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Information should benefit all IPO investors equally
From Mr Christopher J. Airey. Sir, Like Meziane Lasfer, I doubt the efficacy of the proposals sent to the UK Listings Authority by some large investors, though for very different reasons
11:26pm
Get them with language they understand
From Mr Christopher Joubert. Sir, I was disappointed, on reading further ‘Lock-ups for banks would be best IPO reform’ to find that your correspondent had in mind nothing more punitive
11:26pm
Banks said goodbye to old-style IPO risk-taking
From Mr William Claxton-Smith. Sir, Meziane Lasfer suggests that a legitimate reason for the large size of IPO underwriting syndicates is the need for banks to spread their risk
11:26pm
Plenty of room for austerity without imperilling American growth
From Mr John A. Tatom. Sir, Edward Luce argues that efforts to cut federal spending threaten the US expansion
11:25pm
A good reason to be cautious, I’d say
From Mr Keith Craig. Sir, Edward Luce says that the battle over America’s debt burden is purely political – just look at the bond markets
11:25pm
Minor infelicities that make me wince
From Mr Paul Lyristis. Sir, Recently we came across ‘naval gazing’ in the Saturday magazine
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Palestinians look to aid agencies for survival
From Mr Ibrahim Hewitt. Sir, It is good that Abigail Fielding-Smith has highlighted the plight of Palestinian ‘double refugees’ who have been forced to flee Syria
11:24pm
Relieve the MoD of Trident funding
From Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw (Rtd). Sir, The strategic defence and security review of 2010 reflected the distaste within the Whitehall political class
11:24pm
Two flat rate taxes to dissuade dodgers
From Mr Rizwan T. Rawji. Sir, I would go further than BDO’s Stephen Herring by proposing to eliminate all income, payroll, excise and estate taxes
11:24pm
Spare a thought for number crunching
From Mr Stephen Rothwell. Sir, If only the ‘Big Four’ audit firms spent more time on number-crunching and less time on global thought leadership
Jan 29, 2013
The colonel liked to cook in person
From Mr Roy H. Landy. Sir, Thanks to Lucy Kellaway for the many fine columns she has not outsourced over the years
Jan 29, 2013
Outsourcing Lucy’s columns
From Mr David McGirr. Sir, Outsource Lucy’s column and the FT subscription will be outsourced to the bin
Jan 29, 2013
Media freedom debate starts here
From Prof Miguel Poiares Maduro. Sir, The EU report on media freedom and pluralism does not advocate giving ‘Brussels greater powers over Europe’s media’
Jan 29, 2013
Ads’ aim is to tell people about our commitment
From Ms Sonya Soutus. Sir, Collaboration among business, government and civil society is needed to create solutions to help address obesity
Jan 29, 2013
‘Good’ bank bonuses have a few more conditions to fulfil
From Dr Geoffrey Ingham. Sir, Your plea for balance and ‘pragmatism’ on the question of Royal Bank of Scotland bonuses neatly if unwittingly expresses the dilemmas of a system
Jan 29, 2013
EU must be bold in helping Ukraine to a European future
From Mr Kostiantyn Yelisieiev. Sir, Your report adds to the fashionable and purposeless guesswork on what could happen in Ukraine in the future
Jan 29, 2013
Fiscal rectitude puts our defence at risk
From Emeritus Prof R.J. Barry Jones. Sir, Your editorial ‘Time to decide on UK defence policy’ is spot on
Jan 29, 2013
‘Cherry-picking’ led to eurozone crisis
From Mr James Hanshaw. Sir, It has been interesting to read the mass of words in your columns on the possibility that Britain may or may not have a referendum on leaving or staying in the EU
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