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Meeting the CEO rarely yields anything useful
From Dr Simon Taylor. Sir, Everyone assumes that you can learn something useful from a face to face discussion with chief executives
10:33pm
FT betrays central principle in stance on media freedom
From Dr Kirsty Hughes. Sir, It is a sad day when the Financial Times changes its principled and welcome defence of press freedom in the UK to one of pragmatic compromise
10:31pm
More than one imperialist Bric
From Dr Pritam Singh. Sir, Many thanks to Lamido Sanusi for his excellent article ‘Africa must get real about its romance with China’ (March 12)
10:29pm
Tax clarity sought on A-share gains
From Mr Barry M. Olliff. Sir, FTSE chief executive Mark Makepeace’s comments highlight the progress that has been achieved by Chinese regulators in attracting foreign institutional investors
10:26pm
FLS should now include non-bank lenders
From Mr Mark Florman. Sir, Widespread coverage of the apparent initial failure of the Funding for Lending Scheme was strong on problems but short on solutions
10:01pm
Finance icons – stop complaining
From Mr John E. Hemington, Jr. Sir, Reading Robert Shapiro’s letter in response to David Martinez’s article, I hardly knew whether to laugh or cry
9:57pm
How to disgrace an economist?
From Mr Gary Rawlinson. Sir, In describing Chris Huhne as ‘the disgraced former minister’ and Vicky Pryce as ‘a leading economist’, you have rocked my faith in the FT
9:56pm
Stagflation comments are unhelpful
From Mr John Bishop. Sir, The suggestion that the UK is headed for stagflation ‘as experienced in the 1970s’ is disproportionate to any likely outcome of the present situation
9:52pm
Bond bubble will end in as much pain as housing bubble
From Mr Robert M. Sussman. Sir, Ben Bernanke is no more the maestro than Alan Greenspan: the only difference is that the latter created a bubble in housing and the former a bubble in the bond market
Mar 12, 2013
It feels good to compare and contrast
From Mr Sebastiano Rizzo. Sir, When Chris Huhne was sentenced in the UK, Italian MPs of the Berlusconi party were demonstrating in Milan over charges filed against their boss
Mar 12, 2013
An hour with the top people makes a big difference
From Mr Darren Cotter. Sir, Am I the only one slightly bemused by the current debate about CEO time being sold to investors by brokers and investment banks?
Mar 12, 2013
UK taxpayers need a break
From Mr A.D.H. Leishman. Sir, Alan Parker and his co-signatories say they ‘passionately believe in the power of the private sector to improve people’s lives’: then let them get on with it
Mar 12, 2013
The world needs an effective IMF
From Dr Kyungjin Song. Sir, I can only hail your editorial and the policy-makers and academics who are pressing the US Congress to act on the 2010 IMF quota and governance reform
Mar 12, 2013
Two-tier banking for the hapless middle-class depositor
From Mr Neil Jeffares. Sir, The government has now released drafts of the secondary legislation to accompany the banking reform bill
Mar 12, 2013
Banks need to raise their capital standards
From Mr Jonathan Reiss. Sir, The megabanks’ plans to distribute capital to shareholders fly in the face of common sense and the public interest
Mar 12, 2013
Vested interests must feel the fear
From Mr William Gamble. Sir, Zhang Weiying’s statement that reform is often the best way for vested interests to avoid revolution may be true
Mar 12, 2013
Some people study because they like it
From Mr Brian Bollen. Sir, I take strong issue with the assertion by Karan Khemka that ‘the value of a university education is determined by the job it secures later’
Mar 12, 2013
Quote from an ‘impoverished soul’
From Mr Iain Morrison. Sir, The statement that ‘the value of a university education is determined by the job it secures later’ is the utterance of an impoverished soul
Mar 12, 2013
A boost for the SMEs benefits us all
From Mr John Rogers. Sir, News that the Funding for Lending Scheme is to be given a boost is to be welcomed
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