New Statesman - <![CDATA[Patrick Hosking]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/patrick_hosking en <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200512120019 http://www.newstatesman.com/200512120019 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking The seven years the new Tory leader spent in PR left few business journalists with a kind word to say about him. They indicate a man with a singular cast of character and a strong stomach

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200512050018 http://www.newstatesman.com/200512050018 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking Ministers insist new nuclear power stations would not require public subsidy, but the private sector will not bankroll this long-term investment without some kind of guarantee

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking on how two public schools boys did the OFT a favour]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511280017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511280017 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking The problem with the Office of Fair Trading hasn't been a shortage of manpower (it employs 700 people) or a lack of powers. Few cases are resolved; investigations take years

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking says it's better to be underweight than overexposed]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210015 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210015 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking You hear "We've only got a small holding" every day in the City. It's code for: we're not going to make a fuss and we'll vote in favour of the deal despite our reservations

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking beware the advisors]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070016 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking There is not a single case of a chief executive of a major financial services company resigning over mis-selling

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking advises us not to save too much]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200510100018 http://www.newstatesman.com/200510100018 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking A gradual increase in savings would be desirable. A big leap would be disastrous: the fall in consumer spending would tip the economy into a severe recession

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking puzzles over Brown's B-word]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200510030019 http://www.newstatesman.com/200510030019 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking It is puzzling why Brown has added the B-word to his economic lexicon. I can only assume he regards it as some sort of fig leaf should growth come to a complete halt

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking on the cost of being old]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200509260021 http://www.newstatesman.com/200509260021 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking It may be only a matter of time before a pension fund member sues the trustees for dereliction of duty

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking tests the Skype hype]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200509190014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200509190014 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking Googling, Hoovering . . . will the next verb to make the dictionary be "Skyping"? eBay thinks it will: it has just paid £1.4bn for Skype, and eBay is a shrewd buyer of assets

]]> <![CDATA[The business column - Patrick Hosking warns the online landlords]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200509120016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200509120016 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Hosking History has been made. Now we can all be landlords, with a new web-based business that makes buy-to-let available to those with less than £100,000 to spare

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