Patrick Hosking
Articles by Patrick Hosking
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Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking
- 12 December 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking
- 05 December 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking on how two public schools boys did the OFT a favour
- 28 November 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking says it's better to be underweight than overexposed
- 21 November 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking beware the advisors
- 07 November 2005
There is not a single case of a chief executive of a major financial services company resigning over mis-selling
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking advises us not to save too much
- 10 October 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking puzzles over Brown's B-word
- 03 October 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking on the cost of being old
- 26 September 2005
It may be only a matter of time before a pension fund member sues the trustees for dereliction of duty
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking tests the Skype hype
- 19 September 2005
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
Business
The business column - Patrick Hosking warns the online landlords
- 12 September 2005
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
