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OPINION: Is this genuinely a reputation crunch?

Frank Portnoy, an American professor of finance, believes that the main purpose of financial innovation is to allow banks and investing institutions to do things that would otherwise be illegal.

Editorial: Stay firm in face of recession

Christmas festivities are being dampened by a raft of headlines screaming of credit crunches, recession and yet more advertising restrictions.

OPINION: Board rebels save company via web

I doubt many readers have heard of Transense Technologies, yet what has happened at the company since October is a dramatic illustration of how the internet can rob a board of its power by making possible alternative methods of communication among shareholders.

OPINION: Butterfly effect had bank in a flap

When a hedge fund with a minute proportion of the equity of ABN Amro bank launched an attack on the management of that company, the initial reaction of most people was to dismiss it as being of no consequence.

OPINION: Telent offensive lacked charm

At the end of a lengthy profile in Monday’s Financial Times, Ed Truell, the chief executive of the Pensions Corporation, said that...

VIEWPOINT: Back CSR campaigns up with credible intent

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OPINION: The success story they won’t tell you

There is a takeover bid in the offing for Close Brothers, an investment bank that has prospered by the simple expedient of providing an umbrella under which bright people develop their own business ideas.

OPINION: The worst shock is yet to come

Stan O’Neal is forced to resign from Merrill Lynch after leading the group deep into the quagmire of sub-prime loans from which it will be lucky to emerge with losses of under $10bn.

OPINION: Undermine rivals to control a bid

Takeover bids these days are decided for the most part by hedge funds. When an intention to bid is announced, the traditional institutional investors – those running the insurance company and pension fund money – tend to sell immediately so they can deliver a boost to their quarterly performance figures.

LEADER: Supermarket giants can’t rely on apathy

The latest report into the alleged dominance of the UK’s ‘big four’ supermarkets shows that this is a story that won’t quite go away.

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