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  • 1 May 2009
    Banks 'should be smaller and easier to close', says economist

    In a keynote presentation to a conference in Cambridge on Bank Holiday Monday, an international economist and former advisor to the Treasury will argue that banks ‘too-big-to-fail’ are ‘too big to exist’.

  • 30 Apr 2009
    Tearfund urges Obama on towards Copenhagen summit

    The UK evangelical development charity Tearfund is urging US President Barack Obama to build on the success of his 100 days in office by turning his attention to the upcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change with renewed vigour.

  • 30 Apr 2009
    Government investment company neglecting poverty, says Christian Aid

    Fundamental reforms are urgently needed at the British government-owned investment company, CDC Group plc, which is supposed to reduce global poverty, UK-based international development agency Christian Aid says today.

  • 28 Apr 2009
    In The Loop... Fake Hawk Down?

    Imagine a world of soundbite politics where the machinery of power is operated by vacillating professional politicians, out of their depth, jumping to the whims of ruthless, feral spin doctors. That, says Alan Wilson, is the film satire In The Loop

  • 28 Apr 2009
    Methodists launch Business Sunday

    As the recession continues to dig in its heels, the Methodist Church is pioneering ways to bridge the gap between work and place of worship.

  • 27 Apr 2009
    Why we must recognise the Armenian genocide 1915-1923

    Trying to deny the Armenian genocide harms us all and stunts the possibility of true justice and true peace, says Harry Hagopian. We must face up to its human, historical and political reality, no matter how painful.

  • 26 Apr 2009
    Radical IMF reform 'critical' to Brown's poverty pledges

    Jubilee Debt Campaign called on Finance Ministers meeting in Washington this weekend to take radical steps to clean up global finance, in the first serious test of the G20's plan to revive the global economy.

  • 25 Apr 2009
    The upside of the downturn: How sustainable banking can deliver a better future

    Sustainable banking has been developing for decades, but it has accelerated rapidly as the financial crisis has taken hold. Why? Peter Blom, CEO and chair of the executive board of Triodos Bank, offers an answer

  • 25 Apr 2009
    IMF must abandon discredited policies says aid agency

    Topping the agenda when World Bank and International Monetary Fund meet in Washington this weekend will be global financial stability.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    Between the budget and a green place

    There are positive features to the 2009 UK budget, says Ann Pettifor. But many of them look meagre compared to the scale of the problems and the missing Green New Deal.