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Saturday, 1st November 2008

Neck-and-neck in Glenrothes?

Coffee House 10:16am This just in from Ladbrokes; the latest odds for the Glenrothes by-election: SNP --- 5/6 Labour --- 5/6 Conservatives ---
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Have American reporters been too soft on Obama?

Clive Davis Clive Davis 9:33am The Tony Rezko connection, anti-Hillary misogyny and a general reluctance to dig deep... Harold Evans lays out the case for
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Notebook

Clive Davis Clive Davis 9:24am He was one of those people who saw just one test in the theatre when dealing with classic material
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They think it's all over

Americano James Forsyth 4:29am Washington, DC It says something about the mood in Washington that the chatter today have revolved around who might get
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Friday, 31st October 2008

Chill

Clive Davis Clive Davis 6:48pm A moment's serenity from blues-folk master Eric Bibb. Apt sentiments for days like these... If you don't know his work,
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Daily Brief

Trading Floor The Daily Brief from Portfolio.com The Daily Brief from Portfolio.com 6:37pm Conventional wisdom in the markets says that risk equals reward. The riskier an investment is, the higher the reward an
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Unsympathetic Demographic of the Day: HENRYs

Trading Floor Felix Salmon of Portfolio.com Felix Salmon of Portfolio.com 6:35pm Do you pity the HENRYs ("high earners, not rich yet")? If you're Shawn Tully you do. In an astonishing feat
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The Illustrated Brown Bust: negative equity

Coffee House Fraser Nelson 6:33pm Estimated number of households in negative equity, 2003-10 If you’re a homeowner, turn away now. CoffeeHousers may remember recent reports
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The week that was

Coffee House 6:03pm Matthew d'Ancona congratulates Marcus du Sautoy on his appointment to the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science.
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From Motherwell to Malawi - but to do what?

Coffee House Daniel Korski 5:14pm A few weeks ago, Gordon Brown appointed former first minister, Jack McConnell MSP, as a Special Envoy for Conflict Resolution
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Obama is on course for victory. But he isn’t ready for the White House

Although McCain could still theoretically win, the Democrat candidate looks set for glory, says Christopher Caldwell. But Obama has even less to say about the economic crisis than his rival, and has prospered by keeping quiet on controversial issues

Christopher Caldwell

Brown has come full circle since 1988

Tom Bower, the Prime Minister’s biographer, says that Gordon’s reinvention as the socialist who can save capitalism is just the latest in a series of convenient masks he has donned

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