Economics
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 4 weeks ago
George Osborne, look away now: a new book claims it is seriously bad for our health, and that cutbacks have already had a devastating effect across Europe and North America.
Financial Markets
1 month ago
Hmmm - so it wasn't the U.S housing market after all.
Financial Markets
2 months ago
A wave of drug abuse has rocked Wall Street hard - and it’s pushing record numbers of strung-out bankers, traders and other hotshot financial workers to seek treatment.
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UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 5 months ago
David Cameron should urgently set up a royal commission to consider all the alternatives to Britain's failing drug laws, including decriminalisation and legalisation, an influential cross-party group of MPs has concluded.
Financial Markets
6 months ago
The SEC alleges that Stephen A. Colangelo, Jr. repeatedly misled investors while raising $3m in investments for four start-up companies that he created. He also persuaded three other investors to let him act as their investment adviser and they gave him more than $1m to invest in the markets on their behalf.
Global
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 6 months ago
The UK's decision to give millions of pounds to help Pakistan fight drug trafficking – an offence that carries the death penalty – has been thrown into question after the country resumed executions last week.
Other Sport
by Robert Critchley (RSS feed) - 7 months ago
Lance Armstrong, John Terry & Danny Rose have had as many column inches as the ongoing presidential debates, and the vast majority of the stories have made unpleasant reading which highlights sport is losing what made it enjoyable in the first place.
Global
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 8 months ago
The number of Afghan families growing cannabis as a cash crop leapt by more than a third last year, the UN has said.
Health & Living
by Anonymous (RSS feed) - 8 months ago
OK SO this is not the first time an artist has taken drugs, and then done a self-portrait. But perhaps it's the first time it's so conveniently placed on one single website.
Financial Markets
11 months ago
There has been very little on this blog so far about drug use among bankers. One reason is that it seems actually quite rare, confined to little pockets. Another reason is that it's illegal.