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The League of Handicapping Gentlemen
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Energy Minister Christopher Huhne has an opinion piece in the The Daily Telegraph today – and it’s really an 800-word explanation of why we need a new Energy Minister. The subject of Huhne’s essay is new, cheap gas. The article finds the minister on the defensive about shale gas: it’s why he’s taking his argument…
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“Immense wealth awaits. Email Ian Hargreaves with bank details, statute book”
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Now we know why what was widely called the “Google Review” into intellectual property came to the conclusions it did. And we have it from the horse’s mouth: not Google, but Professor Ian Hargreaves and his team at the IPO, who “guided” him. If you recall, a year ago the Prime Minister David Cameron revealed…
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Citizen Killock misleads MPs
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Parliament’s Business Select Committee heard some interesting news today, as they mulled the Hargreaves Report’s recommendations. Executive director of the Open Rights Group Jim Killock told MPs that the UK’s copyright laws were deterring investors and new businesses. Alas, he could have picked a better example. Killock said Netflix had looked at the UK market…
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Steve Jobs and Dianamania revisited
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Steve Jobs was a remarkable and fascinating businessman, and by some distance the most interesting and accomplished personality operating in an important corner of the economy. He had a respect for the intelligence of human beings and their ambition, and potential – showing an optimism which is rare in a cynical industry. And Jobs left…