Jody joined MoneyWeek UK at the beginning of 2006. Clarke graduated with an LLB in Law and European Studies from The University of Limerick in Ireland and an MSc (Ag) in International Development at University College Dublin. He worked for the United Nations World Food Programme as an intern. where he completed his paper on the impact of HIV/AIDS, Weak Governance and Drought on Sub-Saharan Food Security.
The tale behind healthy-eating fast-food chain Leon sounds like a scriptwriter’s pitch for a souped-up Noughties version of The Good Life. Co-founders Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent were once 100-hour-a-week management consultants in the City before they left it all behind to go it alone and pursue healthier lifestyles.
It’s the European Central Bank’s 10th birthday party. But not everyone is celebrating… It’s set to be a bubbly few hours in Frankfurt this Monday. The European Central Bank (ECB) is ten years old this weekend, and the bureaucrats at its German HQ have planned quite a party.
If you think the credit crunch is hitting the UK hard, spare a thought for Iceland.
On Wall Street, stocks fell for a second consecutive day as the technology sector weighed following disappointing results from Oracle and Google. The pound was broadly lower this morning as weak consumer and housing data pointed to an economic slowdown.
A gemstone stock worth snapping up. Visiting the offices of gemstone miner Tanzanite One, in northern Tanzania, gives you a whole different view of Africa from the grimmer images normally associated with the continent.
The argument is over.
The U.S. is in recession.