Morning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. Coalition politics? It's the art of the impossible (Guardian) Cameron and Clegg both know the next spending review can make or break...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer, Google's 20th employee, becomes Yahoo!'s new CEO
A move up and out for Google's starMarissa Mayer, a Silicon Valley veteran who was previously the head of local, maps and location services at Google, has been hired by Yahoo! to come in as their new...
View ArticleWhich cabinet ministers do voters want to sack?
Andrew Lansley, Jeremy Hunt and Theresa May are top of the voters' hit list. With David Cameron's first full cabinet reshuffle now expected shortly after MPs return from the summer recess on 3...
View ArticleDavid House trolls the Wikileaks Grand Jury
Programmer invokes the fifth amendment 25 times in 50 minutesDavid House, a friend of alleged Wikileaks source Private Manning, was called in June to the grand jury convened to determine whether anyone...
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Inflation drops to 2.4 per cent
RPI and CPI both fall further.CPI is now 2.4 per cent for June, down from 2.8 per cent in May and a third straight month of falling. RPI stands at 2.8 per cent, down from 3.1 per cent, and the lowest...
View ArticleThe Voice denied accreditation for the Olympic stadium
Britain's oldest and biggest black newspaper has been refused access to report from the Olympic stadium.Britain’s oldest and biggest black newspaper, The Voice, has been refused media accreditation for...
View ArticleShortlist announced for the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2012
A variety of both new and well-established talents are selected for a potential £16 000 prize in October. The shortlists for the prestigious Forward Prizes for Poetry were announced on Tuesday, paving...
View ArticleA foolproof way to improve games journalism: ban the number 7
It has become meaningless.What score do you give a game when you like it, and you think it's interesting and important, but you have to admit to yourself that it just isn't very good? It's a seven out...
View ArticleLabour's new prawn cocktail offensive
Miliband's drive to recruit business people as party candidates has raised some eyebrows. In one of his most pointed interventions since leaving office, Tony Blair warned Labour MPs earlier this year...
View ArticleAutomotive for the people
Once a symbol of all that was wrong with British industry, our car sector is today a source of pride. A decade ago, it would have been a joke to claim that the UK could become Europe’s second-biggest...
View ArticleJon Lord dies aged 71
The Deep Purple founder, who co-wrote "Smoke On The Water", has died.His website simply carried the statement “Jon passes from Darkness to Light”, adding that the musician was “surrounded by his loving...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs steps back from casino banking
The Vampire Squid launches a private bank for wealthy clientsLiz Rappaport, the Wall Street Journal: Goldman Sachs is building an in-house bank to lend money to wealthy people and companies, in a...
View ArticleG4S security guards will not face prosecution in Jimmy Mubenga case
The asylum seeker died after being restrained by guards during deportation.The private security firm G4S has barely been out of the headlines this week, due to its chaotic handling of the Olympic...
View ArticleDid Obama's lawyers mess up the Affordable Care Act?
A new paper from Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine suggests that a missing word in the Affordable Care Act, the 2000-page law which created Obamacare, may scupper a key provision of the plan. The...
View ArticleSalmond remains the Scottish Yes campaign’s biggest asset
Despite recent setbacks, the First Minister's ratings remain higher than those of any party leader. There is little doubt that Alex Salmond, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the "Yes" to...
View ArticleQuote of the day: James Carville on Mitt Romney
James Carville, Bill Clinton's former strategist, lays the smackdown on the Republican candidateJames Carville, Bill Clinton's former strategist, interviewed by CBS News: The only person who has seen...
View ArticleWho is Marissa Mayer?
The new CEO of Yahoo! may be a superstar in Silicon Valley, but she's an enigma to mostOutside of the tech world, the news that Marissa Mayer was to be appointed the CEO of Yahoo! probably elicited...
View ArticleAfter the G4S debacle, it's time to re-think the role of the private sector
We should be much clearer about where outsourcing is not in the national interest.The failure of G4S to deliver sufficient security staff to cover Olympic venues has reignited the debate about the role...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. The real 'problem' with these families is that they're poor (Guardian) All the common sense in Louise Casey's grasp won't change the fact...
View ArticleFact or Fiction: TwentyTwelve or 2012?
The Olympics are just one cock-up after the next. But are we in sitcom territory yet?The path to the summer Olympics has been one of cock-up after cock-up. So much so that, just as Armando Iannucci...
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