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Queen's Speech: Bankers' bonuses had nothing to do with the financial crisis

Posted by Alex Singleton on 18/11/2009

Will Gordon Brown use the Queen’s Speech to fix Britain’s financial problems? No, of course not. Instead, he’ll use it was a way to scapegoat bankers, blaming their bonuses for the financial crisis, which was mostly of his causing.In fact, bankers’ bonuses – whatever yo ...

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St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Bromance

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“I am fed up of the debate over next weeks referendum”: So instead, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Lullabies, Fairy Tales and other Self Delusions blogs about his “bromance with murses.”

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Cuba: Courting Change

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“There are a good number of ministers still under sixty, but the largest share of power is concentrated in the hands of septuagenarians and octogenarians”: Cuba's Generation Y suggests these veterans are unable “to hear the new generation knocking at the door, coming like a whi ...

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Barbados: Crunch Time

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“Barbadians have become alarmed at the prospect of having its investment paper perched at the brink of junk rating, a status most unfamiliar to Barbadians through the years”: Barbados Underground says it's economic “crunch time”!

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Barbados, Jamaica: Corruption Perception

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

The 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index is out and although Living in Barbados always takes the results “with a pinch of salt”, he notes that “greasing palms is unfortunately seen as a part of doing business worldwide.”

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