Blogs about: Robert Peston

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Getting your foot in the door has a price1 comment

jinxedgeneration wrote 2 weeks ago: Almost every kid next door has a degree these days. Even post-grad qualifications are common, making … more →

Tags: Jobs/Employment, Economics, Education 2, Britain, Employment, Business, UK, internship, Work Experience

BBC bias and impartiality2 comments

aethelreadtheunread wrote 2 weeks ago: So, my last-but-one post – the one about Brian Milligan’s not entirely convincing attempt to p … more →

Tags: About Me, Media Commentary, Political Commentary, stuff i've read, BBC, Bias, Brian Milligan, impartiality, Nick Robinson

Cancer isn't a battle, it's cancer8 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 3 weeks ago: A friend of mine drew my attention via Twitter this week to an article detailing Robert Peston … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, non-hodgkins lymphoma, war metaphor, Ade Edmondson on cancer, Ade Emondson, battle of cancer

How Do We Fix This Mess? - Robert Peston & Laurence Knight

stevensonemmae wrote 3 weeks ago: I know he divides opinion with his ‘unique’ enunciation but I think Robert Peston is great. The econ … more →

Tags: Books, How do we fix this mess?

Robert Peston: I dealt with grief by transcribing late wife's novel

Richard James wrote 3 weeks ago: Robert Peston has opened up about the loss of his wife, writer Sian Busby (Picture: PA) BBC business … more →

Tags: UK, Editor's Picks

Bail out the customers not the banks.2 comments

stone100 wrote 3 weeks ago: Robert Peston gave a superb free public lecture on Thursday evening. He is a peerless public speaker … more →

Tags: 2008 crash, bank bail-out, banking crisis, debt write down, debts that can't be paid won't be, global financial crisis, Michael Hudson, sectorial balances

Have banking and food stores “expanded in the wrong areas“ ?1 comment

admin wrote 4 weeks ago: An email from a concerned co-operator said that Robert Peston had announced that the Co-op was pulli … more →

Tags: co-operative movement, Environmental Measures, Problems, Food Retail, Gary Greenwood, GM animal feed, local food, Peter Marks, shore capital

Robert Peston on global imbalances, the banking sector, debt and a sustainable economy #pestonsperi

Jane Watkinson wrote 4 weeks ago: I wanted to do a quick blog after Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute’s Annual Lect … more →

Tags: BBC, Bretton Woods system, China, Ed Miliband, Global Imbalances, International Clearing Union, Keynes, Living Standards Crisis, Speri

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bank...

Dan Smith wrote 1 month ago: The people who brought us the banking crashes of 2007-2008 that became the credit crunch 2008-2009 a … more →

Tags: The economic crunch, banking reform, bankers, Derivatives, New York Times, GEORGE ORWELL, Martin Wolf, Philip Coggan, structured financial products

Archbishop of Canterbury's approach to banking continues to win admirers1 comment

Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK wrote 1 month ago: Who would have believed not so long ago that we’d have politicians praising an Archbishop of C … more →

Tags: Banking & capitalism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Morals & Ethics, Bible, Money, George Osborne, Ed Miliband, Banking Standards Commission, regional banks

UK - What's a fair nuclear price?1 comment

jasonlockley wrote 1 month ago: UK – What’s a fair nuclear price?   Whenever I (Robert Peston) ask government officials … more →

Tags: civil nuclear, New Build, ASSYSTEM, assystem energy and nuclear, Assystem nuclear, EDF, Energy, energy and nuclear, energy and nuclear news

The increase in lung cancer rates.

Tedious Tantrums wrote 1 month ago: A few nights ago wee gem on the One Show fell into the elephant in the room category. Yes, there was … more →

Tags: BBC, health, smoking, persecuting smokers, secondhand smoke, smokers lungs used for transplants, smoking and lung cancer.

Facebook’s pay-to-message service rebuilds the walls social media knocked down

Tom Beasley wrote 1 month ago: To the uninitiated, one of the biggest benefits of social media’s prevalence is that it bridges the … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Social Media, twitter, facebook, Celebrities, Tom Daley, bill bailey, Miranda Hart, Snoop Dogg

I like the little bird...

saysrob wrote 1 month ago: There is one company that has changed my world for the last 2 years; Twitter. I don’t know muc … more →

Tags: MBA, IE official, Companies, twitter, Graham Linehan, rob kearney, Rory McIlroy, Steve Martin, Hildegarde O'Connor

Why bash the HBOS three?

outsidethemarginals wrote 1 month ago: Robert Peston in his blog today (5 April 2013) asks Why bash the HBOS three? It is perhaps a bit odd … more →

Tags: Accountability, city behaviour, Unified Society, Accountability, bankers, Trust, Equity, Bashing, compensation for loss of office

Nuclear power: UK will get help to compete, say ministers

assystem admin wrote 1 month ago: Nuclear power: UK will get help to compete, say ministers (The Sellafield Nuclear Plant on the west … more →

Tags: civil nuclear, Energy, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, ASSYSTEM, Assystem energy, assystem energy and nuclear, Assystem nuclear, ed davy energy news, Edward Davey

I Did Do It...

lizardyoga wrote 3 months ago: Now!  All this week, with it being Valentine’s week, I will be posting an extra blog post ever … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, Film Reviews, TV reviews, Philosophy, YouTube, Blackadder, jo brand, John Peel, spike milligan

Stop your sobbing (eye-watering)

SeanFarrell wrote 4 months ago: One of Robert Peston’s last blog posts of 2012 saw the reappearance of a familiar phrase. The … more →

Tags: eye watering

Heartbreaking: BBC editor seeks late wife's stolen ring, asks Twitter for help

Sarah Desprat wrote 5 months ago: @Peston Sorry to hear that, if you have pictures we could all repost and maybe someone will spot the … more →

Tags: media, Social, twitter, Burglary, BBC, Stolen


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