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Signing off from the money beat
Much has changed in the world of finance in the last two years and I've been lucky enough to cover that change. Now, after writing almost three quarters of a million words on over 1,200 posts, I'm moving on to tackle a challenge that's simply too... Read more

 

]]>commentMartin Cloake2011-11-16T09:00:00+00:00What's the cost of sports corruption?http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/10/what-s-the-cost-of-sports-corruption/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/10/what-s-the-cost-of-sports-corruption/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/10/what-s-the-cost-of-sports-corruption/#comments Filed under:

What's the cost of sports corruption?
Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone appeared in a German court this week as a witness in the biggest corruption trial the country has seen in over 60 years. He's not in the dock, but he is accused of paying £27.5 million to an executive working... Read more

 

]]>Bernie EcclestonecorruptionFormula 1scandalssportMartin Cloake2011-11-10T05:13:00+00:00Smartphone market grows 42.6%http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/smartphone-market-grows-42-6/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/smartphone-market-grows-42-6/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/smartphone-market-grows-42-6/#comments Filed under:

Smartphone market grows 42.6%
An astonishing 118.1m mobile phones were shipped across the world by vendors in the third quarter of this year. That's a 42.6% rise on the same period last year. Even more eye-catching is the fact that this rate of growth was lower than the 49.1%... Read more

 

]]>AppleBlackberryHTCmobileNokiaSamsungsmartphonestechnologyMartin Cloake2011-11-08T07:09:00+00:00Ordinary people pay for tax havenshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/ordinary-people-pay-for-tax-havens/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/ordinary-people-pay-for-tax-havens/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/08/ordinary-people-pay-for-tax-havens/#comments Filed under:

Ordinary people pay for tax havens
Stark evidence of how ordinary citizens pay for the tax haven status of corporations is revealed by an amendment to Jersey's current budget. Geoff Southern, a Deputy to the Jersey parliament says in the measure that "there can be no doubt that there... Read more

 

]]>commentdebateJerseytaxtax havensMartin Cloake2011-11-08T06:26:00+00:00Millwall FC quits Stock Exchangehttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/millwall-fc-quits-stock-exchange/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/millwall-fc-quits-stock-exchange/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/millwall-fc-quits-stock-exchange/#comments Filed under:

Millwall FC quits Stock Exchange
Millwall FC is to quit the London Stock Exchange, leaving just four professional football clubs listed on the markets. Fans of the south east London club regularly sing 'No one likes us, we don't care' and, it seems, that's the felling the club has... Read more

 

]]>footballfootball financeManchester UnitedMillwallsportStock ExchangeTottenham HotspurMartin Cloake2011-11-07T10:40:00+00:00One-off wealth tax 'would solve crisis'http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/one-off-wealth-tax-would-solve-crisis/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/one-off-wealth-tax-would-solve-crisis/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/07/one-off-wealth-tax-would-solve-crisis/#comments Filed under:

One-off wealth tax 'would solve crisis'
The need for a one-off wealth tax on the richest 10% has never been greater. That's the view of Greg Philo of the Glasgow University Media Group, who has long pushed the idea. But where once the idea was regarded as wildly radical, now support is... Read more

 

]]>commentdebateEurozoneGreeceGreg PhilotaxMartin Cloake2011-11-07T06:16:00+00:00Steve Jobs biog boosts UK book saleshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/steve-jobs-biog-boosts-uk-book-sales/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/steve-jobs-biog-boosts-uk-book-sales/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/steve-jobs-biog-boosts-uk-book-sales/#comments Filed under:

Steve Jobs biog boosts UK book sales
The biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has topped the UK book charts in its first week on sale, becoming one of the fastest selling hardback non-fiction books on record. That helped to boost book sales in Britain in a week when the half-term... Read more

 

]]>ApplebooksDavid WalliamsJamie OliverJohn GrishamMartina ColeSteve JobstechnologyMartin Cloake2011-11-03T06:33:00+00:00What the Olympics is doing for ushttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/what-the-olympics-is-doing-for-us/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/what-the-olympics-is-doing-for-us/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/what-the-olympics-is-doing-for-us/#comments Filed under:

What the Olympics is doing for us
London Olympics expert Matt Rogan has been talking to AOL Money about the benefits the Games could bring. Throughout our conversation he's been emphasising the need to see the big picture, throwing out some innovative ideas and stressing that this... Read more

 

]]>commentdebateLondon 2012Matt RoganOlympicssportMartin Cloake2011-11-03T06:00:00+00:00Fake iPads warning over Xmas giftshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/fake-ipads-warning-over-xmas-gifts/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/fake-ipads-warning-over-xmas-gifts/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/fake-ipads-warning-over-xmas-gifts/#comments Filed under:

Fake iPads warning over Xmas gifts
Consumers are being warned of a "flood" of fake iPads in the run-up to Christmas. Brand protection firm MarkMonitor says it discovered thousands of fake listings on sites generating millions of visits on a single day in July, and the firm says that... Read more

 

]]>AppleconsumeriPadretailscamsMartin Cloake2011-11-03T05:44:00+00:00Pick of the early market newshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments Filed under:

Pick of the early market news
There's a bumper crop of results this morning, and we've got no less than seven to bring you in our pick of the morning's news. The names reporting are some of the biggest, with results from Unilever, BT, Pearson and News Corporation. Updates too... Read more

 

]]>Aer LingusBTDowFTSE 100J D WetherspoonmarketsNews CorporationPearsonRSA InsuranceUnileverMartin Cloake2011-11-03T03:39:00+00:00Is Archbishop right to back Tobin tax?http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/is-archbishop-right-to-back-tobin-tax/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/is-archbishop-right-to-back-tobin-tax/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/is-archbishop-right-to-back-tobin-tax/#comments Filed under:

Is Archbishop right to back Tobin tax?
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has backed the idea of a so-called 'Robin Hood Tax' on financial transactions, saying it would be a way of advancing the "moral agenda" of the protestors who have been camped outside St Paul's cathedral and... Read more

 

]]>Church of Englandfinancial crisisOccupy LSXRowan WilliamsTobin TaxMartin Cloake2011-11-02T07:34:00+00:00Nationwide opens on Coronation Sthttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/nationwide-opens-on-coronation-st/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/nationwide-opens-on-coronation-st/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/nationwide-opens-on-coronation-st/#comments Filed under:

Nationwide opens on Coronation St
Regulars at the Rovers Return will be able to get their drinking money from a Nationwide-branded ATM in Dev's store under the terms of a groundbreaking product placement deal with Coronation Street. It's the first such deal for an ITV primetime show... Read more

 

]]>advertisingCoronation Streetnewsproduct placementMartin Cloake2011-11-02T06:55:00+00:00London 2012 can ape success of 1948http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/london-2012-can-ape-success-of-1948/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/london-2012-can-ape-success-of-1948/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/london-2012-can-ape-success-of-1948/#comments Filed under:

London 2012 can ape success of 1948
It's less than a year until the London Olympic Games opens but, admits one expert on the event, 'the economic model and delivery of a 'legacy' plan are challenged by staggering levels of public debt amid financial meltdown'. But, says Matt Rogan,... Read more

 

]]>commentdebateLondon 2012Matt RoganOlympicssportMartin Cloake2011-11-02T06:00:00+00:00Pick of the early market newshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments Filed under:

Pick of the early market news
Next is the biggest name reporting this morning, but behind the headline positive sales figures is the fact that sales growth is being driven not though the chain's high street stores, but over the internet. Is it possible we could see a... Read more

 

]]>FTSE 100marketsNextStandard LifeMartin Cloake2011-11-02T03:26:00+00:00ILO warns of unrest over jobs slumphttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/ilo-warns-of-unrest-over-jobs-slump/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/ilo-warns-of-unrest-over-jobs-slump/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/ilo-warns-of-unrest-over-jobs-slump/#comments Filed under:

ILO warns of unrest over jobs slump
Social unrest is likely as the world teeters on the brink of a second Great Depression. That's the verdict of the International Labour Organisation's World of Work Report which looks at labour markets across the globe. It said the risk of social... Read more

 

]]>depressioneconomic crisiseconomyILOrecessionMartin Cloake2011-11-01T07:38:00+00:00Birmingham City FC warns on losseshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/birmingham-city-fc-warns-on-losses/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/birmingham-city-fc-warns-on-losses/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/birmingham-city-fc-warns-on-losses/#comments Filed under:

Birmingham City FC warns on losses
The company that owns Birmingham City football club has warned the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it will record a "substantial loss" for the year to 30 June 2011. Birmingham International Holdings issued the warning just 48 hours after the club's... Read more

 

]]>Birmingham City FCCarson Yeungfootballfootball financesportMartin Cloake2011-11-01T07:15:00+00:0090% pay too much for broadbandhttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/90-pay-too-much-for-broadband/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/90-pay-too-much-for-broadband/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/90-pay-too-much-for-broadband/#comments Filed under:

90% pay too much for broadband
Nine households in every ten are paying too much for their broadband, wasting an average of £73 a year. That's the verdict of research carried out by Computeractive magazine of 2,000 online users. The expensive, high-speed tariffs promoted by... Read more

 

]]>broadbandconsumerinternettechnologyMartin Cloake2011-11-01T06:31:00+00:00'Be creative over Olympic Stadium'http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/be-creative-over-olympic-stadium/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/be-creative-over-olympic-stadium/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/be-creative-over-olympic-stadium/#comments Filed under:

'Be creative over Olympic Stadium'
After the Olympics finish, the Stratford stadium should be used jointly by a football club, music promoter and an NFL franchise that aims to capitalise on transport links with Northern Europe. That's the view of one expert on Britain and the... Read more

 

]]>CommentDebateLondon 2012Matt RoganOlympicssportMartin Cloake2011-11-01T06:00:00+00:00Should MPs dress like racing drivers?http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/should-mps-dress-like-racing-drivers/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/should-mps-dress-like-racing-drivers/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/should-mps-dress-like-racing-drivers/#comments Filed under:

Should MPs dress like racing drivers?
Elected representatives should "wear the logos of all the banks, investment banks, insurance companies and real estate firms they're taking money from", just as racing drivers such as Lewis Hamilton (left) wear the logos of their sponsors on their... Read more

 

]]>commentcorporate takeoverlobbyingOccupy Wall StreetoccupyLSXtransparencyMartin Cloake2011-11-01T05:24:00+00:00Pick of the early market newshttp://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/pick-of-the-early-market-news/http://money.aol.co.uk/2011/11/01/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments Filed under:

Pick of the early market news
Reports from two of the country's largest transport companies get us moving this morning, with National Express and Stagecoach both posting trading updates. There's news too from online gambling outfit 888 Holdings which shows that despite,... Read more

 

]]>888 HoldingsFTSE 100HomeserveLegal GeneralmarketsMF GlobalNational ExpressStagecoachMartin Cloake2011-11-01T03:31:00+00:00