February 2010 - Spear's Magazine

Month: February 2010

Hyperlocality

It occurred to me that hyperlocalism is a problem/opportunity for national and larger newspapers – not so much for magazines.

Falklands Oil Wars

British drilling for oil in the Falklands has prompted the deeply unpopular President Kirchner of Argentina to become bellicose.

Indy: Withers in contempt of Parliament

A leading law firm has been found “in contempt” of the Commons after threatening an MP with legal proceedings if he made allegations about one of its clients in the House.

Uch, bookbinding. It's all hideous marbled covers and yellowing pages and stumpy spines, isn't it? Well, for centuries you would have been correct, but now Prometheus Bound Books is making binding beautiful. And not just beautiful, but personal

Exclusive: Private bankers need a ‘Hippocratic oath’, says Kleinwort CEO

Private bankers need an industry-wide ‘Hippocratic oath’ to ensure uniform standards of knowledge and behaviour, Robert Taylor, the CEO of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank, said today. ‘As long as there’s nothing that binds us as an industry, our clients are going to take a long time trust us again after 2008,’ he said.

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