http://www.hemscott.com/news.do Each week Hemscott News Editor Rodney Hobson writes a topical column about recent events in business, economics, and politics. en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.hemscott.com/hsretail/images/rodney.jpg http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week.do 58 73 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=80693 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) When it comes to inflation, economists can be reluctant to let facts get in the way, but like it or not we are facing inflation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:16 GMT+00:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=80693 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=80228 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Confusing signals have come from Bank of England Governor Mervyn King but don’t worry, this is actually reassuring Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:02:34 GMT+00:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=80228 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=79771 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) The quantitative easing programme is being scaled down and may well have reached its limit--you read it here first Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:25 GMT+00:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=79771 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=79268 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) We have a new twist to the old saying about jam tomorrow: it’s jam for everybody else but not for us Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:27:50 GMT+00:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=79268 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=78829 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, here we are still in the jaws of a recession Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:49:16 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=78829 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=78330 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) One cannot help feeling the greatest admiration for Kate Swann, the woman who pulled WH Smith out of a hole Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:58:44 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=78330 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=77988 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) More lorries means more money; Conflicting economic statistics; Waiting for the Bank's next move Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:27:11 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=77988 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=77491 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) I hate to be a Jeremiah but I really cannot summon up much enthusiasm for the latest figures from major retailer Marks & Spencer Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:09:17 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=77491 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76928 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) As the stock market recovers, investors should be asking two questions: which sectors bombed most and are those sectors getting left behind in the upturn. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:07:45 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76928 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76649 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) If you forecast rain tomorrow, and make the same forecast every day, then however long a drought lasts you will be right one day. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:31:48 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76649 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76228 rhobson@hemscott.co.uk (Rodney Hobson) Is it really only a year ago that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, thus bringing the civilised world to an end? Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:32:31 GMT+01:00 http://www.hemscott.com/news/the-week/item.do?id=76228