So in the EU if a bank has a run the plan is to protect the insured deposits by raiding the uninsured? Wouldn't that make a run more likely? i.e. Get out before your losses are increased by the … (View Post)

If only things were only that bad. Look at the way people talk about the windfall tax and corporation tax on energy companies, most commentators and politicians seem to struggle to understand that it… (View Post)

I'm not sure that is entirely true. Look at WhatsApp, Facebook paid a fortune for it, and makes basically nothing off of it, as all they have access to is some limited metadata, but it created a… (View Post)

Strictly speaking it was the Competition Commission who thought that the BBC, ITV, and C4 teaming up would squash UK streaming competition. What they didn't anticipate was how much international… (View Post)

If it wasn't "the BBC" you would look at the audience share and viewing hours broken down be demographics and conclude that the BBC is already done for. The BBC lumbers on in much the … (View Post)