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David Rosser

Change coming after ‘chads’ are counted

WHY is it that after two weeks of a typical UK general election campaign I am renewing my Blockbuster video membership card and reading my newspapers from the back page first, not able to stand any more political coverage, and yet three months in, with eight to go, I find the US primaries strangely compelling? Read

Dylan Jones Evans

Research homes in on start-up needs

LAST Tuesday, the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report for Wales was launched in Cardiff. Read

David Rosser

Rates review will send out a strong signal

MY usual leisurely Sunday morning with the papers was a bitter-sweet affair this week. The temptation to turn straight to the sports section was understandable and the extensive and glorious coverage of Wales’ grand slam triumph took me through the coffee and toast and well beyond. Read

Reality of credit crunch taking hold

YOU cannot have escaped the current focus on the emergency rescue of US investment bank Bear Stearns and the problems the US is encountering in its fight with recession. Read

Tim Jenkins

Things aren’t so bad... they ‘only’ lost a billion

YOU can call this market many things, but dull, it certainly isn’t. Read

Denis Campbell

Where there’s sport there’s big money

NEXT week spring training wraps and harkens an annual rite, baseball’s Opening Day, with the US regular season beginning in Tokyo! Read

Dylan Jones Evans

Stopping the brain drain from language heartlands

ON Tuesday, the S4C current affairs TV programme Taro Naw reported on a study carried out by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project into the relationship between the Welsh language and enterprise. Read

Sion Barry

Chancellor had little room for manoeuvre

THE style of Alistair Darling’s first Budget speech was very different from that of his predecessor; no great barrage of statistics, no boasting about economic performance, no big surprises to produce a cheer at the end of the speech. Read

David Rosser

How to make the most of having Ieuan’s ear

THIS evening I and a few CBI members will be sitting down to a private dinner with Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones. Read

Tim Jenkins

Four-letter word may be attractive for some

IF you’re like me, you’ll be often tickled by the way French Connection market themselves. Read

Use those tax-free allowances

AS you read this, Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be preparing to deliver his first Budget speech. Read

Denis Campbell

Why I am soft putty in sales woman’s hands

CASUAL Male Group’s Rochester Big and Tall chain has had my custom for 20 years. As my girth crept upwards, the US firm’s selection is hard to duplicate. Read

Dylan Jones Evans

More can be done to ensure Welsh firms become international players

THIS week the First Minister has flown out to the city of Chongqing in China to promote economic opportunities for Wales. Read

David Rosser

Temps and permanent staff pay not fair

TWO weeks ago over 150 Labour MPs remained in Westminster on a Friday to vote against the Government position. Read

Dylan Jones Evans

Enterprise education creates jobs and firms

Should we be doing more to encourage enterprise among young people in Wales? Here, Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, director of the National Entrepreneurship Observatory for Wales, makes the case for greater support in this area Read

The rail truth about train travel today

TRAIN companies have recently been criticised for over-running engineering works causing train delays, low performance levels and “fares rises of 145%”. Read

Why I’m going behind bars for Women's Aid

TOMORROW is International Women’s Day, and to raise awareness of this important day, I shall be volunteering to go to jail on behalf of a very worthy cause: Cardiff Women’s Aid. Read

Admiral sails into an unexpected storm

CONFUSED.COM? Disappointed. com? Quitefranklysurprised. com? Read

Denis Campbell

What if you experienced life from our end of the phone?

Columnist Denis Campbell recently had problems with his telephone and internet access at his home in the Vale of Glamorgan. Here he pens his thoughts on BT’s standard of customer service in an open letter to its chief executive Ben Verwaayen Read

Journalist's open letter to BT chief executive

Columnist Denis Campbell recently had problems with his telephone and internet access at his home in the Vale of Glamorgan. Here he pens his thoughts on BT’s standard of customer service in an open letter to its chief executive Ben Verwaayen Read

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