LSE in print
Banks benefited from GBP38bn taxpayer subsidy last year, says think tank
The Guardian, 17/12/2013, p.23, Jill Treanor New Economics Foundation argues despite huge government subsidies, big banks are not supporting the real economy .The analysis of the banks comes amid continued costly scandals for the financial services industry which the London School of Economics has estimated at £100bn for 10 banks in the five years to 2012. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/dec/17/uk-banks-benefit-from-massive-state-subsidies|
Clark on Monday: airports mired in political congestion
The Times Online, 16/12/2013, p.1
The coalition, also conscious of the marginal seats under the descent to Heathrow, would like Sir Howard's shortlist to be as long as possible. However, the one-time London School of Economics boss, who is no pushover, has made it clear that he does not need three years to crunch the numbers. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/article3949876.ece| (£)
Mayor launches 11th-hour bid to keep Boris Island airport afloat
Evening Standard, 16/12/2013, p.4, Nicholas Cecil
Boris Johnson today launched an 11th-hour bid to keep alive his vision for a four-runway superhub airport in the Thames Estuary. He was meeting Sir Howard Davies, former London School of Economics boss who heads the Airports Commission. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/mayor-launches-11thhour-bid-to-keep-boris-island-airport-scheme-afloat-9007546.html|
LSE online
JP Morgan, other employers move to cover costly autism therapies Reuters UK (Web), 16/12/2013, Kathleen Kingsbury
The lifetime costs of treating one person with autism could top $2.3 million, according to 2012 research from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics. Given the expense, it is no surprise that insurers have had to be prodded to cover many autism treatments.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/16/us-usa-health-autism-idUKBRE9BF0H820131216|
TV drama Homeland damaging relations between the 'hostile' US and the countries depicted on the series
The Independent, (web), 17/12/2013
TV drama Homeland is damaging relations between the 'hostile' US and the countries depicted in the series according to a leading expert on the Middle East. Fawaz Gerges, Emirates Chair of the Contemporary Middle East at the London School of Economics, told Hollywood news site The Wrap: "Homeland is poisonous to any attempt to bridge the divide between the two nations."
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tv-drama-homeland-damaging-relations-between-the-hostile-us-and-the-countries-depicted-in-the-series-9008854.html|
Research on fines aims to show up banks that are behaving badly theguardian.com, 16/12/2013
Roger McCormick Guardian Professional, Monday 16 December 2013 08.46 EST Jump to comments (…) Britain's financial watchdog imposed a record £28m fine on Lloyds Banking Group for encouraging staff to sell £2bn of products customers did not need.... http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/fines-banks-research-behaving-badly|
Road crashes biggest killer of Americans abroad FOXNews.com, 16/12/2013
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/16/road-crashes-biggest-killer-americans-abroad/|
Bold Measures Needed to Address Extreme Poverty Hispanic Business Magazine, 17/12/2013
Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science has spent the past few years mapping a detailed economic profile of industries in Ethiopia , Ghana , Tanzania , Zambia and Mozambique... http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/12/16/bold_measures_needed_to_address_extreme.htm|
Who next as the world’s elder statesman?
BBC News, 17/12/2013
others might not have been able to, says Christopher Alden of the London School of Economics, who points to Indonesia as an example. In 1997, Mandela's two-hour visit to the imprisoned East Timorese politician Gusmao in Jakarta, against Suharto's... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22389954|
Thousands missing out on social care Multiple Sclerosis Society, 17/12/2013
Restricted care The study, carried out by the London School of Economics, examined the social care system over a five year period (2007/8 – 2012) and found the number of... http://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-news/2013/12/thousands-missing-out-social-care|
Tough choices for a troubled euro Business Spectator, 17/12/2013, Christopher Pissarides
One of the most exciting things about working at the London School of Economics is that we get to hear some of the world’s top thinkers and policymakers. One occasion that I recall vividly is... http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2013/12/17/european-crisis/tough-choices-troubled-euro|
European citizens' initiative defends education spending BusinessWeek, 16/12/2013
the Nobel Laureate Economist, Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. "Cutting down on education investments because of a temporary economic crisis...
Care cuts a false economy, says CSP
The Chartered Society Of Physiotherapy, 16/12/2013
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has responded to new research from the London School of Economics that shows hundreds of thousands of people are missing out on social care because of budget...
http://www.csp.org.uk/press-releases/2013/12/16/care-cuts-false-economy-says-csp|
Big Banks May Still Face $50B-Plus Legal Tab on Mortgages TheStreet.com, 16/12/2013, Dan Freed
of America (BAC) UBS's analysts also cite a report from the London School of Economics, which contends banks have paid about $235 billion, or 20% of the market cap, between 2008-2012 tied to...
http://www.thestreet.com/story/12156433/1/big-banks-may-still-face-50b-plus-legal-tab-on-mortgages.html|
Benchmarking for family-friendliness
HR Director, 16/12/2013, Peter Banks
employee capability and capacity that caring responsibilities can bring. For example, The London School of Economics have developed a policy which ensures that leave taken for caring reasons...
http://www.thehrdirector.com/features/flexible-working/benchmarking-for-family-friendliness/|
New care tests 'exclude a third'
Age UK, 16/12/2013
Hole in funding for social care. The study, by researchers at the London School of Economics, said 36% of those who would have had some help with basic tasks such as washing and dressing less... http://www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-news/new-care-tests-exclude-a-third/|
Oppermann mit 90,8 Prozent neuer SPD-Fraktionschef
Die Welt, 16/12/2013
sie nach dem Abitur (Durchschnittsnote: 0,7) für ein Jahr an die London School of Economics. Nach Medizinstudium, Heirat, Doktortitel und Geburt der ersten Kinder zog von der Leyen zusammen mit...
http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article122976065/SPD-Fraktion-begeistert-von-Merkels-cooler-Rede.html|
CAF cierra 2013 con aprobaciones de USD 12.000 millones para el desarrollo de América Latina Biznews Peru, 17/12/2013
universidades y centros de pensamiento de prestigio en el mundo como la London School of Economics, la Universidad de Oxford, Sciences Po, la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, el Instituto de... http://www.caf.com/es/actualidad/noticias/2013/12/caf-cierra-2013-con-aprobaciones-de-usd-12000-millones-para-el-desarrollo-de-america-latina|
Der neue Landwirtschafts- und Umweltminister und sein Büro Oekonews.at, 17/12/2013
lang Leiter des Osteureopa-Referates im österreichischen Außenministerium. Weitere Stationen des Absolventen der London School of Economics, der Central European University Budapest sowie der... http://www.oekonews.at/index.php?mdoc_id=1085892|
Y a-t-il un lien entre immigration et délinquance? Express.be, 16/12/2013
de l'UE à partir de cette date. . Les chercheurs de la London School of Economics et de l'Université College de Londres ont étudié l'impact de deux récents flux migratoires de grande ampleur... http://www.express.be/business/fr/economy/y-a-t-il-un-lien-entre-immigration-et-delinquance.htm|
Coping With Disasters Without Borders
The European Financial Review, 16/12/2013
set of priorities.” 3. Privatisation Craig Calhoun, recently appointed director of LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science), notesa trend toward reducing the provision of public goods in favour of reliance on public markets and... http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=7653|
Gap generazionali: i giovani sono più stanchi degli anziani
Il Sole 24 Ore, 16/12/2013
non significa necessariamente sentirsi privi di energie, anzi, secondo uno studio della London School of Economics and Political Science, apparso sulle pagine di Journals of Gerontology Series... http://salute24.ilsole24ore.com/tags/1096-giovani|
TV / Radio
News XFM Radio, 17/12/2013 Passing mention of LSE (Mick Jagger/ Rolling Stones)
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BBC Radio 4, 17/12/2013
Professor Fawaz Gerges commenting on Palestine
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BBC Radio 4, 16/12/2013
Professor Richard senate commenting on work-based community cohesion