LSE in print
Many a famous visitor [...]
The Guardian, 30/07/2013, p.29, Hugh Muir
Many a famous visitor to the London School of Economics. Recently, the garlanded speaker was former French prime minister Alain Jupp. Caused quite a stir in London and, according to reports in Paris, a bit of a stir once he returned home.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jul/29/adieu-comrade-delta-swp-sex-allegations|
LSE online
Labour MP Stella Creasy reports barrage of rape threats on Twitter to police
The Independent (Web), 29/07/2013, Unattributed
When one user called Creasy a "dumb blonde bitch", Creasy - whose PhD thesis won a prize at the London School of Economics - replied: "thats dumb Dr blonde bitch to you." Ms Creasy told the Evening Standard: "It is vile, absolutely vile.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/pressure-grows-on-twitter-to-act-on
-rape-threats-after-labour-mp-stella-creasy-calls-in-police-8736954.html|
How can you stop the trolls?
Channel 4 News (Web), 29/07/2013, Unattributed
Do people just have to live with the trolls on open platforms like Twitter? "The law is a blunt instrument" said Professor Andrew Murray, a specialist in internet law at the London School of Economics. "You need to supplement it with a mixture of techniques. People who have made threats deserve to be dealt with to the full extent of the law."
http://www.channel4.com/news/twitter-trolling-problem-misogyny-how-can-it-be-stopped|
Stop and search: A necessary police power or a form of discrimination?
Metro – 30/07/2013
Research by the London School of Economics into the 2011 riots identified the operation of the stop and search laws as a key factor behind the unrest. Earlier this month, the police watchdog said one in four people stopped by officers is searched ...
http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/30/stop-and-search-a-necessary-police-power-or-a-form
-of-discrimination-3903060/|
Police conduct background checks on missing pilot
Telegraph (Web), 29/07/2013, Victoria Ward
Mr Schornstein, who worked for the commodity finance department of RBS, had lived in London since 2001 and was a graduate of the London School of Economics. He had logged a flight plan and took off from Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire en route to Le Touquet in France before apparently crashing off the
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10209577/Police-conduct-background-
checks-on-missing-pilot.html|
Did missing pilot fake his own death? Police investigate after finding no trace of German banker's body in plane that crashed into the English Channel
Mail Online UK (Web), 29/07/2013, Chris Greenwood
The banker, who lived in a £850,000 Knightsbridge apartment, worked for RBS in its commodity finance department. He had been living in London since 2001 and was a graduate of the London School of Economics. He had logged a flight plan before taking off from Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire on route to the coastal town of Le Touquet in France. An extensive search
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381001/Did-missing-pilot-Sascha-Schorn
stein-fake-death.html|
Egypt plans quick steps to spur economy, then 'Marshall Plan'
Reuters - 29/07/2013
"It's not a time when you necessarily expect major new investment to come in," said Bahaa El-Din, who has a doctorate in banking law from the London School of Economics and until early 2011 headed Egypt's financial regulatory authority. Instead, the ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-egypt-economy-idUSBRE96S0R320130729|
Poll panel chief coaches students for London School of Economics battle
Times of India - 29/07/2013
from the city find their feet in the hallowed portals of the London School of Economics (LSE). And she has made a mark here too, with the young guns calling her the iron lady who is soft spoken...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Poll-panel-chief-coaches-students
-for-London-School-of-Economics-battle/articleshow/21470521.cms|
Wife's plea in missing pilot hunt
This Is Hampshire – 29/07/2013
Mr Schornstein had lived in London since 2001 and was a graduate of the London School of Economics. He had logged a flight plan and had taken off from Blackbushe Airport, near Hartley Wintney, en route to Le Touquet in France but he never arrived.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/10578488.Wife_s_plea_in_missing_pilot
_hunt/|
The peace talks' missing piece
Politico - Josh Gerstein - Jul 30 at 1:14 BST
terms with, said Fawaz Gerges, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics. You need Hamasto give any kind of settlement legitimation. (PHOTOS: John Kerrys career...
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/john-kerry-israel-palestine-hamas-94889.html|
"Global Tensions From The Great Shift East" by Danny Quah
Social Europe Journal - Danny Quah - 29/07/2013
trends of our times. Watch Danny Quah, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), discuss the rise of the East and what kind of problems this trend brings with it.
http://www.social-europe.eu/2013/07/global-tensions-from-the-great-shift-east/|
China's urbanisation policy is based on flawed thinking
South China Morning Post - 29/07/2013
Wan Guanghua at the Asian Development Bank and Anett Hofmann of the London School of Economics have attempted to tease apart cause and effect. To work out what drives what, they built a model...
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1292923/chinas-urbanisation-policy-based-flawed-thinking|
The talented Mr Liaquat
The Express Tribune – 29/07/2013
The writer is a lawyer based in Lahore and studied law at Lincoln's Inn and the London School of Economics. He tweets @AsadRahim. He urges austerity while ...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/583534/the-talented-mr-liaquat/|
Den Schwellenländern geht die Puste aus: China, Brasilien, Russland und Indien waren lange Zeit die ...
FinanzNachrichten.de – 30/07/2013
Experiment gelingt, steht in den Sternen. Paul de Grauwe, Ökonom an der London School of Economics, fürchtet, dass sich das Wachstum Chinas mittelfristig auf fünf Prozent abschwächt. Für die...
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2013-07/27549329-den-schwellenlaendern-geht-die-puste-aus-china-brasilien-russland-und-indien-
waren-lange-zeit-die-198.htm|
Ce n’est pas à 30 ans qu’on est les plus heureuses
Top Santé - Jul 29 at 12:01 BST
correspondrait pas à l’acmé du bonheur. Une sérieuse étude de la London School of Economics évalue à 23 ans puis à 69 ans les âges où nous nous sentons le plus satisfaites de notre sort. Le...
http://www.topsante.com/forme-et-bien-etre/mieux-vivre/mieux-se-connaitre/ce-n
-est-pas-a-30-ans-qu-on-est-les-plus-heureuses-41885|
Prof. Justice Date-Bah retires with honour
Modern Ghana - Jul 29 at 11:02 BST
the Yale Law School in 1967 and a Ph.D from the London School of Economics, London University, in 1969.Work Experience:2008 - February 2013: Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia;2003...
http://www.modernghana.com/news/478204/1/prof-justice-date-bah-retires-with-honour.html|
Cashkaro Raises $750,000 and Gets Ahead in the Indian Cashback and Coupon Space
DNA India - Jul 29 at 8:09 BST
and Swati Bhargava are both from India and have studied at the London School of Economics. Rohan worked for 8 years in the hedge fund and asset management industry in London, managing a $1bn...
http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/1866995/press-release-cashkaro-
raises-750000-and-gets-ahead-in-the-indian-cashback-and-coupon-space|
LSE on TV/Radio
BBC Berkshire (30 July)
Breakfast
Tony Travers comments on unpaid Council Tax in Berkshire.