LSE in print
Changes in property taxes and how they could affect you
The Times, 25/10/2013, p.6, Francesca Steele
A report commissioned by Berkeley from the London School of Economics warns that erratic changes to the tax system and "politically motivated" alterations such as a proposed mansion tax could harm the housing market.
Goldman Sachs' secret rapper
Financial Times, 25/10/2013, p.14, Emma Jacobs
While a postgraduate student at the London School of Economics, he became mesmerised by the enigmatic Christian Siva-Jothy, then head of proprietary trading – which was subsequently banned – at Goldman Sachs. Mr Siva-Jothy’s talk to LSE students made Mr Bowes-Little “fall in love with trading”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c898520-3a42-11e3-b234-00144feab7de.html#axzz2iiWQal6L|
Illegal immigration: Over the top
The Economist, 24/10/2013, p31
Among other things, it would ban employers from running foreigner-only shifts. Nobody knows quite how many people live in Britain illegally. A plausible estimate by the London School of Economics in 2009 put the number at 618,000, around 70% of whom live in London. That study relied on census data from 2001.
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21588362-perhaps-half-million-people-
live-illegally-britain-governments-draconian-new|
LSE online
Greeks are ready to change
The Economist, 24/10/2013
ATHANASIA CHALARI is a research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory in the London School of Economics. Her current research considers the impact of the Greek economic crisis on three generations of Greeks. She has held posts at Manchester and Cambridge Universities and
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/10/quick-study-athanasia-chalari-sociology-greek-economic-crisis|
Uni pensions black hole 'even worse'
BBC (Web), 25/10/2013, Unattributed
students to bail out pension deficits to support pension schemes that are far more generous than students are likely to enjoy when they're older." Prof Craig Calhoun, director of the London School of Economics, said the size of the scheme's black hole concerned him. "It's very worrying now and it looks even more worrying for the future," he said. "It
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24657049|
iPads get their moment in the sun
The Times Online, 25/10/2013, p.1, Unattributed
in the ruthless corporate world as an associate at the City law firm Slaughter and May. By night, however, the legal eagle, who is of Swiss/Indian descent, turns singer-songwriter. The London School of Economics' graduate is to release her new EP My Promise next month and sees the move as a logical step. "I've decided to transfer my skills from
Fighting the fuel giants for a fully renewable future | Antony Loewentstein
World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com - Antony Loewenstein - Oct 25 at 6:56 BST
the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics found that, “despite fossil fuel reserves already far exceeding the carbon budget to avoid global warming of more than 2°C, $674bn was spent last.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/climate-change-exxon
-fossil-fuel|
Simon Stevens: undertaker for the NHS
Red Pepper - Oct 25 at 5:56 BST
The LSE connection also furnished the government with Stevens’ successor as health advisor, the rabidly pro-market Julian Le Grand.
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/simon-stevens-undertaker-for-the-nhs/|
Soha to take cue from own film, lead march for votes
Deccan Herald - Oct 24 at 23:54 BST
December 16 gang rape.Reaching outSoha, who has studied at the London School of Economics, will also help the Delhi election office to reach out to women to come out of their homes and vote...
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/365180/soha-take-cue-own-film.html|
MBA Challenge winners reach for the stars
Financial Times - Charlotte Clarke - Oct 24 at 20:18 BST
Banana and Team Global Grassroots respectively. Team Banana represented students from the London School of Economics, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the National University of...
Singapore ranked sixth in management of manufacturing firms: study
Straits Times - Janice Heng Singapore placed sixth out of 22 countries - Oct 25 at 4:54 BST
carried out in various countries using a fixed methodology, developed by the London School of Economics and Political Science.In Singapore, 408 manufacturing firms were scored on four areas...
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/singapore-ranked
-sixth-management-manufacturing-firms-study-20131025|
China calls for strengthened EU ties
CHINAdaily - Oct 24 at 23:38 BST
" Erixon said.Paul De Grauwe, head of the European Institute of London School of Economics and Political Science, said China and the EU can cooperate in shaping global governance because it...
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-10/25/content_17056907.htm|
Test for Saudis: How far to push ire over America?
Philippine Star - Oct 24 at 17:56 BST
" said Fawaz A. Gerges, a Middle East affairs expert at the London School of Economics. "It's the corresponding shift in Washington's relations with Iran that Riyadh considers as nothing short
http://www.philstar.com/world/2013/10/25/1249266/test-saudis-how-far-push
-ire-over-america|
Delegação do Fórum Urbano de Moscou participará da Conferência UrbanAge
Pravda - Oct 24 at 16:36 BST
Fórum Urbano de Moscou) participará da Conferência Internacional Urban Age, organizada pela London School of Economics no Rio de Janeiro de 23 a 25 de outubro. Desafios comuns, enfrentados pelas...
http://port.pravda.ru/busines/24-10-2013/35479-forum_urbano_moscou-0/|
Svět o českém zítřku: Pravice padne, komunisté se vrátí
Aktuálnì.cz - Martin Novák - Oct 25 at 6:24 BST
situaci v České republice. Specialista na střední Evropu Sean Hanley z prestižní London School of Economics na svém blogu napsal, že ODS nevede špatnou kampaň, ale to nestačí. "Občanští demokraté...
http://aktualne.centrum.cz/zahranici/evropa/clanek.phtml?id=793648|
DataSift Expands Executive Team With Chief Marketing Officer Marketwired
Yahoo! Finance - Oct 24 at 14:17 BST
holds a bachelor's degree in international finance from Purdue University and London School of Economics as well as a master's degree in accounting from Indiana University and is a Certified..
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/datasift-expands-executive-team-chief-
130000699.html|
DataSift Expands Executive Team With CMO
MoneyAM - Oct 24 at 14:09 BST
holds a bachelor's degree in international finance from Purdue University and London School of Economics as well as a master's degree in accounting from Indiana University and is a Certified
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4692898|
LSE on TV/Radio
Newsnight
BBC Two, 24/10/2013
Piece on USS pensions deficit using LSE conference. Comments by Craig Calhoun.
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