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An uphill struggle.(interview of Mervyn King governor of Bank of England)(Brief article)

The decision by Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, to give an interview to the BBC's business editor Robert Peston, in Radio Four's File on Four special, may turn out, when the dust is settled, to be the longest exit interview in recen ...

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Research articles 2007-11-15

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We have created a monster . . . banks with access to public funds

THE Economy: an apology. "Readers of the nation's press over the last six months might have been forgiven for believing that there was an economic recession. Headlines like: Doom Britain, It's Worse Than The Great Depression and Mothers Start Selling...

Articles 2009-06-14

The credit crunch book-at-bedtime.

Byline: Julian Hofmann FEATURE: We evaluate the best books on the market for getting up to speed on the state of the economy and sounding authoritative at dinner parties. The recession has led to something of a boom for instant...

Articles 2009-05-26

The employment sector is beginning to see the green shoots of financial recovery

In case you missed it, 7 May 2009 was a momentous day. Most importantly, it was my son's eleventh birthday--an event marked by the delivery of a shiny new bike. However, overshadowing this, according to the BBC's Robert Peston, was the announcement that this was the day the banking crisis...

Articles 2009-05-16

Hot topic

The Grocer doesn't know what Alistair Darling eats for breakfast, but the chances are he would empty his larder to make space for the most ironic food launch of the week. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, at long last someone has created Credit Crunch. Not a twisted mutation of...

Articles 2009-05-16

Is the banking crisis over?

Byline: Jonathan Eley THE BIG QUESTION: Banks' share prices have rallied sharply. First-quarter results were reasonable. Robert Peston and Christian Menegatti debate whether the crisis is over First-quarter results from the four main UK High Street banks showed...

Articles 2009-05-12

Diary: Pride and prejudice.

Byline: Rob Langston The Headlinemoney awards for journalists and PRs often turn out to be raucous affairs, with the financial services industry descending upon London's West End. Congratulations were in order for Investment Adviser's website, FTAdviser.com, and FTAdviser senior...

Articles 2009-05-04

Peston blamed for run on Rock

BBC business editor Robert Peston came under fire last night from Northern Rock workers for his part in the bank's collapse. During the filming of the BBC's Politics Show, to be broadcast on Sunday, Mr Peston was accused of inflaming panic in the economy by banking bosses and...

Articles 2009-02-13

NOT MY FAULT; TV reporter defends role in telling of Northern Rock failings

BBC business editor Robert Peston denied being to blame for the collapse of Northern Rock. Mr Peston ran a number of stories on the national news detailing the weakness of the Newcastle-based bank as customers tried to withdraw their money. But he denied being responsible for...

Articles 2009-02-05

An undignified part

Sir: If Robert Peston is the only route through which the government is prepared to take a leak, which part of the body politic does that make him? Giles Rowe London SW12...

Articles 2008-12-06

Industry watch: Governance - Hoping less dangerous times lie ahead of us.

We live in extraordinary times. Last week, the BBC's business editor Robert Peston or the war correspondent for the credit crunch, if you prefer suggested in The Times that for developed economies, the current crisis was arguably more important than the collapse of communism....

Articles 2008-12-01

'Maximum panic' may still lie ahead.

Byline: Phil Coggan Over the next three months, clients will take stock of their situation and face a tricky dilemma Back in September, most people probably watched the BBC's Robert Peston talking about the financial crisis on the 10pm news...

Articles 2008-11-24

Leader

Isn't it funny how journalists were never given credit in the boom times? Yet now, with recession, we get all the blame. The cause even has a leader: Robert Peston. That's right, the BBC journalist it was who not only called time on Northern Rock but lent all that money,...

Articles 2008-11-15

He's the voice of the crash, but the words are all his own

The cover of the hardback version of Who Runs Britain? , Robert Peston's masterly dissection of how the global economy got into the mess it's in today, features an abstract version of the Union Jack. On the front of the paperback version published last week, however, we are treated to...

Articles 2008-11-08

The man who knows too much? JOURNALISM: ETHICS JOURNALISM: ETHICS

FOR a nation transfixed by the worst weeks of financial upheaval in recent memory, BBC business editor Robert Peston has become the face of the crisis. Appearing morning, noon and night on BBC TV and radio bulletins with the latest updates and filling in the details on...

Articles 2008-10-19

Credit where it's due

This is a time for making the most of small mercies. One of the greatest of these, as the financial system collapses around us, is the splendid joke that is Robert Peston of the BBC. His extraordinarily camp, over-emphatic delivery would be perfect for reporting glitzy Broadway first...

Articles 2008-10-11

They say

"The oldest nationalised institution in Britain is the Church of England" - Former Labour MP Tony Benn. "I can eat maggots with the best of them" - Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis, pictured, who believes he would be the perfect candidate for reality TV. "If the Speaker...

Articles 2008-02-29

An uphill struggle.(interview of Mervyn King governor of Bank of England)(Brief article)

The decision by Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, to give an interview to the BBC's business editor Robert Peston, in Radio Four's File on Four special, may turn out, when the dust is settled, to be the longest exit interview in recent business...

Articles 2007-11-15

Public carries Rock.(reports of Northern Rock PLC)(Brief article)

According to an analysis by BBC business editor Robert Peston, the taxpayer is subsidising the troubled Northern Rock to the tune of AGBP1000 a person or AGBP30bn. This is a scandal. And, what is more, according to chancellor Alistair Darling, it will take...

Articles 2007-11-08

Final frontiers on the Today programme MEDIAWATCH

RADIO 4 Today programme presenter Jim Naughtie must have wondered if there was something in the water at the BBC on Friday. First Robert Peston, the BBC business editor famed for his, er, quirky verbal delivery, began his piece on the huge rise in the Chinese market by saying: "It's...

Articles 2007-05-13