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Stories of governments changing the rules after the event are legion - in managed or communist economies. So a wriggle by the UK government is interesting.
Risk Professional: UK gov publishes national risk assessment.
In a unique experiment, the UK's government has produced a consumer-friendly summary of its risk assessment data. Some of it's banal, some of it's predictable, some of it's in newspeak and some is fascinating. But it's all valuable.
Risk Professional - Business Crime - Google AdWords scam
Whilst the first "phishing" case we came across was back in the earliest days of PayPal, the vast majority of such scams use banks as their hook. But today we have received one purporting to come from Google's AdWords scheme. We show e...
Risk Professional: China-bashing by media increases
China has become the world's bogey-man, or at least much of the major media would have you believe.
Risk Professional: when sanctions bite
When sanctions were applied to the Milosovic regime in the Yugoslavia, AY Bank Limited, a UK corporation regulated by the FSA, found its business all but wiped out. Its story is an object lesson in how assessing one risk (here credit risk) can r...
The shock waves in the market in China Telecom is a symptom of a deeper problem - doing business in China remains unpredictable. But like all wav...
Risk Professional: Bush shores up Clinton vision of MidEast Peace Process
It's increasingly likely that a Democrat will be the next US President. Bush is looking beyond the forthcoming election to aid his party's return...
Risk Professional: Northern Rock shareholders sue UK government
Shareholders in Northern Rock are throwing rocks at the British Government. " The Compensation Scheme passed by Parliament in March is neith...
Risk Professional: Fed's Bernanke favours corporates over consumers
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank has made it clear where his loyalties lie: he will protect the financial sector at the expe...
Risk Professional: new wave of internet frauds
No matter how hard you try, the criminals that use email for spam will still get them through to your desktop by new tricks to defeat your system...
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