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ECB unveils big new stimulus program

DAVOS, Switzerland (CNNMoney) The European Central Bank has taken a dramatic step to stimulate the region’s troubled economy, unveiling a massive bond buying program worth at least $1.3 trillion. President Mario Draghi said the ECB program would cover public and private sector securities including — for the first time — […]

Inequality is threatening to tear our democracy apart, yet the Government is only encouraging it – The rich think they can play by their own rules, and I hate it

YASMIN ALIBHAI BROWN THE INDEPENDENT Sunday 18 January 2015 In the Eighties I wrote articles on ghastly yuppies, effervescing with expensive champagne and inflated egos. One of them poured his bubbly over my blouse when I tried to interview him. How they all laughed. In the Nineties I met incredibly […]