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  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    Six ways women can make it to the top

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 08 Feb 2012, 11:36AM  0 comments

    If you are a fiercely ambitious woman who wants a high-flying career, status and oodles of money, you'll need to approach life a little differently to the way ordinary women do. Here are six tips from a very successful businesswoman on how to do just that.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    Do demographics really condemn us to a bleak future?

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 07 Feb 2012, 04:35PM  0 comments

    Many commenters have predicted a bleak future for the West based on ageing populations and falling asset prices. But the future might not be quite as grim as a lot of forecasters think, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    Why a Martian would never manufacture in Britain

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 06 Feb 2012, 11:58AM  11 comments

    The West's economic problems are caused almost entirely by the fact that we tax everything the wrong way round.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    Why 'free money for everyone' wouldn't help anyone

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 01 Feb 2012, 11:49AM  31 comments

    Some commentators have suggested that instead of printing money and giving it to the banks, we should print money and gave it to the people. But that wouldn't do any good at all.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    Are first time buyers older because their grandmothers live longer?

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 30 Jan 2012, 04:34PM  32 comments

    In the 1960s the average age of a first-time house buyer was 23. Now, it is 36. Part of that might be down to increased life expectancy.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    How Stan O'Neal got rich – and stayed that way

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 27 Jan 2012, 10:50AM  10 comments

    The myth of talent allowed Merrill Lynch's chief executive to snatch riches beyond all of our wildest dreams.

  • Merryn Somerset-Webb

    The seven greatest funds in the world

    Merryn Somerset Webb, 25 Jan 2012, 12:39PM  5 comments

    To distinguish between fund managers who are skillful as opposed to just lucky, you have to look at funds that have made serious returns for 20 years or more. Here's a table that lists them.

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