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Barclays Libor scandal: how can we change banking culture?

Barclays boss Bob Diamond … the scale of the Libor scandal is jawdropping Photograph: Dylan Martinez/REUTERS We don't know each other, but I want to offer you a deal: You each give me £20,000. And…
PUBLISHED: July 2, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2304 words)

A true horror story: The abuse of teenage boys in a detention centre

"My name's Kevin Raymond Young and I'm 52 years old." There's something desperate about the way Young says it, as if he's clinging to the wreckage of his identity. Young was 17 when he was sent to…
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4625 words)

the final moments

That winter's day in the park, although we weren't to know it, was to be the last time I ever played football with my son. The memorable two-a-side match featured Peter and his cousin, with…
PUBLISHED: April 7, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1914 words)

read his legacy of award-winning work

Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning foreign correspondent, died at the age of 43 in Syria, while reporting for the New York Times. A beloved and brilliant writer, Shadid spent his two-decade career…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 1 minutes (340 words)

how it feels to be young and struggling in the EU

Maybe being young is never easy. But being a twentysomething young European has rarely been more stressful.More than a quarter (28%) of Italians between 16 and 24 are unemployed. Others are…
AUTHOR:Viola Caon
PUBLISHED: Jan. 28, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2263 words)
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