Watford Leisure, which owns Watford FC, has posted its first set of financial results under the chairmanship of legendary former manager Graham Taylor. The club came close to administration last December after a major shareholder demanded repayment of outstanding loans. It's controversial Tory Party chairman Lord Ashcroft, the club's majority shareholder, who loaned the club nearly &...

FT Alphaville » Moody’s warns on US finances. Credit rating agency, Moody’s Investor Service, will fire a warning shot at the US on Monday, saying that unless the country gets public finances into better shape than the Obama administration projects there would be “downward pressure” on its triple A credit rating. I still find the absurd confidence ...

The Football League has rejected another proposal by a consortium led by former Manchester City player Jim Melrose to buy Stockport County Football Club, which has been in administration since April 2009.

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Administrators at stricken Premiership football club Portsmouth are investigating "unexplained payments" of £1.5m. The news comes just hours after HMRC dropped its objection to the club going into administration. Another £4m payment to current owner Balram Chainrai has also raised questions. It seems that at the very time the club was battling for its financial life, significan...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a former

The Obama administration and the US Congress have together made inflation the real monetary policy of the United States.  While pundits and talking heads focus on the bailouts and loan packages, they're missing the bigger picture.  It isn't what the US government outright purchased (stock, debt, and real estate paper), but it's what the US government is guaranteeing that w...

Progressives have been vindicated. The public are far ahead, and to the left, of government on the reforms we need In November 2008, shortly after Barack Obama's election victory, his combative chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, revealed the new administration's approach to the sudden economic downturn. "Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste," he told the New York Times. "They are opp...

• Landlords accuse Regus of exploiting insolvency loophole • Regus looking for agreement on package of rental cuts A simmering row between some of Britain's largest landlords and Regus, the biggest provider of serviced offices, broke out today after the company threatened to put parts of its business into administration unless it reached agreement on a package of rental cuts and oth...

UK fashion retailer Republic is ready to enter the Northern Ireland retail market, with construction on a new a 10,000 sq ft store underway.Much needed jobs in the building sector have been created as the two-level store is currently being built on Royal Avenue in Belfast, in a space previously used by music retailer Zavvi, before it was hit by administration last year."We aim to establish a r.......