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Optimism despite predictions of global recession

NOWHERE can insulate itself from the likely global recession, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned yesterday.

Sarnian duo developing into ‘serious’ players

TWO Guernsey boys showed that they are progressing well and maturing into serious adult players when they pitted their talents at the Under-17 Hampshire Open.

Round the corner – to a recession?

SPEAKING in Leeds earlier this week, Bank of England governor Mervyn King delivered a nine-page assessment of events that had led to the credit crunch, predicted that the plan to recapitalise the banking system, here and abroad, would come to be seen as the moment in the banking crisis when we turned the corner – [...]

£50,000 is ceiling for compensation

GUERNSEY’S depositors’ compensation scheme will match the UK’s in offering protection of up to £50,000 per person.