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Nevill Boyd Maunsell: A true journalistic legend

Birmingham Post — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Birmingham Post Editor pays tribute to Economics Editor Nevill Boyd Maunsell, who leaves the paper today.

Nevill Boyd Maunsell bows out of the Birmingham Post after 36 years

Birmingham Post — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

On his final day, the Birmingham Post’s economics editor, Nevill Boyd Maunsell, reflects on his 36 years

Nevill Boyd Maunsell: A quiet August? Don't bet on it!

Birmingham Post — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

August used to be the month when nothing happened – except that the First World War broke out in August 1914 and the Second World War became inevitable in August 1939.

Found: a happy car salesman

Birmingham Post — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Far-fetched as it may seem, I found myself discussing the time of day on Monday with a member a supposedly extinct species, a positively cheerful car salesman.

Bigger worries than oil prices

Birmingham Post — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Petrol prices are creeping up again. At a pump I pass most days I noticed that a queue builds up most mornings and vanishes in the afternoon.

Bankers won't go without their bonuses

Birmingham Post — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:29:00 GMT

We might as well face it, we are not going back to the dear, dead days when bankers, like everybody else, were paid a salary to do a job and got on with it.

Does Gordon Brown dare follow Obama's lead on salary cap?

Birmingham Post — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:48:00 GMT

Now what is Gordon going to make of President Obama’s cap on top people’s pay?

Obama's tough choice over US banking crisis

Birmingham Post — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:54:00 GMT

American banking disasters no longer come singly. With five days of the Bush administration to go, America’s two biggest banks are in crisis.

The truth about pensions

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:52:00 GMT

Be shocked by the estimate that just 11 West Midlands companies need £5.7 billion more than the present value of their pension schemes to meet their pension promises, more than double the shortfall this time last year. You certainly should be shocked if you belong to one of these schemes or have shares in the companies.

Parity unlikely to halt the slide of the pound

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Each day we get a new reason why the pound continues its effortless descent through some supposed psychological barrier that turns out to be no barrier at all.