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Is your knowledge of the English language up to date?

Quiz: "lending" or "selling"?

HSBC has been fined for mis-____ investment bonds to people in their 80s and 90s.

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Good shot, bad shot

What do we need? A shot in the arm, foot or dark?

Hey, baby!

This week, we look at commentary in the financial press on the US fiscal debate — and on whether David and Victoria Beckham are bad role models.

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Diamonds: once again a girl's best friend.

AUSTRALIA: During the financial crisis and recession, people bought fewer luxury goods, including jewellery. Now diamonds and gems are again growing in popularity in Australia, and not only as gifts of love.

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Skype me!

“We love the Skype brand — it’s a verb, for gosh sakes,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said after announcing his company would be paying $8.5billion for the service. Isn't that a lot to pay for a verb that everyone uses for free?

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etwa: zum Teufel nochmal; hier: sogar

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Going, going, gone

INVESTMENT: Need to turn your art collection into cash? This might be the right time. Christie’s, one of the world’s largest auction houses, reports sales of £3.3 billion for the year 2010, a 53 per cent increase over 2009.

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Umsatz

Milliarde(n)

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive officer, who was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year”.

Invaluable advice

Facebook, the insanely popular social networking site, was in the headlines for most of 2010, thanks to its 500 million users and Mark Zuckerberg. It looks like 2011 will be no different.

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My lovely royal cup

I am drinking peppermint tea from a fine bone china cup. I am not really a supporter of Britain's royal family. I am not a collector. Are those statements true, and if so, what do they have to do with each other?

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EFA (46): Aggregate demand

Economics, as my pet parrot and brilliant economic advisor Maynard knows all too well, is all about supply and demand. And “aggregate demand” is the subject of the 46th item in our series, Economics for Amateurs (EFA).

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EFA (38): Liquidity trap

A key concept in Keynesian economics — and a possible explanation forwhy economies can get stuck in a recession — is the idea of a "liquidity trap". Economics for Amateurs (EFA), part 38.

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