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A campaign is underway to improve connectivity to Bideford through a more prominent place in the national rail network and support is coming in from across...

Then there was the BCCI scandal. The bank claimed to have assets worth $20 billion, but that boast disguised a massive money laundering operation. Over in the United States, the expert manipulation of accounting loopholes worked for a while as Enron’s share price powered beyond $90 in mid-2000. The following year, the shares were valued at less than $1; Enron collapsed and several senior executives headed to gaol. Remember WorldCom? This was another US-based outfit which distributed impressively chunky dividends to shareholders until it was discovered that the company had deliberately infla...

Finance expert Peter Sharkey looks at how Tim Steer's book can help investors spot dodgy practice.

Stories and scandals behind stockmarket disasters By Money Marketing 11 th December 2020 11:09 am Former fund manager and analyst Tim Steer helped draw the final day of Money Marketing Interactive to a close with a fascinating talk on stockmarket disasters. The author of The Signs Were There: The clues for investors that a company is heading for a fall discussed the stories, scandals and crucial insights behind such disasters. If you missed him last month, you are in for a treat.