Martin Vander Weyer

A bitcoin mine (Photo: Getty)

The myth and menace of cryptocurrencies

23 June 2018 9:00 am

‘So, Professor Shin, tell us what you really think about cryptocurrencies.’ I’m guessing that’s the brief the Bank for International…

Why is your holiday exchange rate so awful? Because investors see hope for the eurozone

12 August 2017 9:00 am

As usual for August, I’m in France, where the news in brief is ‘Euro up, Macron down’. The youthful French…

Disaster versus chaos for France’s economy? My village neighbours don’t seem bothered

22 April 2017 9:00 am

The lovely Dordogne village of St Pompon that is my holiday hide-away has only 350 voters, but is a perfect…

On balance, I’d vote for a rate rise and a stronger pound

8 April 2017 9:00 am

Since Article 50 was triggered last week, City traders have been avidly watching the fluctuations of the pound. Analysts at…

Google still needs to try a lot harder to do the right thing

25 March 2017 9:00 am

Shortly before agreeing, early last year, to pay token back taxes on a decade’s worth of UK-generated profits, Google also……

Markets start the year strong while Italy totters towards the next crisis

7 January 2017 9:00 am

The headline business story of the holiday season was the latest bailout of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. This…

Markets start the year strong while Italy totters towards the next crisis

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

The headline business story of the holiday season was the latest bailout of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. This…

If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat

1 October 2016 9:00 am

‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…

As my pen hovers over the ballot paper, I ask: am I a roundhead or a cavalier?

18 June 2016 9:00 am

My pen hovers — but refuses to touch the postal ballot paper. I pour a drink (I won’t say whether…

Better to be the founder of a cool social network than the billion-dollar buyer

23 May 2013 1:00 pm

I haven’t used Yahoo as a general search engine since an American friend introduced me to the miracle that was…

Better to be the founder of a cool social network than the billion-dollar buyer

23 May 2013 1:00 pm

I haven’t used Yahoo as a general search engine since an American friend introduced me to the miracle that was…

Funding: Local heroes

30 October 2010 11:00 am

I was acting and directing at Helmsley Arts Centre last week, in a little piece of ‘café theatre’ performed in…

Funding: Local heroes

30 October 2010 11:00 am

I was acting and directing at Helmsley Arts Centre last week, in a little piece of ‘café theatre’ performed in…