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Administration

Rangers – hoping the grass is greener

Years of financial mismanagement has left Rangers Football Club on the brink of liquidation. Adam Bushby attempts to get to the bottom of an unholy mess

Investment banking

Why work at a Universal Bank?

Does a universal bank have an advantage over its more specialised competitors?

Africa

Out of Africa

Finbarr Bermingham examines the economics behind Angola’s investment in its former colonial master, Portugal

Impoverished Angolan youths fish against the backdrop of Luanda, the most expensive city on Earth

Politics & Economics

Economics

Voices of the eurozone

After a tumultuous year for the eurozone, Lucy Mair chats to European students about the the debt crisis and its impact on young people

more politics and economics

Business

Moonpig stocks 10,000 different greeting cards designs

Entrepreneurship

Out of this world

Creator of Moonpig.com Nick Jenkins, tells Mehdi Jaffer and Tom Bordell how he made his greeting cards business such a big deal

more business

Banking & Finance

Capital markets

From a “glorified IOU” to your back pocket: the story of debt capital markets

Finbarr Bermingham gets technical with Edward Stevenson, Head of the Financial Institutions Group, Debt Capital Markets, at BNP Paribas

Commercial awareness

Five star start

How can you ensure your applications to investment banks go off with a bang? Hannah Langworth gives you a countdown to career lift-off

more banking and finance

Law

Commercial law

View from the inside: commercial law

What’s it really like to be a trainee at a City law firm? Our source (who asked to remain anonymous) tells Finbarr Bermingham her story

more law

Consulting & Professional Services

Experts are trying to predict the contents of Chancellor George Osborne's Budget box

Tax

Taxing times: Budget 2012

As the Budget approaches, Lucy Mair looks at Osborne’s options for stimulating the economy and creating jobs

more consulting and professional services

Careers & Education

Ali and Philippe’s idea could save students hundreds of pounds

Entrepreneurship

BookAdopter: coming to a university near you

Philippe Ducrest has come up with one of the best business ideas we’ve encountered for some time. Finbarr Bermingham finds out more.

more careers and education

Opinion

Economics

Book club: The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume two: Macroeconomics

Will Hodges enjoys a light-hearted look at the “dismal science”

Laura couldn't marry up wedding dresses and urban art

Entrepreneurship

The Apprentice: Episode 8

Hannah Langworth’s weekly take on The Gateway’s favourite business show

more opinion

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