Deborah Hargreaves



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Full name: Deborah Hargreaves

Area of interest: Business and finance

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:deborah.hargreaves@guardian.co.uk deborah.hargreaves@guardian.co.uk]

Website: Guardian.co / Deborah Hargreaves

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Career: Reuters in New York; Financial Times: Financial Editor, Markets Editor and Personal Finance Editor (also worked in Brussels and Chicago as specialist correspondent roles, including agriculture, commodities and energy), Global News Editor; joined The Guardian in March 2006 Current position/role: Business Editor


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Column remit: Business and finance

Section: Business or Money

Role: Business editor

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Email: [mailto:deborah.hargreaves@guardian.co.uk deborah.hargreaves@guardian.co.uk]

Website: Guardian.co / Deborah Hargreaves

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 * also contributes to the Viewpoint column



Articles:

 * pay committees could do with an injection of realism'' - The directors who set remuneration levels are mostly blinkered insiders. Employee representation would be a positive step - 6th January 2011
 * Cantona's bank protest would hurt us all'' - Cantona's call for a mass cash withdrawal is understandable but wrong. Unfortunately, we need banks as much as they need us - 24th November 2010
 * years on and all we get from the banks is two fingers'' - The appointment of the risktaker par excellence Bob Diamond at Barclays throws down the gauntlet over banking reform - 8th September 2010
 * no recipe for regeneration'' - There is no evidence for Osborne's claim that refocusing public spending will boost economic success without hitting fairness - 17th August 2010
 * boardroom pay, chief executives just don't get it'' - We're told we're in a new age of austerity, yet top pay and bonuses still rise astronomically – heedless of public disgust - 12th June 2010
 * we brace for the pain of cuts, executive pay soars'' - The latest bonus bonanza lays bare the fiction of trickle-down. The price for global market failure is paid on the shop floor - 16th February 2010
 * would be no bonuses at my bank'' - Goldman Sachs has shown how easy it is to make money in investment banking right now. Maybe I'll give it a try - 15th October 2009
 * lessons from Madoff'' - There are a few obvious rules that investors in Madoff funds sadly ignored. We must take more responsibility for our finances - 30th June 2009
 * Goodwin's empty gesture is too little, too late'' - Despite giving back some of his pension, Fred Goodwin isn't making a big sacrifice. He should repay it all and work for charity - 19th June 2009
 * to close the pay gap'' - There is a vast and growing gap between executive and staff pay – a private member's bill today shows the way forward - 25th April 2009
 * all about the union'' - The real reason the government wants to privatise Royal Mail is to force a confrontation with the postal workers' union - 27th February 2009 (see: Business: Privatising the post: panel discussion)
 * question of trust'' - Crisis watch: Public confidence in the banks is at an all-time low - no wonder sales of safes are growing - 23rd January 2009
 * the Midas who made an ass of investors'' - Viewpoint: Investors ignored one of the classic rules of investment: "If it seems too good to be true, it usually is." - 16th December 2008 (Summary of Bernard Madoff news articles here)
 * should take the axe to these architects of downfall'' - Ego-driven bank bosses gambled their businesses and our money and lost. Now it's time they were properly held to account - 10th October 2008
 * crisis requires a radical solution - an ethical bank'' - A reformed banking industry would treat customers fairly, pay bosses less and shun complicated financing - 25th September 2008
 * economy: 'Bankers have gone mad with our money''' - (audio) the Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS and how it has changed the rules - 20th September 2008
 * money, we'll run out of power'' - The energy industry needs large-scale investment to supply our electricity and gas – and a windfall tax would put this at risk - Guardian.co.uk - 29th August 2008
 * windfall tax would only scare off investors we rely on'' - The proposed energy levy would be arbitrary and unfair, and would ruin Britain's chances in the race for resources - 27th August 2008
 * we trying to beat the economic blues with a spot of retail therapy?'' - Yes, the economy's looking grim. But it's not unusual for us to cheer ourselves up by doing a bit of shopping - Guardian.co.uk - 22nd August 2008
 * What price prudence? - The government should without doubt compensate savers whose investments were ruined by the fall of Equitable Life - Guardian.co.uk - 17th July 2008
 * Sexism is still rife in business - 13th June 2008
 * The credit crunch is about to get very personal - 9th April 2008
 * What happens when there are no first-time buyers? - 27th February 2008
 * The yield of indecision - Some are calling the Northern Rock bond plan nationalisation in all but name. It's worse than that - 22nd January 2008
 * Q&A: Global share rout - 22nd January 2008
 * Rock bottom - that's where trust in financial services is - 20th September 2007
 * This boom has 80s echoes. We know how that ended - 27th June 2007
 * The Apprentice is no substitute for real business coverage - 25th June 2007
 * Britain's top bosses are on another planet: planet greed - 11th June 2007
 * Going green starts to gain momentum - 1st June 2007
 * Pressing all the nuclear buttons - The government is finding its enthusiasm for nuclear power is not widely shared - 31st May 2007
 * Nice work if you can get it? - Martha Lane Fox is to be paid £55,000 a year for 15 days' work on the board of M&S. But what will she actually do for her money? - 24th May 2007
 * What is the World Bank for? - 21st May 2007



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Business & City Editors:

 • Damian Reece (The Daily Telegraph) • Mark Kleinman (The Sunday Telegraph) • David Wighton (The Times) • John Waples (The Sunday Times) • John Willman (Financial Times) • Deborah Hargreaves (The Guardian) • Ruth Sunderland (The Observer) • Jeremy Warner (The Independent) • Margareta Pagano (The Independent on Sunday) • Michael Williams (Wall Street Journal Europe) • Alex Brummer (Daily Mail) • Stephen Kahn (Daily Express)'''