Some observers argue that the market worked as intended, correcting for unrealistic optimism on the part of venture capitalists and private equity investors who poured millions into these businesses without fully interrogating whether the business models worked...a growing chorus of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are deciding that if the IPO... See more

Company bosses will blanch at the idea of radical financial transparency. After all, it amounts to handing over some control of how corporate facts are presented. Real-time reporting would also reduce the value of financial window-dressing — arranging cash flows to make the quarterly snapshot more attractive — to zero. Still, some nerves could be... See more

At stake is not just the future of a 240 year old newspaper, The Observer, the Sunday sister of the Guardian, it’s also the integrity and values of the Guardian and the future media landscape of a fractured and dangerous world.

I’ve always believed what I was told, that the Guardian was different to other news organisations. It’s owned, not by a... See more