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		<title>Was the price of Five OK! for Desmond?</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/was-the-price-of-five-ok-for-desmond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the face of it, the takeover of Channel Five by Richard Desmond for a price of £103.5 million is a great example of two well-matched parties ending up with an agreement that suits both of them. . However, dig a little deeper and it would appear that Five’s owners, RTL, have got the better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mandelson dominates the Field with a brilliant Third Man and a couple of Slips&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The publication of Peter Mandelson&#8217;s memoirs of New Labour, “The Third Man” gives a fascinating insight into the mind of a great negotiator. It also reveals that even this master negotiator has some weak spots.
Peter Mandelson has successfully negotiated his way through more than a dozen years of Labour being in power, displaying enormous deal-making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allies to soldier on in search of peace-deal</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/allies-to-soldier-on-in-search-of-peace-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are we any closer to a peace deal in Afghanistan? Probably not, though it&#8217;s no surprise to find the beleagured Allies wishing and hoping that a deal was possible after a month in which Nato troops suffered their worst ever losses (102 brave men killed in June). The problem is that the ingredients for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Odd Couple save the Euro?</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/07/can-the-odd-couple-save-the-euro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/07/can-the-odd-couple-save-the-euro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anders Borg]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erik Nielsen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katie Price]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richfutures.co.uk/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What next for the Euro? As forecast in this blog, the Euro-zone countries have been forced to stump up a massive rescue package in order to avert a sovereign debt crisis in Greece and other Euro-zone countries. Will that be enough? Possibly not, if the continuing state of unease displayed by the financial markets is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralysed England need new Backbone to move on</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/07/paralysed-england-need-new-backbone-to-move-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over whether Fabio Capello should stay or go  has obscured the real reason why England lost so badly to Germany and  crashed out of the World Cup. It is a feature of any negotiation that  winners have a positive attitude. This is a feature of traditional  business negotiations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can BSkyB resist Rupert&#8217;s Bear-hug?</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/can-bskyb-resist-ruperts-bear-hug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed deal for News Corp to buy out the other existing shareholders at BSkyB throws up some interesting scenarios in relation to the participants’ needs and how they can best be met. A quick look at the needs, bargaining power and behaviour patterns on all sides suggests that a deal will be forthcoming. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No substitute for cash; why the Glazers’ goal is to keep possession at Man Utd</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/no-substitute-for-cash-why-the-glazers-goal-is-to-keep-possession-at-man-utd-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/no-substitute-for-cash-why-the-glazers-goal-is-to-keep-possession-at-man-utd-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commerce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richfutures.co.uk/?p=406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The true and parlous picture of Manchester United’s debts has become a little clearer over the past few weeks. The highly leveraged takeover of the club by the Glazer family has turned the club from one of the wealthiest in the world into a beast burdened by over US$720 million of debt. The club has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Rich Award Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/paul-rich-award-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/paul-rich-award-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Entertainment]]></category>

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		<title>Heavy Turbulence grounds British Airways Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/british-airways-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/british-airways-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Derek Simpson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another week of turmoil at British Airways, involving record losses of over £500 million, more industrial unrest with Unite, and culminating in a near-riot by bitter airline staff at ACAS on Saturday night.
This dispute has now been running for over 15 months. This is highly unusual in post-Thatcher Britain, with all its obstacles against Union-organised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it Cesc Mate for Arsenal?</title>
		<link>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/is-it-cesc-mate-for-arsenal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.richfutures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/is-it-cesc-mate-for-arsenal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 10:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who holds the aces in the three-way negotiation between Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas and Barcelona? Ultimately, outstanding footballing talent carries a huge amount of bargaining power, but the two football clubs involved still hold some powerful cards.
There is of course a 3-way negotiation going on.
In the negotiation between Fabregas and Barcelona, Fabregas holds the ‘market power’ [...]]]></description>
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