Decca Rejects The Beatles – 1962

9 years ago

On New Year’s Day 1962, the fledgling Beatles performed 15 songs in one hour at the Decca Records studio in…

Strand Cigarettes – 1959

9 years ago

The new brand was launched with the reassuring reminder that ‘You’re Never Alone with a Strand - the Cigarette of…

Iceland Goes Bust – 2008

9 years ago

Even the largest of corporations can go bankrupt, and the Third World has many countries that constantly teeter on the…

Collapse of Lehman Brothers – 2008

9 years ago

Lehman Brothers was founded in 1850 by three brothers who emigrated to the USA from Germany, initially running a store…

Global Financial Crisis – 2007-2009

9 years ago

The causes of catastrophic financial events that started unfolding in 2007 were many and varied, but one inescapable fact is…

Zimbabwe Hyperinflation – 2000-2009

9 years ago

Southern Rhodesia was created by acquisitive British colonial entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes, after whom landlocked territory south of the Zambesi River…

Dot-com Bubble – 2000-2001

9 years ago

Every so often, something happens to change the world, from invention of the wheel through the first smelting of iron…

Black Wednesday – 1992

9 years ago

If there was one thing the Conservative Party cherished - and the British electorate admired - it was a reputation…

Soviet Economic Collapse – 1979-1991

9 years ago

The big winners to emerge from World War II were two superpowers that - like mighty stags that feel compelled…

Nikkei Bubble – 1990

9 years ago

In 1945 Japan was a feudal monarchy that had suffered catastrophic defeat in World War II, but in fewer than…