Times of India
Q&A: 'Walking is crucial to achieving urbanity'
Urban Age, a joint initiative of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society, has undertaken a research programme in four Indian cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore) to assess how they are responding to the challenges of growth. An interview with executive director Philip Rode.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/QA_Walking_is_crucial
_to_achieving_urbanity/articleshow/3154660.cms

Scotsman
Profile: Shami Chakrabarti
Profile of the LSE alumna and School governor, now director of Liberty.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Profile-Shami-Chakrabarti.4210657.jp

Sunday 22 June

Observer
Westminster's blog pioneer turns to the printed word
Iain Dale is launching a magazine on the back of his online success. There will also be specialist blogs on three subjects (local government, political campaigning and public affairs), and contributors will include the London School of Economics' Tony Travers, cabinet minister Hazel Blears and Tory MP Eric Pickles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/22/blogging.internet

Meri News, India
Incentive for girls in Haryana
The subsidy of five per cent on loans for higher education scheme, has made it more affordable for all girl students . Some of them being been able to seek admission in prestigious and reputed universities abroad, including Oxford, Cambridge, the London School of Economics and in India.
http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136142

FT.com
Negative sentiment: Short-sellers under ever closer scrutiny
The FSA, for one, has for a considerable time seen short-sellers as helping to create liquidity and maintain market efficiency. In 2002, as complaints about the effect of short-selling rose in the bear market that followed the dotcom crash, Sir Howard Davies, then its chairman, was blunt: ‘The FSA views short-selling just like any other investment activity and not as an abusive activity unless used as part of an abusive strategy. We have not so far seen a persuasive case for restrictions, or a prohibition, on short-selling.’ Howard Davies is director of LSE.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/807ad036-4089-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.html

Saturday 21 June

Independent
Shami Chakrabarti: Heart of the matter
Profile of the LSE alumna and School governor, now director of Liberty.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/shami-chakrabarti-heart-of-the-matter-851638.html

Late-edition headlines

Investment Executive
BIS general manager to step down
The Bank for International Settlements today announced that its general manager and CEO, Malcolm Knight, will leave the BIS at the end of September. He has also accepted an appointment as visiting professor in finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, beginning October 1.
http://investmentexecutive.com/client/en/News/DetailNews.asp?Id=45051&cat=9&IdSection=9&PageMem=&nbNews=&IdPub=
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• Finextra
BIS general manager Malcolm Knight quits
http://www.finextra.com/fullpr.asp?id=21998

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