City short-sightedness leaves us all short-changed

Here's Guardian article based on the TUC's 'Investment Chains' report which shows that city 'short-termism' is having detrimental effect on both businesses and employees.

Chasing a quick buck often means UK companies don't invest in research and development, and make the wrong long-term investment decisions - with potential negative impacts on employment, and the sort of investor behaviour which saw the collapse of the new technology bubble in the late 90's.

You can read a TUC statement on the report here.