Banking Break-Up Is Template for Obama’s Zombies: Matthew Lynn It’s too late, too timid, and comes with too many questions attached. Even so, the U.K. government deserves some credit for finally moving to break up a bloated, failed banking industry.

Banks Should Be Handed Over to People’s Ownership: Matthew Lynn The U.K. government needs to start thinking about what it will do with all the banks it now owns. The answer is simple: Hand them to the people.

Columnist Lynn Says U.K. Needs New Policies for Recovery: Video Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn talks with Mark Barton and David Tweed about the need for a different policy approach to pull the U.K. out of recession.

Four Ways to Pull an Economy Out of Recession: Matthew Lynn Germany has clawed its way out of recession. France is growing again. The U.S. is starting to expand. Even Ireland, one of the countries worst hit by the credit crunch, isn’t contracting anymore.

Goldman, JPMorgan Bonuses Need Some PR This Year: Matthew Lynn Here’s a puzzle to test the brain- power of even the mightiest intellects in investment banking: How are you going to justify the massive bonuses you pay your staff this year?

Bankers Will Follow Hedge Funds to Switzerland: Matthew Lynn Geneva? Zurich? Perhaps even Zug, Switzerland? Between deciding whether to be long or short of the dollar, or pondering whether we are in the middle of a bear rally or a new bull market, London’s hedge funds also need to decide which Swiss canton they want to move to.

Merger Boom Will Be Next Bubble to Shake Markets: Matthew Lynn Wondering what the next bubble might be? How about a merger boom?

Merkel Has New Chance to Deliver on Old Promises: Matthew Lynn Not many politicians get a dress rehearsal for government. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of them.

Hedge Funds, Historians Are Winners of Recession: Matthew Lynn That’s it, then. The global recession is over. At least that’s what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says.

Goldman, Deutsche Bank Pay Curbs Would Rig Market: Matthew Lynn Plenty of people criticize bankers over the amount of money they earn. Now they are getting flak from within their own ranks.