Things worth reading: 11th May 2009

Things we're reading today include:

RBS working on multimillion-pound bonus for Hester (Telegraph)
Queen's banker Coutts caught up in row over tax avoidance scheme (Guardian)

Lloyds investor calls for Blank handover (Telegraph)

Lloyds losing the battle for hearts and minds (Telegraph)

BarCap goes on European hiring spree (Independent)

US problems take shine off strong HSBC performance (Telegraph)

U.S. Banks Rush To Raise Capital (Post Chronicle)

London's financial services sector creates a trading surplus of £43bn (Independent)

Bank of England: recovery to be V-shaped (Telegraph)

Bank of England braced for third wave of financial crisis (Guardian)

CEOs who use Twitter (Businesss Week)
IBM files patent for shorter meetings (the Register)