Things we're reading today include ...
Greed
City receives bonus boost - Financial
Times
UBS' best-paid banker takes home £8m - The Telegraph
Deutsche Bank pays boss nearly €10m - The Telegraph
Banker who turned down €8m sues for more - The Times
Fraud
Investment banker Christian Littlewood latest to face
insider dealing charges - The Independent
Merrill trader banned by FSA for mismarking - The Times
Banker accused of defrauding US bail-out fund - The Telegraph
Worries
Security fear over end of cheques - BBC
Myerson the activist investor gets a taste of his own
medicine from D1 - The Telegraph
Lehmans
Lehman report raises derivatives clearing fears - Financial Times
Lehman Brothers 'sacked whistleblower after he raised
concerns with auditors' - The Telegraph
Diamond's shining moment amid the crisis - Financial Times
Companies
Barclays Capital pins ambitions on Asian unit - Financial Times
Clock ticks for RBS to refinance its balance sheet
ahead of EU ruling - The Telegraph
Regulation
Bank charges: 'Banks should offer accounts that can't
go overdrawn' - The Telegraph
Turner eyes bank reform by November G20 meeting - The Independent
Brown intervenes in European hedge fund dispute - The Times
US bank regulation bill unveiled - BBC

Chris M Skinner
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