Things we're reading today include ...
Companies
BarCap's vaulting ambition - The
Telegraph
BofA bounces back into profit in first quarter - The Independent
Moneris enters the fray for RBS unit - Financial Times
RBS doubles bankers' salaries - The Telegraph
RBS lost £545m in alleged Goldman fraud - The Telegraph
Goldman Sachs charged with fraud
SEC charges Goldman Sachs with fraud - The Telegraph
SEC takes off the gloves on Goldman - Financial Times
Wall St regulator charges Goldman Sachs with fraud -
The Independent
Goldman Sachs faces $4bn profit row - The Telegraph
A gold-plated scandal hits the bonus bank - The Independent
Paulson's hunch for lucrative trade - Financial Times
Goldman Sachs, Fabrice Tourre and the complex Abacus of
toxic mortgages - The Telegraph
Q&A: Shorting CDOs - Financial
Times
Goldman lawyers advised Lehman - The Telegraph
Goldman Sachs case opens lawsuit floodgates on Wall
Street - The Times
Goldman case likely to spur efforts on reform - Financial Times
Brown slams Goldman 'bankruptcy' - BBC
FSA probe into Goldman Sachs ‘fraud’ - The Times
Regulations
EU finance ministers fail to agree deal on bank tax
- The Independent
EU finance ministers fail on levy talks - The Telegraph
EU finance head challenges UK on bank levy - The Independent
Northern Rock cover-up inquiry widens - The Times
'FSA risking its reputation by vetting boards' - The Telegraph
More suspect activities
Insider trading suspects pay £4m to unlock assets -
The Telegraph
Fraudster gets 10 years for Ponzi scheme - The Telegraph
Man who blew Madoff whistle meets SFO - The Independent
Robert Tchenguiz’s Icelandic loans kept banks at bay
- The Times
Markets
Item Club tells Treasury its revival forecasts are
'unlikely' - The Independent
Credit card delinquencies ease - Financial Times
Regions
Iceland gets more IMF aid - BBC
China growth points to yuan move - BBC
Floating currency rate will come, vows China - The Independent
Russian super-rich total 'jumps' - BBC
Chris M Skinner
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