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People
Barclays investors express concern with Bob Diamond - The Telegraph
Bob Diamond's Barclays appointment highlights risk from 'casino banks', says Vince Cable - The Telegraph
Barclays top men: Rich Ricci, co-chief executive of CIB - The Telegraph
Barclays top men: Jerry Del Messier, co-chief executive CIB - The Telegraph
HSBC's Stephen Green trades up after Cameron call - The Telegraph
John Thornton frontrunner to replace HSBC's Green - The Telegraph
Lord Davies recruited by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li - The Telegraph
Companies
Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA over fraud investigation - The Independent
Dublin to break up Anglo Irish - BBC
Investor Fears Force Split-Up of Irish Bank - New York Times
Markets
Shoppers turning to card payments - BBC
Study Shows Drop in Credit Card Use - New York Times
Economy shrinks amid warnings of 'double-dip' - The Independent
Press release BIS, ECB and IMF publish second part of “Handbook on Securities Statistics” - ECB
Regulators
Cable worries over 'casino' banks - BBC
UK bank shake-up sets up reform face-off - Financial Times
Speech Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: What has the financial crisis taught us? The global dimension and international policy cooperation - ECB
Toronto sets out position on OTC reform - Financial Times
Why banking reform will remain timid - The Telegraph
Chris M Skinner
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