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The biggest news stories of the week include … Judge rebukes Barclays chief at Lehman hearing – The Independent Santander sole bidder for the UK branches EU told RBS to sell – The Telegraph Goldman Sachs 'will be hit hardest' by regulation – The Telegraph Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein …

Just been on holiday for two weeks – did you miss me? If you answered yes, you've obviously not noticed that I've still been blogging for the last two weeks.  Here are a few highlights from the holiday blog: How interest bearing instruments were invented I've talked many times about …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Economic confidence sags across indebted eurozone – The Independent Bank of England made £8bn profit from quantitative easing fund – The Telegraph France’s AAA rating ‘could be a stretch’ – The Times JP Morgan Cazenove: UK must sell bailed-out banks to …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Buffett subpoenaed by crisis inquiry panel – Financial Times Lehman sues JP Morgan – BBC IBM acquires Sterling Commerce for $1.4 billion – The Times EU bank tax proposals are unveiled – The Independent Ackermann defends market's role in eurozone crisis …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Inventor of the cash machine dies – BBC JP Morgan: England to win World Cup – The Telegraph Coalition outlines bank reforms – BBC Mayor of London Boris Johnson calls coalition policy of attacking banks 'nuts' – The Telegraph Euro in …

The biggest news stories of the week include … S&P puts LCH.Clearnet rating 'on creditwatch' – Financial Times Goldman to do deal with US regulator over Abacus affair – The Independent Morgan Stanley shares slide on reports of SEC investigation – The Telegraph Standard Chartered considers return to South Africa …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Goldman 'facing criminal inquiry' – BBC Goldman agrees to pay fine over claims it broke short selling rules – The Independent Goldman faces shareholder action – BBC Bear Stearns: ‘A big, fat bank goose about to be eaten alive’ – The …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Eurozone edges closer to endgame as Greek contagion hits Portugal – The Independent Barack Obama loses first vote on bank bill – The Telegraph Testimony of Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein to the Senate on April 27: the text in full – …

The biggest news stories of the week include … IMF in 'radical' bank tax plans – BBC Brussels backs tougher US line on derivatives – Financial Times US to shine light on derivatives trading – The Telegraph Don’t fight us on bank reforms, Obama tells lions of Wall Street – …

Thought I would try something new this week which, to be honest, I'm not keen on doing as I don't like seeing myself on camera – who does? – but it's a new toy and so thought we'd give it a go. A brief summary of the week's news from …

The biggest news stories of the week include … US panel to delve deeper into causes of financial meltdown – The Independent Alan Greenspan defends Fed's role in crisis – The Times Fed boss Greenspan says no one saw the crisis coming. Really? – The Telegraph Citigroup executives admit regret …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Bono’s out of tune with world of investment – The Times Barclays raids pensions to offset bonuses tax – The Telegraph Accounting firms facing rise in negligence claims amid credit crunch fallout – The Times US Treasury to offload $32bn Citigroup …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Value of LSE trades falls by a third – The Times Senate committee approves Finance Bill – The Times Six are questioned over insider dealing after dawn raids by FSA – The Times The great global trade war and why it …

The biggest news stories of the week include … JPMorgan, Citigroup helped trigger Lehman collapse, report argues – The Telegraph London at centre of Lehman Brothers 'accounting gimmick' – The Telegraph Security fear over end of cheques – BBC Bernanke opposes plan to strip Federal Reserve of small bank supervision …

The biggest news stories of the week include … Banking giant Sir Brian Pitman dies at 78 – The Times Lehman 'hid billions' – report – The Independent Swiss theft puts HSBC in spotlight over tax evasion – The Times Barclays' shareholders warn bank against deal for a US retail …