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Things worth reading: 24th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … RBS chief appointment could come next week UK men in US jail for boiler room scam RBS frontrunner McCombe rules himself out of top job Banks warn rules threaten ‘repo’ market VIDEO: Making money at the Royal Mint VIDEO: Why coins have a place in our hearts Working cash-free…

Things worth reading: 23rd July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Insight: Wall Street reshapes commodities business to fend off regulation UBS settles US mortgage lawsuit and takes £600m charge Lex in depth: UBS High frequency trader fined $3m Goldman Sachs in spotlight over 'aluminium price-hike' scandal Audit remedies fail to please Big Four’s critics Millions of phones 'at risk of…

Things worth reading: 22nd July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Deutsche Bank set to trim balance sheet by 20 percent: FT Scandal, crisis, fraud, mafia, bribes: how people see the Pope's bankers Poor regulation would hit jobs, UK warned Kleinwort boss Sally Tennant shares Ginger's view of getting on 'in heels and backwards' Welby warns of bankers 'lynch mob'…

Things worth reading: 19th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … JC Flowers to buy Northern Rock loans SEC staff morale low, atmosphere marked by distrust: study The long arm of American justice: GloboCop UK must practice what it preaches on banking regulation JP Morgan in 'talks' over energy market rigging claims AUDIO: Macau: The world's gambling capital The IT…

Things worth reading: 18th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bank of America profit jumps on cost-cutting; shares climb Santander to axe 'packaged' accounts PayPal Grows Revenue 20%, Hits 132 MM Active Accounts – 2Q2013 Financial Results PayPal in $92 quadrillion error Formula 1 boss Ecclestone indicted Ex HSBC employee hopes for widening of Europe tax probe VIDEO: Home…

Things worth reading: 17th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Cyber attacks on stock exchanges put markets at risk: report Bankers 'tried to rig QE', says BoE's Paul Fisher Barclays hires new finance chief Tushar Morzaria on £6.2m package Customer complaints about banks rocket PPI complaints still at 2,000 a day U.S. regulator upholds $453 million Barclays power trading…

Things worth reading: 16th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Britain leads Europe for the most fat-cat bankers Nearly 2,500 British bankers paid over €1m, says EU regulator Bonuses shrink for banks’ top earners Prince Charles's tax under scrutiny UAE central bank asks lenders about exposure to Turkey UK fraud prosecutor charges two brokers in Libor probe Santander has…

Things worth reading: 15th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … Deepening Spanish credit crunch could hit banks, economy, says IMF Top Spanish bankers best paid in EU despite debt crisis RBS' Helen Gordon: 'I didn't know how hard it would be to tell people I work in banking' Bonuses shrink for banks’ top earners Citigroup reports profit surge Ailing…

Things worth reading: 12th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … China exports slide raises doubts about currency policy Missing property addresses, keys hamper Spain's 'bad bank' UBS's German offices searched in ongoing tax probe of clients Ads for hedge funds cleared in US 'Fabulous Fab' email admissible at former Goldman exec's trial Co-op 'considered' BoE plan for bank Treasury…

Things worth reading: 12th July 2013

Things we're reading today include … China exports slide raises doubts about currency policy Missing property addresses, keys hamper Spain's 'bad bank' UBS's German offices searched in ongoing tax probe of clients Ads for hedge funds cleared in US 'Fabulous Fab' email admissible at former Goldman exec's trial Co-op 'considered' BoE plan for bank Treasury…

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