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Things worth reading: 10th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … HSBC profit rises after accounting gainThe Telegraph HSBC shares fall on weak profitsBBC Subprime loans come back to haunt HSBCFinancial Times Crunching the numbers on HSBC job lossesThe Telegraph HSBC delays decision on quitting UKThe Telegraph Banking reforms may force HSBC to quit UKThe Independent Wall Street results: Darkness…

Things worth reading: 10th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … HSBC profit rises after accounting gainThe Telegraph HSBC shares fall on weak profitsBBC Subprime loans come back to haunt HSBCFinancial Times Crunching the numbers on HSBC job lossesThe Telegraph HSBC delays decision on quitting UKThe Telegraph Banking reforms may force HSBC to quit UKThe Independent Wall Street results: Darkness…

Things worth reading: 9th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … Tobin Tax is a tax on pensioners that will cost 1m jobs, says Chancellor George Osborne The Telegraph What Bob Diamond really tells us about the City Financial Times Coutts fined £6m for AIG mis-selling Financial Times LSE to sell technology to Delhi exchange Financial Times Nordic Banks Beat…

Things worth reading: 9th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … Tobin Tax is a tax on pensioners that will cost 1m jobs, says Chancellor George Osborne The Telegraph What Bob Diamond really tells us about the City Financial Times Coutts fined £6m for AIG mis-selling Financial Times LSE to sell technology to Delhi exchange Financial Times Nordic Banks Beat…

Things worth reading: 8th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … Exclusive: Credit Suisse will disclose names of U.S. clientsReuters Italy bond yields soar; euro zone troubles deepenReuters MPs and Bank square up over Square MileFinancial Times   Lehman's first share snapped upBBC De Niro to play disgraced MadoffBBC   Treasury Select Committee draws up powers to rein in Bank…

Things worth reading: 8th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … Exclusive: Credit Suisse will disclose names of U.S. clientsReuters Italy bond yields soar; euro zone troubles deepenReuters MPs and Bank square up over Square MileFinancial Times   Lehman's first share snapped upBBC De Niro to play disgraced MadoffBBC   Treasury Select Committee draws up powers to rein in Bank…

Things worth reading: 7th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … Ken Costa: The City must rediscover its moralityThe Telegraph Church leaders accuse bankers of losing their 'moral moorings'The Telegraph We are paid too much, bankers confess in St Paul's surveyThe Independent   Goldman: euro could split apartThe Telegraph Markets give up hopes for lasting euro zone solutionReuters   British…

The Finanser’s Week: 31st October – 6th November 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are …   PayPal, Forrester, Deloitte & First Data research on mobile payments A summary of research on mobile banking and payments conducted in the USA by Deloitte; the UK by PayPal and Forrester; and globally by First Data. The Pope, EU and USA want a Tobin Tax … surely…

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Things worth reading: 4th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … BNP Paribas and ING slash holdings of European sovereign debtThe Telegraph 40pc of hedge funds mislead investors, according to Oxford University studyThe Telegraph China’s financial regulators: All changeEconomist Fear and confusion paralyse marketsBBC BNP Paribas profits fall sharplyBBC Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber accuses Standard Bank…

Things worth reading: 4th November 2011

Things we're reading today include … BNP Paribas and ING slash holdings of European sovereign debtThe Telegraph 40pc of hedge funds mislead investors, according to Oxford University studyThe Telegraph China’s financial regulators: All changeEconomist Fear and confusion paralyse marketsBBC BNP Paribas profits fall sharplyBBC Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber accuses Standard Bank…