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Things worth reading: 23rd February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Barclays Driven Out of Russia as State Banks Rise - Business Week How the financial sector sees technology as its saviour - Financial Times FSA orders Deutsche Bank to pay £1.5m compensation to UK mortgage customers - The Telegraph Financial Conduct Authority gives UK a chance to bolster regulation - The Telegraph Barclays Doesn’t Have to Pay…

Things worth reading: 22nd February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Spain's Cajas Have $137 Billion in Iffy Loans - Business Week Hong Kong: exchange consolidation - Financial Times Banks may be forced to reveal tax breakdown - The Telegraph Lloyds to pay £500m to mortgage holders - The Independent Telcos Battle Google, Visa in Mobile Payment - Business Week Tech Beat: Fancy trading German stocks in Essex? - Financial Times Kirch…

Things worth reading: 21st February 2011

Things we're reading today include …   Protesters and Osborne agree over bank taxes - The Independent Banks' profits soar as interest rates rise - The Independent RBS sell-off could start by the end of the year - The Independent Why short selling is good for capital markets - Financial Times Bank safety measures will force lending to be cut, says BBA - The Telegraph…

The Finanser’s Week: 14th February – 20th February 2011

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Feck me, these fecking bankers are taking the fecking mick Just to be clear, the word 'feck' in Ireland bears no relationship with the similar swear word used liberally by Gordon Ramsay. So why am I using this as a headline? Why mobile is critical to…

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Things worth reading: 18th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Treasury unveils finance watchdog - BBC BNP Paribas Net Rises 14% on Investment Bank - Business Week Bats Global close to Chi-X takeover - The Independent Cyber crime 'costs £27bn a year' - BBC Madoff clean-up fees set to top $1.3bn - Financial Times Russian banks: In the shadow of giants - The Economist Fed plan to cap card fees contested - Financial…

Things worth reading: 17th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Wonga raises £73m to feed loan appetite - Financial Times 'Single rule book' for Europe's banks - The Telegraph SocGen Net Profit Jumps on Investment Bank - Business Week Australian banks face ratings cut - BBC Merkel's chief economic aide to lead Bundesbank - The Independent Madoff: bankers were 'complicit' - The Telegraph Diamond to slash costs and cut laggards adrift - The…

Things worth reading: 16th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Survey Says Interest in Mobile Commerce Varies by Market - Payments News Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Tie the Knot - Business Week ING Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit, Misses Estimates - Business Week Two-speed Europe emerges from recession - The Independent Barclays profits jump to £6.07bn as salaries rise - The Telegraph Welcome to Barclays' 'bobtimistic' new world - The Telegraph Special Report:…

Things worth reading: 15th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Could women have halted the financial crisis? - The Telegraph Global banks shut in Ivory Coast - BBC Turnaround time? - BBC US 'currency war' is focus for G20 finance ministers - The Independent Sweden Sets a Model Merkel Wants to Emulate - Business Week Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Boards Said to Vote Today on Combining - Business Week Barclays facing investor…

Things worth reading: 14th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Who is trying to sabotage Mervyn King? - The Independent Banks' hidden subsidies worth £32bn a year - The Independent Mohammad Yunus's Grameen Bank in turmoil - The Telegraph Cable Says U.K. Banking Panel Will Prompt ‘Radical Surgery’ - Business Week Fury as anti-Semitic banker is invited to speak at LSE - The Independent Time to tax short selling - Financial…

The Finanser’s Week: 7th February – 13th February 2011

  Our biggest stories of the week are … When Irish eyes are crying In this month's Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis – he of Liar’s Poker and the Big Short fame – analyses the situation in Ireland after the crisis. The title of the lengthy article is: “When Irish eyes are crying” and the article…

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