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Things worth reading: 25th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … Quick View: A Chi-X-BATS combo? – Financial Times US businesses alarmed at SEC plan – Financial Times FSA fines Zurich UK £2.27m for data loss – Financial Times Market insiders blame 'fat finger failure' for unusual stock swings – The Independent Zurich fined £2.28 million for policy data loss…

Things worth reading: 24th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … Lehman Brothers' art auction offers glimpse into the secret world of corporate collecting – The TelegraphCorporate art collections – in pictures – The TelegraphUBS sticks by 'you & us' in Formula 1 sponsorship deal – The TelegraphMorgan Stanley launches research app – The TelegraphPressure on Rolet to build clearing…

Things worth reading: 23rd August 2010

Things we're reading today include … New High Street bank raises £50m – BBC Shoppers livid as Barclays crashes – The Independent Sarkozy woos City bankers with promise of Paris tax break – The Independent Bank float starts high street push – Financial Times Soros buys 4% of Bombay bourse – The Independent HSBC eyes…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th August – 22nd August 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Britain's Best and Worst Banks for Customers A major survey of over 17,000 consumers was released last week, showing who they think are Britain's Best and Worst Banks. Combine this with the Which Magazine survey of 2009 and BBC research of 2008, and you can quickly decide…

Things worth reading: 20th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … People Blackstone chief Schwarzman likens Obama to Hitler over tax rises – The TelegraphThe letter that shook world of hedge funds – Financial Times Companies Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to close down – The IndependentMasterCard pays £333m for British online payments firm DataCash – The IndependentMasterCard in software fightback…

Things worth reading: 19th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … People Stanley Druckenmiller to hang up his boots – The TelegraphThe letter that shook world of hedge funds – Financial Times Companies Barclays deal ‘raises questions of fairness and justice’ – Financial TimesProsper Releases 12-Month Peer-to-Peer Lending Stats – ProsperSwipely Opens to Public, But Are People Ready to Broadcast…

Things worth reading: 17th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … Companies Barclays fined $300m by US for breaking sanctions against brutal regimes – The TelegraphUS judge slams Barclays settlement – The TelegraphBarclays' BlackRock stake risks further devaluation as Bank of America considers exit – The TelegraphRBS fights to stop small business contracts transferring to Santander – The TelegraphRBS small…

Things worth reading: 16th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … People NatWest Three trial: Giles Darby 'fundamentally' disagrees with 'torture' outburst from David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew – The TelegraphGoldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein cashes in $6m profit on options – The Telegraph Companies Cost of winding up Lehman Brothers now close to $1bn – The TelegraphBarclays pays $298m…

Things worth reading: 16th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … People NatWest banker claims he was 'tortured' into pleading guilty over theft of $7.3m from RBS – The TelegraphFormer RBS banker Johnny Cameron returns to the City – The TelegraphTreasury Select Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie: 'How much does your bank cost you?' – The TelegraphHow 'Papa Smurf' threatened to…

The Finanser’s Week: 9th August – 15th August 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Santander’s systems irritate once more The news yesterday that Santander has messed up the conversion of Alliance & Leicester’s core systems to their Partenon platform is really disappointing, particularly as they messed up badly when they tried to migrate Abbey’s core systems to Partenon three years ago….

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