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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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Things worth reading: 11th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Call for security 'conditions' on exchange tie-ups - Financial Times Exchange mergers: Back for more - The Economist EU's Michel Barnier warns banks he could push for new bonus restrictions - The Telegraph Banks resigned to losing staff over Project Merlin bonus rules - The Telegraph China's shadow-banking system: Trust belt - The Economist Hong Kong stock exchange is…

Things worth reading: 10th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … RBS Will Be Biggest Loser From U.K.’s Pay Accord, Analysts Say - Business Week LSE in merger with Canada's TMX - BBC NY and Deutsche bourses mull deal - BBC UBS cuts bonuses by 10pc despite return to profit - The Telegraph George Osborne urges Britain to move 'from retribution to recovery' after bank deal on bonuses…

Things worth reading: 9th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Banks in Mongolian coal 'gold rush' - Financial Times Revealed: how the City bankrolls Tory party - The Independent Danish Banks Face Consolidation After Failure - Business Week George Osborne increases bank levy to £2.5bn - The Telegraph Deutsche Tops UBS in European Analyst Ranking - Business Week LSE merger talks with TMX Group - BBC London Stock Exchange's tumultuous history…

Things worth reading: 8th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Banks to back small firms with pledge to lend £1.3bn - The Independent Santander Bids $5.8 Billion for Polish Bank - Business Week US plans banker bonus crackdown - The Independent Autonomous to name Myners chairman - Financial Times Lord Myners: a pillar of the City anti-establishment - Financial Times FSA fines PR consultant £150,000 for insider trades - The Independent…

Things worth reading: 7th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Speech Jean-Claude Trichet: Economic and Monetary Union: What we have achieved and what we must do next -ECB JPMorgan 'ignored Bernard Madoff red flags' - The Telegraph British banks: Vickers in a twist - The Economist HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver in line for £9m bonus - The Telegraph Millionaire bankers' message to Britain: We're all…

The Finanser’s Week: 31st January – 6th February 2011

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Innovations in Banking in Action  Finovate launched its first European show yesterday with over 400 attendees and 35 presentations from firms covering the whole gamete of financial services from investing to payments, personal financial management (a load of that!) to biometrics. All of them on the…

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