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The Finanser’s Week: 30th August – 5th September 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Bunfight at the Wall Street Corral America has a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), thanks to the Dodd-Frank reforms. The CFPB is a bit like the FBI, but focused upon money. Who could possibly run the CFPB? Making the anti-social banker social I’ve just started a…

Things worth reading: 3rd September 2010

Things we're reading today include … Bernanke: Fed could do nothing to save Lehman – The IndependentEurope agrees finance watchdogs – BBC Goldman Sachs invests to get its image right in China – The TelegraphFlash crash probe plays down quote-stuffing – Financial TimesRegulators near Basel III deal – The IndependentGetco to hire head of NYSE…

Things worth reading: 2nd September 2010

Things we're reading today include … People Jules Kroll, veteran sleuth, starts rival to rating agencies – The TelegraphBlair 'warned on economy' in 2005 – BBC Companies 'Lehman could have been saved' – BBCEx-Lehman boss accuses Fed of worsening crisis – The Independent Markets City of London's dominance of forex and rates markets grows –…

Things worth reading: 1st September 2010

Things we're reading today include … Companies Anglo Irish set to cost taxpayer €25bn – The TelegraphAnglo Irish Bank loss doubles to record €8.2bn – The TelegraphMoody's let off fraud hook by SEC – BBCSEC drops probe into Moody's – Financial TimesCandover to call it a day as credit crunch bites – Financial Times Economies…

Things worth reading: 31st August 2010

Things we're reading today include … Bank may restrict mortgage lending – The Independent Bloomberg unit to show real-time trades – Financial Times Was Darling's bleak prediction correct? – BBC FSA staff earning more than £100,000 triples in four years – The Telegraph German banker causes race storm – BBC US consumer spending beats forecast…

Things worth reading: 30th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … People Ex-Citi banker is forced to disclose $10m Lehman fee – The TelegraphNorthern Rock chief admits to 'catastrophic black mark' – The TelegraphBean backs coalition restructuring of Bank – The IndependentWarren Buffett plots bid for RBS's Direct Line division – The Independent Companies Business leaders back Scottish bank –…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd August – 29th August 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … How banks can deal with Gen Y and younger I was recently interviewd by Ben Leis of Youth Trends Report, and reproduce the discussion here for posterity: Ben Leis: Growing up, learning to save money was simple and fun with things like piggy banks but over time…

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Things worth reading: 27th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … Fannie and Freddie losses hit $226bn – Financial Times Lloyds bank facing 1,850 complaints per day – The Independent SEC vows more actions over crisis – Financial Times Germany moves towards bank levy – BBC Co-operative Bank doubles lending – The Telegraph Chinese banks get stimulus boost – BBC…

Things worth reading: 26th August 2010

Things we're reading today include … 'Building blocks' of a new economics – BBC Dutch lift lid on a high-frequency universe – Financial Times Plus set to relaunch as derivatives exchange – Financial Times DTCC to take 10% stake in Chilean peer – Financial Times Aim's strengths may obviate need for doom and gloom –…

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…