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The Finanser’s Week: 5th October 2009 – 11th October 2009

The biggest news stories of the week include: "Too big to fail" must end for all: FDIC chief (Reuters)Report on Wall Street banks' bailouts says US Treasury misled public (Guardian)The demise of the dollar (Telegraph)Britain overtakes US as top financial centre (Telegraph)FSA's tough new liquidity rules could cost British banks up to £9.2bn a year (Telegraph)SEC…

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Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

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Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

Cisco

Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

Cisco

Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

Cisco

Things worth reading: 8th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, Geithner, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on a conference call during the week of September 15th 2008 when Lehmans collapsed: Geithner (to Mack): 'We've spent a lot of time working on this, and we think you…

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Things worth reading: 8th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, Geithner, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on a conference call during the week of September 15th 2008 when Lehmans collapsed: Geithner (to Mack): 'We've spent a lot of time working on this, and we think you…

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Things worth reading: 7th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "One employee of a large bank discovered that his entire division was being eliminated via a Reuters wire."11 Horrific Layoff Stories (Billshrink) Companies Amazon Mobile Payments Service – Monetize your mobile applications or website easily with Amazon Payments (Amazon Payments Blog)First Direct sorry for text mess (Register)HSBC boss…

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Things worth reading: 7th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "One employee of a large bank discovered that his entire division was being eliminated via a Reuters wire."11 Horrific Layoff Stories (Billshrink) Companies Amazon Mobile Payments Service – Monetize your mobile applications or website easily with Amazon Payments (Amazon Payments Blog)First Direct sorry for text mess (Register)HSBC boss…

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Things worth reading: 6th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Amazon launched a new service which brings the company's payment processing tools to mobile devices. Called the 'Amazon Mobile Payments Service', the technology includes a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) for mobile developers which will allow them to provide payment options to their customers within…

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