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Things worth reading: 26th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … q Today's must read: Wall Street's Naked Swindle by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone (he of the Goldman Vampire Squid fame) “The nation's largest financial players are able to write the rules for own their businesses and brazenly steal billions under the noses of regulators, and nothing is…

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Things worth reading: 26th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … q Today's must read: Wall Street's Naked Swindle by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone (he of the Goldman Vampire Squid fame) “The nation's largest financial players are able to write the rules for own their businesses and brazenly steal billions under the noses of regulators, and nothing is…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th October 2009 – 25th October 2009

The biggest news stories of the week include: Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf)Risk Management Lessons from the Global Banking Crisis of 2008 (New York Federal Reserve, 36 page pdf)King and Brown in rift over whether to split the banks (Independent)Obama's pay tsar to cut executive salaries by up to 90pc (Telegraph)City…

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Things worth reading: 23rd October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf) UK Banks’ Plans to Pay Back Britain Pose a Dilemma (New York Times) Bank of England will not target asset bubbles, say deputy governor Paul Tucker (Telegraph) FSA: Force banks to hold more capital (Guardian) FSA to…

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Things worth reading: 23rd October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf) UK Banks’ Plans to Pay Back Britain Pose a Dilemma (New York Times) Bank of England will not target asset bubbles, say deputy governor Paul Tucker (Telegraph) FSA: Force banks to hold more capital (Guardian) FSA to…

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Things worth reading: 23rd October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf) UK Banks’ Plans to Pay Back Britain Pose a Dilemma (New York Times) Bank of England will not target asset bubbles, say deputy governor Paul Tucker (Telegraph) FSA: Force banks to hold more capital (Guardian) FSA to…

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Things worth reading: 22nd October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Fraudster Bernard Madoff shares cell with a drug dealer and a spy (Times) Mervyn King versus Gordon Brown Clash between Downing Street and King continues (Times)King and Brown in rift over whether to split the banks (Independent)Brown takes on the Bank, not the banks (Independent)Did Mervyn King…

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Things worth reading: 22nd October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Fraudster Bernard Madoff shares cell with a drug dealer and a spy (Times) Mervyn King versus Gordon Brown Clash between Downing Street and King continues (Times)King and Brown in rift over whether to split the banks (Independent)Brown takes on the Bank, not the banks (Independent)Did Mervyn King…

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Things worth reading: 21st October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Lawyer who conned £7m from bank spent millions on luxuries (Times) O King calls for break-up of banks (Financial Times)Mervyn King calls for banks to be split (Times)Mervyn King: bank bail-outs created 'biggest moral hazard in history' (Telegraph) Qataris sell Barclays stake for £615m profit (Financial Times)Sainsbury takeover talk fuelled…

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Things worth reading: 21st October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Lawyer who conned £7m from bank spent millions on luxuries (Times) O King calls for break-up of banks (Financial Times)Mervyn King calls for banks to be split (Times)Mervyn King: bank bail-outs created 'biggest moral hazard in history' (Telegraph) Qataris sell Barclays stake for £615m profit (Financial Times)Sainsbury takeover talk fuelled…

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