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Things worth reading: 15th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies Lloyds asks taxpayers for another £5bn (Guardian)UK government won't underwrite Lloyds rights, report (Telegraph)Lloyds in talks to sell HBOS private client assets (Times)Commerzbank sells off Kleinwort (BBC)JPMorgan Chase’s towering income lifts bank shares (Times)J.P. Morgan Chase Results: Four Analyst Quick Takes (Wall Street Journal)Goldman Sachs poised to inflame row…

Things worth reading: 14th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … * Today's must read: "It is a very great pleasure for me to address you today at this event marking the official 'SEPA Direct Debit Launch' … today is a historic day for SEPA Direct Debit payments and a watershed in the further development and progression of the SEPA…

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Things worth reading: 14th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … * Today's must read: "It is a very great pleasure for me to address you today at this event marking the official 'SEPA Direct Debit Launch' … today is a historic day for SEPA Direct Debit payments and a watershed in the further development and progression of the SEPA…

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Things worth reading: 13th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Bankers' wages took a record hit this year.  Financial wages dropped by a third, or $650 million, in the first quarter, compared to the same January-to-March period in 2008, recent government data show. That's the result of slashed bonuses and lost financial-services jobs as the financial…

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Things worth reading: 13th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Bankers' wages took a record hit this year.  Financial wages dropped by a third, or $650 million, in the first quarter, compared to the same January-to-March period in 2008, recent government data show. That's the result of slashed bonuses and lost financial-services jobs as the financial…

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Things worth reading: 13th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Bankers' wages took a record hit this year.  Financial wages dropped by a third, or $650 million, in the first quarter, compared to the same January-to-March period in 2008, recent government data show. That's the result of slashed bonuses and lost financial-services jobs as the financial…

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Things worth reading: 12th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Have Banks No Shame?  (New York Times) A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts. “They can’t pay what…

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Things worth reading: 12th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Have Banks No Shame?  (New York Times) A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts. “They can’t pay what…

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Things worth reading: 12th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Have Banks No Shame?  (New York Times) A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts. “They can’t pay what…

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Things worth reading: 12th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Have Banks No Shame?  (New York Times) A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts. “They can’t pay what…

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