Things we're reading today include … UK (UK's new) ID card hacked, cloned in 12 minutes (Computerworld)Bank trial offers faster payments to suppliers (Telegraph)The banks are squeezing small businesses and nobody seems to care (Telegraph)Mandelson takes charge and resolves to reject Darling 'defeatism' (Times) EuropeDocuments show how Kaupthing turned a shambles into a crisis (Telegraph)Germany still in…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must read Don’t Dismiss Taibbi (Columbia Journalism Review) Mainstream financial journalism is doing its level, eye-rolling, heavy-sighing best to stuff Matt Taibbi back into the alt-press hole he came from, but he’s not going along with it, and the mainstreamers in any case are making a big mistake….
The biggest news stories of the week include:RBS chief Stephen Hester says there is no 'miracle cure' as bank slumps to £1bn loss (Telegraph)Lloyds blames HBOS for £13.4bn debts (Guardian)HSBC chairman Stephen Green says 'worst of crisis over' (Telegraph)Barclays' star bankers to get bonus bonanza (Times)Goldman has record trading days (Financial Times)Goldman Faces Inquiries on Pay and Derivatives…
The biggest news stories of the week include:RBS chief Stephen Hester says there is no 'miracle cure' as bank slumps to £1bn loss (Telegraph)Lloyds blames HBOS for £13.4bn debts (Guardian)HSBC chairman Stephen Green says 'worst of crisis over' (Telegraph)Barclays' star bankers to get bonus bonanza (Times)Goldman has record trading days (Financial Times)Goldman Faces Inquiries on Pay and Derivatives…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must readWas the Twitter DDoS attack Cyber Warfare? (Search Engine Journal) "The attack on Twitter was also directed at FaceBook. For hours, as CNN, BBC, Yahoo and others reported on this remarkable incident, there was a great deal of speculation as to what caused the outage ……
Things we're reading today include … Bank of England governor sees danger in taking his foot off the accelerator (Guardian)Bank of England surprises markets with move to increase 'printing money' plan (Telegraph)Bank wants extra £50bn for 'fragile' economy (Independent) Commerzbank reports more losses (BBC)AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report (Reuters)Judge raps…
Things we're reading today include … Bank of England governor sees danger in taking his foot off the accelerator (Guardian)Bank of England surprises markets with move to increase 'printing money' plan (Telegraph)Bank wants extra £50bn for 'fragile' economy (Independent) Commerzbank reports more losses (BBC)AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report (Reuters)Judge raps…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must readGoldman has record trading days (Financial Times)"Goldman Sachs traders made more than $100m in revenues on each of a record 46 days during the second quarter (2009), while losing money on just two days." Companies Lloyds blames HBOS for £13.4bn debts (Guardian)Boost for Lloyds as bad…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must readGoldman has record trading days (Financial Times)"Goldman Sachs traders made more than $100m in revenues on each of a record 46 days during the second quarter (2009), while losing money on just two days." Companies Lloyds blames HBOS for £13.4bn debts (Guardian)Boost for Lloyds as bad…
Things we're reading today include … StanChart unveils $1.6bn fundraising (Financial Times) HSBC chairman Stephen Green says 'worst of crisis over' (Telegraph)Angry, depressed and in debt: customers blast Barclays and HSBC (Times)HSBC says it wants to lend but businesses won't borrow (Independent) UBS posts seventh loss in two years (Guardian) UBS reports yet another big loss …
