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Things we're reading today include … Lloyds chief executive Horta-Osorio to return to work as bank sells 632 branches to Co-op The Telegraph Credit Agricole to cut 2,350 jobsBBC Paypal plans daily deal couponsBBC State Street leaves UK and German bond marketsFinancial Times BIS checks criminal allegations against Sir …
Read More »Things worth reading: 14th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Top economists reveal their graphs of 2011BBC Risk for €250bn of leveraged loansFinancial Times Asian stock markets fall over EU fearsThe Independent Euro at its lowest since JanuaryBBC Commerzbank rules out plea for fundingThe Telegraph EFSF Sells $2.6B of Bills to Add FlexibilityBusiness …
Read More »Things worth reading: 14th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Top economists reveal their graphs of 2011BBC Risk for €250bn of leveraged loansFinancial Times Asian stock markets fall over EU fearsThe Independent Euro at its lowest since JanuaryBBC Commerzbank rules out plea for fundingThe Telegraph EFSF Sells $2.6B of Bills to Add FlexibilityBusiness …
Read More »Things worth reading: 13th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Management and light-touch regulation blamed for RBS crisisThe Independent FSA seeks ban on hostile bank buy-outsFinancial Times Q&A: What the FSA has proposedFinancial Times FSA 'better skilled to regulate'The Independent Cable seeking advice on RBS chiefsThe Independent Fears raised over RBS chief in 2003The …
Read More »Things worth reading: 13th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Management and light-touch regulation blamed for RBS crisisThe Independent FSA seeks ban on hostile bank buy-outsFinancial Times Q&A: What the FSA has proposedFinancial Times FSA 'better skilled to regulate'The Independent Cable seeking advice on RBS chiefsThe Independent Fears raised over RBS chief in 2003The …
Read More »Things worth reading: 12th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … RBS report: FSA's analysis of banks was 'deficient'BBC RBS investigation: Chapter 1 – NatWest and BeyondThe Telegraph RBS investigation: Chapter 2 – the ABN Amro takeoverThe Telegraph RBS investigation: Chapter 3 – run up to the collapseThe Telegraph RBS investigation: Chapter 4: the bail-outThe …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 5th December – 11th December 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part One: The Romans In Roman Times, the centre of London was at Cornhill, where the Bank of England is based, and Leadenhall market, where Lloyd’s of London is based. At Leadenhall, the Romans built a Basilica, a …
Read More »Things worth reading: 9th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … The IMF and the euro: Cash for credibilityEconomist Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis: Scaling the summitThe Economist European banks must raise €115bn of capitalThe Telegraph French Banks’ Capital Gap May Have ShrunkBusiness Week What is Germany's vision for Europe?BBC EU nations and the euro: What they …
Read More »Things worth reading: 8th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Millions 'will seek payday loans'BBC 'Legal loan sharks' target working poorFinancial Times Calls grow for clamp on payday lendersFinancial Times Barclays withdraws from $1bn retail business in IndiaFinancial Times Lloyds Banking Group laughs all the way to the bankThe Telegraph Banks borrow more …
Read More »Things worth reading: 8th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Millions 'will seek payday loans'BBC 'Legal loan sharks' target working poorFinancial Times Calls grow for clamp on payday lendersFinancial Times Barclays withdraws from $1bn retail business in IndiaFinancial Times Lloyds Banking Group laughs all the way to the bankThe Telegraph Banks borrow more …
Read More »Things worth reading: 7th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Lifting lid on bankers' pay may benefit us all by bringing in capitalThe Telegraph Plans to publish top executive pay revealedThe Independent US banks face pay disclosure in the UKThe Telegraph Rate curbs would trigger loan shark feeding frenzyFinancial Times Bank of England takes …
Read More »Things worth reading: 7th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Lifting lid on bankers' pay may benefit us all by bringing in capitalThe Telegraph Plans to publish top executive pay revealedThe Independent US banks face pay disclosure in the UKThe Telegraph Rate curbs would trigger loan shark feeding frenzyFinancial Times Bank of England takes …
Read More »Things worth reading: 6th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Ratings agency warns euro nationsBBC City hiring plunges amid eurozone crisisFinancial Times HSBC's £40m bill for mis-sellingBBC Commerzbank in €600m buy-back to avoid bail-outThe Telegraph State 'may take over Commerzbank'BBC Disgraced hedge-fund boss in jailBBC BATS to establish market-making programmeFinancial Times Billionaire behind …
Read More »Things worth reading: 6th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … Ratings agency warns euro nationsBBC City hiring plunges amid eurozone crisisFinancial Times HSBC's £40m bill for mis-sellingBBC Commerzbank in €600m buy-back to avoid bail-outThe Telegraph State 'may take over Commerzbank'BBC Disgraced hedge-fund boss in jailBBC BATS to establish market-making programmeFinancial Times Billionaire behind …
Read More »Things worth reading: 5th December 2011
Things we're reading today include … The Merkel plan: I'll save the euro with a federal EuropeThe Independent This week could be the last chance to save not just the eurozone but all of EuropeThe Independent Merkel pushes euro fiscal unionBBC Delors: Euro flawed from launchBBC German finance minister details …
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