Things we're reading today include:
HBOS opens door to 100% mortgages (Financial Times)
Banks aim to rebuild investor confidence (Financial Times)
Goldmans could launch rights issue next week (Times)
Goldman Sachs hires law firm to shut blogger's site
(Telegraph)
Citi investors urged to oust directors (Financial Times)
Other Bank's Financials Won't Follow Wells Fargo (Forbes)
Regulators Close North Carolina and Colorado Banks (Washington Post)
Showdown Seen Between Banks and Regulators
(New York Times)
Traders turn to dollar for shelter (Financial Times)
US Economy Could Recover Much Sooner Than Expected
(CNBC)
10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates (Mashable)
Twitter Makes a Racket. But Revenues?
(Business Week)
(Times)
Watch a Google Street View Car Hit a Bridge (Gawker)
With their heads in the cloud, the old dogs of technology are bent on learning some new tricks
2050: What Will the Earth's Population Be? (Daily Planet)
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...
