Things we're reading today include … UK: UK unemployment will reach 3.2m, BCC warns (Telegraph) City bankers made to pay for financial crisis (bonuses down 62%) (Telegraph) Credit card rates highest for two years despite rate cuts (Telegraph) Alistair Darling faces £39bn hole in public finances (Guardian) Lesson of Lloyd’s teaches us how to solve…
Things we're reading today include: Leitch in line for top Lloyds job (Times) HBOS deal maker picks up pension of £342,000 (Scotsman) RBS lines up veteran audit chief (Telegraph) With £12bn, HSBC is laughing all the way (Times) HSBC’s success is also a triumph for the City (Times) HSBC rights issue 97% taken up (Financial…
Things we're reading today include mopping up the G20 news: G20 has little impact on global economics (Financial Times) G20: Fat cats brought down to Earth with a bump (Guardian) Bankers rage at G20 'witch hunt' against bonuses and buccaneers (Guardian) Overview: Risk-takers reap benefits of G20 sentiment (Financial Times) Some firm's news: Funds challenge…
Things we're reading today include mopping up the G20 news: G20 has little impact on global economics (Financial Times) G20: Fat cats brought down to Earth with a bump (Guardian) Bankers rage at G20 'witch hunt' against bonuses and buccaneers (Guardian) Overview: Risk-takers reap benefits of G20 sentiment (Financial Times) Some firm's news: Funds challenge…
Lots worth reading today, with most of it about the G20 Summit outcome: G20 Summit: the key agreements (Telegraph) Q&A: the G20 Summit (Guardian) G20 leaders hail crisis fightback (Financial Times) G20 summit: Gordon Brown unveils $1.1 trillion global recession fight-back (Telegraph) Today's G20 deal will solve financial crisis, claims Gordon Brown (Guardian) G20 Shapes…
After the live Twitter feed of the G20 protests yesterday, along with the Fool's Jokes, it's back to normality today. Here's what we're reading: RBS locked in talks with Treasury over renegotiating terms of insurance scheme (Guardian) Shareholders want Lloyds Banking Group bosses to go (Times) Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial…
After the live Twitter feed of the G20 protests yesterday, along with the Fool's Jokes, it's back to normality today. Here's what we're reading: RBS locked in talks with Treasury over renegotiating terms of insurance scheme (Guardian) Shareholders want Lloyds Banking Group bosses to go (Times) Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial…
After the live Twitter feed of the G20 protests yesterday, along with the Fool's Jokes, it's back to normality today. Here's what we're reading: RBS locked in talks with Treasury over renegotiating terms of insurance scheme (Guardian) Shareholders want Lloyds Banking Group bosses to go (Times) Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial…
I posted a bunch of jokey stuff this morning as an April Fool. Here are the real things worth reading. Faster Isa transfers as banks join electronic scheme (Telegraph) Barclays and CVC locked in talks over iShares sale (Guardian) FSA proposes tenfold rise in saver protection (Times) Mastercard agrees to cut fees in Europe (Financial…
Things we're reading today include: Barclays shuns toxic asset scheme (BBC) UK banks set for recovery, says bail-out chief (Financial Times) Gordon Brown: 'Bankers must obey right and wrong like children' (Telegraph) Geithner announces 'new rules of the game' for Wall Street (Guardian) Why Berlin Says U.S. 'Bad Bank' Plan Is Bad (Time) China and…
