City Comment: There is a shortage of candidates to fill the chairman's role at some of London's top companies - but the job is an impossible one... more
Royal Bank of Scotland was facing a City watchdog probe after it emerged Sir Fred Goodwin's pension was doubled only hours before he was ousted... more
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, who is widely suspected of plotting to get the top job, tied herself in knots at Prime Minister's Questions this week over the fate of Sir Fred Goodwin... more
TODAY parents learn if their children have a place at their first-choice school. Tens of thousands of London schoolchildren - about one in three - will be disappointed... more
Analysis: The blame game over the banking crisis is in overdrive with the former heads of Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS in the dock this week... more
The defining moment of this supposed public humiliation came early on. It was when the bank chiefs were asked about their remuneration, whether they thought their company's bonus policy had contributed to the subsequent disaster. ... more
Sir Philip Hampton marked his arrival as the new chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland with a massive clearout of many of the longest-standing members of the board... more
One of the more interesting kites being flown over the weekend was the suggestion that Royal Bank of Scotland might find the chairman to replace Sir Tom McKillop in either Standard Chartered's Mervyn Davies or Sir Keith Whitson, who retired as chief executive of HSBC in 2003 after a 40-year stint at the bank.... more
Which of our High Street banks has for the most part ridden out the financial crisis? Yep, HSBC, the bank that rode roughshod all over corporate governance rules by successively appointing their chief executives to be chairman... more
Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Tom McKillop tonight told shareholders and staff he was "profoundly sorry" for the disastrous position in which he has left the business... more
Sir George Mathewson, 68, and Sir Peter Burt, 64, who are trying to wrest control of HBOS from Lloyds TSB, should not try to kid anyone
— their motives are as much political as fiscal... more
There is no getting away from the fact that by the end of this week the Government's £500 billion rescue package for the banks leaves as many questions unanswered as answered.... more
Credit crunch: Sir Fred Goodwin, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, and his chairman Sir Tom McKillop were once again under pressure to quit after today's £500 billion banks bailout... more
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